ORC Service

Check availability of names of business from ORC database.

Register your Business Names also known as a sole proprietorship (one-man business)

Make amendments and changes in cases of resignation, death, removal etc

Register a body corporate made up of professionals that are qualified in a recognized profession

A certificate signed by the directors of each transfer or company stating that the merger has been approved

Annual Returns is a mandatory requirement for all Incorporated Companies.

Check availability of names of business from ORC database.

An entity information search is a process of searching and retrieving information about a specific entity

A Company may carry on business under a Subsidiary Business Name which does not consist of its corporate name

A Partnership is made up of a minimum of two and a maximum of twenty persons who engage in profit making business

A body formed by one to fifty people whose liability is unlimited to the amount of shares unpaid

A company which has the liability of its members limited to an amount that the members may respectively undertake to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of it being wound up

A body corporate made up of professionals in a recognized profession and are united in a common interest

An external company is a body corporate formed outside the Republic

Re-registration is a one-time free process of updating all business entities registered or incorporated

Annual Partnership Renewal is a mandatory requirement for all Incorporated Partnerships.

Annual Returns is a mandatory requirement for all Incorporated Companies.

Group Accounts is a mandatory requirement for all registered External Companies.

The submission of Annual Returns is a mandatory requirement for all Professional bodies registered in Ghana

This is an order by a court of competent jurisdiction against a Professional Body.

This is an order by a court of competent jurisdiction against the Registered External Company.

Once in every year each partner registered under this Act shall deliver to the Registrar for registration a renewal notice in the prescribed form renewing the registration.

Share transfer, Change of Director/Secretary, filling for annual returns, change of address etc

File supplementary partnership agreement should be signed by all the partners and stamped by the Land Valuation Board.

File Transfer agreement which must be duly stamped at the Land Valuation Board

Once in every year an individual registered under this Act shall deliver to the Registrar for registration a renewal notice

Every company shall, at least once every year, deliver to the Registrar for registration an annual return.

Provide a detailed description of the nature of changes in particular.

File Special Resolution (SR) and File Shareholder(s)’s Resolution

Write a notification letter to ORC and attach Form A and a copy of the original certificate

File Form 13(Provide accurate digital address, Postal Address, Telephone Number(s), Email Address and Website Site

Liquidation is the process of closing down, winding up or dissolving a company.

File Special Resolution(SR), File Shareholder(s)'s Resolution, Attach the Registered Constitution

A certificate signed by the directors of each transfer or company stating that the merger has been approved

Provide Consent letter from a certified auditor by the Institute of Chartered Auditors and must be registered as a Sole Proprietor/Partnership

INSOLVENCY AND LIQUIDATIONS SERVICES DIVISION The Registrar, pursuant to Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992) and Section 153 of the Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Act, 2020 (Act 1015) established the Division. The Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Act repealed the Bodies Corporate (Official Liquidations) Act, 1963 (Act 180). WHAT WE DO; Oversee Business Restructuring & Administration Undertake […]