COMPANY STATUTORY
Statutory Services include:
- Formation of new Companies
- Changes of Directors, Auditors, Year-end, Registered Office
- Preparation of shareholding transactions, including sale of share agreements
- Attending annual general meetings and preparing minutes
- Close Corporations – changes of Members, Accounting Officers, Registered Office
- Annual Returns – yearly lodgments
- Preparation of Memorandum of Incorporation under the new Companies Act
- Trusts – formation of new Trusts, changes of Trustees and Beneficiaries, Trustee Meetings
- Advising on group structures and re-organisations
The role of the Company Secretary
The corporate secretary has a key role in ensuring good corporate governance. They hold important knowledge and provide advice. They also help the company stay true to its values, prioritizing integrity over quick profits and personal gain. The Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008 states that all public and state-owned companies must have a company secretary. Section 88(1) - (2) of the Act describes the role and responsibilities of the company secretary. This summary is not a complete list of their duties.
- Providing the directors of the company collectively and individually with guidance as to their duties, responsibilities and powers
- Making the directors aware of any law relevant to or affecting the company
- Informing the corporation's board about any non-compliance by the company or a director with the company's Memorandum of Incorporation, its rules, or the Act.
- Make sure to record the minutes of all shareholders' meetings, board meetings, and committee meetings. This includes meetings of the company's audit committee. These records should follow the rules set by the Act.
- Confirming in the organization's yearly financial reports whether the firm has submitted necessary filings and notifications as per the Act, and whether all such filings and notifications seem to be accurate, correct, and current.
- Send a copy of the company’s annual financial statements to everyone who is supposed to receive it. This is required by the Act.
- Performing the duties of a person assigned under Section 33(3) of the Act.
The role of a company secretary is very important in today's changing corporate governance. The board of directors must carefully consider who to appoint. This is because of the nature and level of input expected from the secretary.
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As the need for compliance with laws and rules grows, companies in South Africa must stay alert. The Companies Act requires businesses to follow its rules closely. This compliance is vital in today’s South African business world. Keeping accurate records is especially important. These records are often key to completing major financial activities.
Zeelie Professional Accountants is a well-known accounting practice in South Africa. We have many years of experience in statutory compliance. Our goal is to offer complete company secretarial, administrative, and corporate services. We give personal attention to non-listed public companies, private companies, non-profit companies, close corporations, and trusts.
Our Services
We ensure that the statutory records of your entity or client entity complies with the requirements of the Companies Act by providing the following services as requested:
- Registration of companies – Private Companies with a Short Standard MOI or unique MOI, Personal Liability Companies and Non-Profit Companies.
- Conversion of Close Corporations to private companies.
- Maintaining the statutory registers in accordance with the Act's requirements.
- We compile the company register and keep copies of all company documents in secure cloud storage.
- Registration of Trusts and Trust Administration.
Statutory changes:
- Appointment/resignation of directors, public officers, company secretaries, etc.
- Transferring shares, allotment of shares, issuing of share certificates and the payment of the Securities Transfer Tax to the South African Revenue Service through E-Filing
- Special resolutions relating to changes to the Memorandum and Articles of Association such as name changes, adoption of the new Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI), increase of the share capital and the conversion from par value to no par value shares and the creation of preference shares
- Acquisition of shares by the company
- Changing the financial year-end of the Company
- Appointing/resigning the auditor of the Company
- Changing the registered office and postal addresses of the Company
- Submission of CIPC annual returns
- Beneficial Ownership disclosure
- Compilation of all resolutions
- Restoration of deregistered entities
- Deregistration of companies
- Administrative changes to Trusts
Some of the company statutory and secretarial services we provide include:
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