Corporate Governance & Company Secretarial

We provide comprehensive secretarial, compliance and governance services for South African businesses. Our expertise ensures all corporate requirements are properly managed in accordance with South African law.

Company Secretarial

We provide support with the formation and registration of new companies in South Africa, including the preparation and filing of required documentation and completing essential steps to incorporate a new business. This encompasses:

Drafting bespoke Memoranda of Incorporation, the primary document establishing a company’s legal existence and constitutional framework
Obtaining Tax Clearance Certificates from the South African Revenue Service (SARS)
Maintaining Company Registers with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)
Assisting with the preparation and filing of annual returns
Maintaining a company’s share register

Compliance Management

Our compliance services include CIPC compliance checklists and due diligence assessments that evaluate a company’s adherence to its Memorandum of Incorporation, the King Report on Corporate Governance (King IV), the Companies Act, the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, the Promotion of Access to Information Act and industry-specific regulations. We collaborate closely with clients to develop customised policies and procedures.

We assist with identifying, assessing and managing company risks, working alongside clients to formulate sound risk management strategies that facilitate reliable reporting, safeguard assets and stakeholder interests, ensure compliance with laws and regulations, and improve operational efficiency.

Our team provides support to Boards and individual directors through guidance on their duties, responsibilities and powers, awareness of relevant laws and regulations, business ethics and good governance. We help prepare agendas, board packs for meetings, resolutions, communications to shareholders and offer advice on shareholder rights and obligations.

Corporate Governance

We deliver comprehensive virtual company secretarial services, ideal for businesses without dedicated in-house secretaries and those requiring secretarial auditing to ensure accuracy and full compliance of company secretarial records, as well as support services for in-house corporate secretarial staff. This includes ongoing or ad-hoc support for:

Drafting board and shareholder resolutions
Creating board meeting packs and drafting subsequent meeting minutes
Filing annual returns
Calculating public interest scores and establishing social and ethics committees for companies legally required to meet enhanced accountability aspects of the Companies Act
Incorporating new companies
Registering and deregistering directors, including filing with CIPC

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