Enhanced Support: Ireland (IE)

The Companies Registration Office (CRO) is the registrar of companies for Ireland (IE). Diligent Entities works together with the CRO to assist clients with their entity management needs.

The following sections detail which entity and document types are supported within Diligent Entities for clients engaging with the CRO:

Company Types

The following Company Types are supported within Diligent Entities specifically for Ireland:

  • Company Limited by Guarantee without Shares (CLG)
  • Designated Activity Company (Ltd. by Guarantee) (DAC)
  • Designated Activity Company (Ltd. by Shares) (DAC)
  • Investment Company (ICAV)
  • Investment Company (VCC) (Part 24)
  • Private Company Limited by Shares (LTD)
  • Public Limited Company (PLC)
  • Public Limited Company (PLC) Listed
  • Public Unlimited Company (PUC)
  • Public Unlimited Company (PULC)
  • Private Unlimited Company (ULC)
  • Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCIT)

The following Company Types are supported within Diligent Entities and are applicable to Ireland:

  • Public Limited Company
  • Limited by Shares
  • Public Company Limited by Guarantee
  • Public Company Unlimited with Shares
  • Limited by Shares and Guarantee
  • Limited by Guarantee
  • Unlimited with Shares
  • Public Company
  • Private Company
  • Limited Partnership
  • Limited Partnership
  • Limited Liability Partnership

Forms

The following table lists:

Paper Forms (Manual Entry): Paper forms that are available within, but not generated by, the Diligent Entities application must be manually filled in. These will be located in the Form Fill section (Working Documents/Document Store > Form Fill).

Paper Forms (Auto-generated): Paper forms that are automatically generated within Diligent Entities specifically for Ireland. They can be filed/submitted to the CRO in paper format.

Forms (E-file): Forms that are supported for e-filing within Diligent Entities and can be filed to the CRO.

Note

If a form can be e-filed, unless otherwise stated, it is also automatically generated within the application.

Form

Description

Paper

(Manual Entry)

Paper

(Auto-generated)

E-Filing

-

Self Assessment of Stamp Duty – Warrant for Adjudication

28

Consolidation/Subdivision of Shares

A1

Application to Incorporate a Company

A1 (EF)

Electronic Incorporation

A4 (70)

Application by a Public Limited Company to Commence Business and Declaration of Particulars

B1

Annual Return

B1u

Group financial statements

B1X

Voluntary Revision of Defective Financial Statements

B1 (Conf)

Confirmation of Electronic Filing

B2

Notice of Change in Registered Office Address

B2

Appointment/Cessation of Registered Office Agent

B2

Change of Registered Office Address

B3

Address of Directors Service Contracts

B3

Address of Disclosable Interests Register

B3

Address of Register of Directors and Secretaries

B3

Address of Register of Members

B3

Address of Instruments Creating Charges

B3

Address of Register of Debentures

B3

Address of Register of Minutes of Meetings

B4

Increase in Nominal/Authorised Capital

B5

Rights Issue of Shares

B5

Allotment of Shares

B5

Bonus Issue of Shares

B7

Consolidation/Subdivision of Shares

B7

Variation of Company Capital as Prescribed Under Section 83(6) Companies Act 2014

B9

Notice of Increase in Number of the Members

B10

Appointment Director/Secretary

B10

Change of Address

B10

Change of Name

B10

Change of Particulars

B10

Death of Director/Secretary

B10

Remove Director/Secretary

B10

Replace Director/Secretary

B10

Resign Director/Secretary

B10

Notice of Change in Directors or Secretaries or in their Particulars

B10a

Notice of Change in Director's Address or in Director's Name Filed in relation to Multiple Companies

B18

Registration of a Prospectus Approved by the Central Bank for Issue by an Irish Registered Company

B42a

Notice of Rectification of Register of Members

B46

Authorisation of Registered Person

B46

Replacement of Registered Person

B46

Revocation of Registered Person

B67

Application for a Certificate Stating that a Company has a Real and Continuous Link with One or More Economic Activities being Carried On in the State

B68

Excluding a Company from Consideration for the Purposes of Determining the Number of Companies of which a Person is Director

B69

Declaration that a person has ceased to be a director or secretary of a company which has failed to send notification of the said Cessation

B73

Nomination of New Annual Return Date

B74

Statement of Directors Disqualification submitted together with notice of appointment

B77

Appointment Registered Agent

B77

Resign Registered Agent

B77

Notice of Authorisation/Revocation of Authorisation of an Electronic Filing Agent

B78a

Nomination of a New Annual Return Date for Holding and/or Subsidiary Undertaking

B81

Authorisation of Registered Office Agent

B83

Alteration of Financial year end

C1

Particulars of a Charge Created by a Company Incorporated in the State

C3

Particulars of a Charge Subject to which Property has Been Acquired by a Company Incorporated in the State

C6

Satisfaction of a Charge/Judgement Mortgage

C7

Partial satisfaction of a charge/Judgement Mortgage

C10

Particulars of a Judgment Mortgage

C17

Change to the Particulars of the Charge holder

CAT10

Gift/Inheritance Tax Exemption for Dwelling House

CBM1

Draft Terms of Formation of Cross-Border Merger Involving an Irish Registered Company

D6

Members' Assent to Application by a Limited Company to be Re-Registered as Unlimited

D6C

Members' Assent to Re-registration as a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG)

D6D

Members assent to re-registration as a Designated Activity Company Limited by Guarantee

D10

Application by a Public Limited Company for Re-registration as Another Form of Company Following Cancellation of Shares and Diminution of Share Capital

D13

Notice of Application Made to the Court for the Cancellation of a Special Resolution Regarding Re-registration

D20

Re-Register Company Type and Statement of Compliance

DM1

Notice of Common Draft Terms of Merger Involving Two or More Irish Companies Under Part 9

DM2

Notice of Common Draft Terms of Merger Involving Two or More Irish Companies – PLC included under Part 17

DV1

Notice of Common Draft Terms of Division Involving Two or More Irish Companies under Part 9

DV2

Notice of Common Draft Terms of Division Involving Two or More Irish Companies – PLC included under Part 17

E1 (12)

Declaration of Solvency

E2

Notice of Appointment of Liquidator(s)

E2A

Notice of Resignation of Liquidator(s)

E2B

Notice of Removal of Liquidator(s)

E2C

Notice of Appointment of Liquidator Following Removal of Previous Liquidator

E3

Liquidator's Account of His/Her Acts & Dealings & of Conduct of the Winding Up

E4

Liquidator's Statement of Proceeding and the Position of the Winding Up

E5 (14)

Liquidator's Final Statement of Account

E6

Return of Final Winding Up Meeting (members' Voluntary Winding Up)

E7

Return of Final Winding Up Meeting of Members & Creditors (Creditors' Voluntary Winding Up)

E8

Notice of Appointment of Receiver

E9

Receivers Abstract

E10

Statement of Affairs Receiverships

E11

Notice of Ceasing to Act as Receiver

E24

Notice of Petition for Appointment of Examiner

E699

Notice of Annulment of Liquidation

EF

EF Data Download Comparison

EF

EF Data Download Summary

EF

Electronic Filing Download

F2

Return of alteration in the Charter, Statutes, Memorandum, or Articles of association, or other instrument constituting or defining the constitution of an external company.

F12

Registration of a Company which is a Branch of a EEA company

F13

Registration form: Branch non-EEA country

F14

Notification of Closure of Branch/Liquidation of Company/Insolvency Proceedings/Appointment of Liquidator

G1

Special Resolution

G1Q

Change of Company Name

G2

Ordinary Resolution

G5

Declaration of Compliance

H1

Restoration of a Company to the Register On Application to the Registrar

H1-OMC

Restoration to the Register of a Struck off Company, Being an Owners' Management Company

H2

Notice of Disclosure Order

H3

Notice of Removal of Auditor

H4

Notice that Proper Accounting Records Not Kept

H5

Return by a Company Purchasing its Own Shares and/or Shares in a Holding Company

H5a

Return for Re-issue of Former Treasury Shares

H15

Voluntary Strike-off Request/Striking off Application by a Company

J1

Electronic Filing Agent Opt-in/Application to act as a Filing Agent

J1A

Application to Act as a Statutory Electronic Filing Agent, Pursuant to Section 57 of the Investment Funds Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Acts 2005, and the Nomination of Verification Signatories

J2

Application by an Individual for CRO Identification Number (CRO ID) and Personal Identification Number (PIN) for Purposes of Electronic Filing of CRO Forms

J3

Authorisation of Agent

J4

Changes to Electronic Filing Authorisations

M1

Notice of Change to a Single Member Company

M2

Notice of Change In Status to a Single Member Company

N1

Conversion of existing Private Limited Company (limited by shares) to Private Company Limited by Shares (LTD)

N2

Conversion of existing Private Limited Company (Limited by Shares) to Designated Activity Company Limited by Shares

N3

Change of Company Name (Change req. old to new act)

RBN1B

Registration of a Business Name by a Body Corporate

RBN2B

Nature of Change in Particulars Registered by a Body Corporate

RBN3

Cessation of Business under a Business Name by a Registered Individual, Partnership or Body Corporate

SD4

Stamp Duty - Transfer of Unquoted Shares

STF

Stock Transfer Form

-

Board Minutes to Convene Annual Meeting

-

PDF Accounts Upload - Overall Certificate for Accounts with Typed Signatures

-

Automatic Board Meeting Minutes

-

Minutes of an Annual General Meeting

-

Notice of an Annual General Meeting

-

Short Notice of an Annual General Meeting

-

Board Minutes for the Bonus Issue of Shares

-

Notice of EGM for the Bonus Issue of Shares

-

Resolution for the Bonus Issue of Shares

-

Written Form Resolution for the Bonus Issue of Shares

-

Board Minutes to Change Company Name

-

Notice of EGM to Change Company Name

-

Special Resolution to Change Company Name

-

Written Form Resolution to Change Company Name

-

Ordinary Type Dividend Voucher

-

Preference Type Dividend Voucher

-

Dividend Vouchers

-

Board Meeting Minutes

-

Board Meeting Minutes to Convene EGM

-

EGM Minutes to Approve Resolutions

-

EGM Minutes to Approve Resolutions Unanimously

-

Short Notice of EGM to Pass Resolution(s)

-

Guarantee Certificate

-

Articles of Association - Subscribers

-

Board Minutes to Increase Authorised Shares

-

Notice of EGM to Increase Authorised Shares

-

Ordinary Resolution to Increase Authorised Shares

-

Written Form Resolution to Increase Authorised Shares

-

Private Limited by Shares - Articles

-

Private Limited by Shares - Cover Page

-

Private Limited by Shares - Memorandum

-

Memorandum and Articles of Association

-

Memorandum of Association - Subscribers

-

Incorporation Objects

-

Incorporation Objects - General Commercial Company

-

Incorporation Objects - Specific

-

Incorporation Objects - Standard

-

First Board Meeting Minutes

-

Share Certificates

-

Letter of Application on Allotment

-

Letter of Resignation

-

Board Minutes to Re-designate Shares

-

Notice of EGM to Re-designate Shares

-

Resolution to Re-designate Shares

-

Written Form Resolution to Re-designate Shares

-

Share Certificate

-

Share Certificate (Fast Print)

-

Board Minutes to Consolidate/Subdivide Shares

-

Notice of EGM to Consolidate/Subdivide Shares

-

Ordinary Resolution to Consolidate/Subdivide Shares

-

Written Form Resolution to Consolidate/Subdivide Shares

-

CC12/05 Report of Notification of Changes to Company Controllers

-

CC8C/05 Report of Notification of Changes to a Consumer Credit Licence

-

Register of Directors and Secretaries Interests (Batch)

-

(IE) Section 44 Certificate Expiry Report for Companies List

-

Person Profile

-

Directorships Report

-

RBO Data Summary for Online Portal

-

Register of Directors

-

Register of Directors and Secretaries

-

Register of Directors and Secretaries Interests

-

Report of Appointments

-

CRO Personal Identification Report

-

Companies under care of Registered Office Agent