CRO Enforcement procedures for late/non filing Annual Returns.
Involuntary strike-off.

Has your company filed all its Annual Returns up to date in the CRO?  We can no longer think – ah sure we are only late by a year or, other companies are much worse!  The level of complacency that has crept into companies thinking about late filing of Annual Returns is over.  Companies that do not comply or respond to enforcement procedures will be struck-off the Register.

The Companies Registration Office (CRO) is actively targeting 1,000 – ONE THOUSAND – companies per week for late or non-filing of Annual Returns.  At that rate it is expected that the CRO will have cleared all late and non-filing companies by the end of the year.

What does the CRO do?

• Issues a ten week warning by email to the company’s email address (as filed in the CRO).
• Issues an Involuntary Strike-off Notice to the Company’s registered office and to the Directors and Company Secretary at their home address.
• Company is struck-off two months after strike-off notice is issued.

What do you do?

• Check the status of your Company’s filing.
• Make sure you don’t miss filing the first Annual Return (filed within six months of incorporation).
• Make sure your Accountant/Auditor has been notified to prepare the Financial Statements in time for attaching to the Annual Return.
• Make sure your registered office on the CRO database is correct.
• Do not wait for the CRO to contact your company, check your status NOW!