Company secretarial

Company incorporation and secretarial services

The Companies Act No. 07 of 2007 is the governing law of companies in Sri Lanka. To register a company, an application should be submitted to the Registrar of Companies (ROC), through a Registered Company Secretary with ROC. All the subsequent communications with ROC also require a Registered Company Secretary.

As a well-experienced and expertise Registered Company Secretary we can assist the investors to incorporate companies and perform all the subsequent company secretarial duties efficiently.

Our company incorporation services

We provide the investors with the following services to incorporate companies in Sri Lanka;

• Applying for and obtaining clearance of company name
• Holding the registered office of companies
• Drafting standard articles of association
• Preparing incorporation forms, appointing initial directors and company secretary and issuing shares
• Publishing the particulars of the company, which is required for the Companies Act
• Obtaining the Tax Identification Number (TIN) from the Inland Revenue Department
• Preparing the company seal, if requested, and obtaining certified copies of incorporation forms from the ROC

Our team of experts can avoid undue delays during incorporation and provide you with a hassle-free mind to focus on the operational aspects of the business.

Our secretarial services

We provide the following services to operating companies in Sri Lanka;

• Preparing documentation including board resolutions, share transfer forms and forms to be filed at the ROC and all other documentation concerning share issue or share transfers and issuing of share certificates
• Preparing and filing annual returns
• Preparing and filing of forms in respect of change of directors or details of the directors or secretaries
• Issuing a notice of and attending board or committee meetings, circular resolution of directors, issuing of notice, attending and drafting of the minutes of the annual general meeting
• Preparing documentation including board resolutions, and filing forms
• Secretarial work other than those mentioned above, such as convening extraordinary general meetings, changing clauses of the articles of association, changing of company name, etc.,

Fee structure

• Incorporation – We charge our clients a fixed amount in addition to the reimbursable expenses of filing forms at the ROC.
• Maintenance of secretarial documents – We charge a fixed amount as a quarterly retainer fee for being the secretaries on record and maintaining all the statutory records, plus reimbursable expenses of filing forms at the ROC and a time charge basis for non-routine work.

Even so, we at TKCS make it a point to provide quality, cost-effective services for all our clients’ while fitting into their respective budgets.

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