CRO Gazette 2011

A European Directive has provided for certain requirements for publication of information in Iris Oifigiúil to be replaced by requirements to be published in an online CRO Gazette.

The Gazette includes the following lists in pdf format: New companies; change of name; annual returns received and registered; liquidations; foreign companies; other registered documents; strike offs; restorations. For liquidations, receiverships and examinerships please see Iris Oifigiúil.

Archived Strike-off lists 2000-2004

CRO GAZETTE 2011

ANNUAL RETURNS - OCTOBER PEAK
 
There are over 43,000 companies with an annual return date of 30 September and a filing deadline of 28 October. If you are filing an annual return in respect of one of these companies, you are requested to ensure that your correctly completed return is delivered to the CRO on-time. The best way of doing this is to file on-line.

If you submit your B1 on-line you will have another 28 days from the date of submission to deliver your signature page and financial statements to the CRO. The filing fee for an e-B1 is €20 and for a paper B1 is €40.

If an annual return is filed late, late filing penalties apply and, where applicable, the company also loses its entitlement
to claim audit exemption in the current year and in the following year.

Should you experience difficulties filing your form on-line, help with the content of the form can be obtained from:

LoCall 1890-252536* / 059-9178981 / 01-8045394 or
eb1@djei.ie  

Help with technical or IT issues is available from:

01-8045374 / 01 8045307 / 01 8045355 or
electronic.filing@djei.ie  

* Note that the rates charged for the use of 1890 (LoCall) numbers may vary among different service providers.

For more information on e-filing, click on
electronic.filing@djei.ie or view a Youtube video on how to file a B1 on CORE at  https://www.youtube.com/c/croirl
 

CONTACTING CRO'S CARLOW OFFICE DURING OCTOBER/NOVEMBER
 
This year, in addition to dealing with the usual peak filing of annual returns in October/ November, the Carlow office will also be responsible for processing applications from companies to be converted to a new company type (LTD or DAC) before the 18 month transition period ends on 30 November.

In the exceptional circumstances pertaining this year, it would be appreciated if instead of telephoning the Carlow office, customers seeking information or assistance could send an e-mail to one of the following e-mail addresses, please:

Annual Returns: crocarlow@djei.ie  
e-B1 queries: eb1@djei.ie  
Conversions: conversions@djei.ie  
Business Names: rbn@djei.ie  
District Court: dcet@djei.ie  
Credit Card Refunds: epayments.cro@djei.ie  
Customer Accounts: cro.customer.accounts@djei.ie  

Please note that on the CRO website, in the "WHAT'S NEW" section, there is a daily update advising of the date of receipt of annual returns, RBNs and conversion documents being processed on that day. Customers should, where at all possible, avoid contacting CRO about documents delivered after the processing date given on the website as they have not yet been reached by the processing team. This will allow CRO to continue to dedicate resources to the processing of submissions. Your cooperation in this regard would be greatly appreciated.

SMALL COMPANY ABRIDGED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Under the terms of Sections 352 & 353 of the Companies Act 2014, a small company is required to file the following Financial Statements in respect of financial years ending on or after 1 June 2015:

1. Extract from Director’s Report:- setting out the information referred to in section 329 (in respect of the interest of the Directors in shares and Debentures of the company) that is required to be stated in the directors’ report and extracted therefrom;

2. Balance Sheet and Notes to the Financial Statements as set out in section 353 of the Act; and,

3. Unless audit exempt, a special statutory auditors’ report prepared in accordance with section 356

The requirement at 1 above to provide information on Director's interests in shares/debentures is separate and additional to the requirement in section 318 to provide details of share capital in the Notes to the Financial Statements, referred to at 2 above.

See Appendix 1 to CRO Information Leaflet No 23 for a sample Abridged Audit Exempt Financial Statements, Appendix 2 for information on the Directors' Report and Appendix 4 for information on the Notes to the Financial Statements. If in doubt, companies are advised to obtain professional advice in relation to the contents of their Financial Statements.


DEADLINES FOR COMPANIES WISHING TO BE CONVERTED TO A DAC OR AN LTD

Under the 2014 Companies Act, all existing private companies limited by shares have the option of converting to one of the new company types (LTD or DAC) during a transition period which ends on 30 NOVEMBER 2016.

CRO would encourage companies to file their conversion applications with the CRO by the END OF OCTOBER at the latest, in order to allow time for the conversions to be processed before the 30 NOVEMBER deadline.

Private limited by shares companies that have not applied to the CRO to be converted to either a DAC or an LTD during the transition period will, in accordance with the legislation, be automatically converted to an LTD by the CRO after 1 December 2016.

For more information, see Need to Convert webpage and Information Leaflet 31 


DIGITAL CERTIFICATES

CRO has now commenced issuing all Certificates of Incorporation of Company Names as digitally certified documents. This is the 3rd phase of the roll out of the Digital Certification strategy which was launched on 13 April 2016 with the issue of all Mortgage Certificates as digitally certified documents. Digital Certification of Business names went live on 2 August 2016.

These digitally certified documents replace the paper certificates posted out to presenters. They facilitate immediate receipt of certification by the presenter following registration. They are emailed to customers as a pdf document to the email address entered in the “Company email Address"” section of the application form submitted for registration. The pdf document contains a coloured banner at the top of the screen to confirm that it has been digitally signed as certified by the CRO. This provides an assurance to the recipient that the document is authentic, has not been tampered with and has been independently verified as sourced in CRO. Presenters can provide these digital certificates directly to third parties by email.


MANDATORY EFILING OF CERTAIN SUBMISSIONS WILL BE INTRODUCED BY THE CRO FROM 1ST JUNE 2017 

SI 458 of 2016 - Companies Act 2014 (Section 897) Order 2016 has been signed into law by the Minister of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. The Statutory Instrument comes into effect on 1st June 2017. Mandatory electronic filing will apply to the following submissions from this date:

  • B1 Form - Annual Return (including financial statements and electronic payment)
  • B2 Form - Change of registered office
  • B10 Form - Change of director and/or secretary, or in their particulars
  • B73 Form - Nomination of a new annual return date

These changes will directly affect the company of which you are a director. As every company is obliged to file a B1 every year, it is imperative that any company, whose Annual Return Date (ARD) is after the 31st May 2017, familiarises themselves with the online process ahead of their ARD.

Link to CORE (Companies Online Registration Environment) https://core.cro.ie/

CRO are working on an information campaign to notify companies of the new efiling requirements.


CRO ACCOUNT HOLDERS

CRO Account holders should ensure that there is sufficient money in their account to cover the transaction before submitting their documents.

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