Corporate Secretarial Services

Section 171 of the Companies Act requires all companies incorporated in Singapore to appoint a company secretary who must be a resident of Singapore within 6 month of its incorporation. The position of secretary must not be left vacant for more than 6 months at any one time.

If the company has only one director, he cannot act as a company secretary. However if the company has more than one director, one of the directors can also act as company secretary. Private limited companies need not appoint a professionally qualified secretary. However, a secretary must nevertheless be appointed. Only public companies must appoint a professionally qualified secretary, examples of professionally qualified secretaries include lawyers, accountants, and chartered secretaries.

BESO provides the complete range of corporate services, helps companies stay compliant, meet every aspect of business regulations in Singapore.

Provision of company secretary
Appointment of nominee director
Appointment of nominee shareholder
Provision of registered office/correspondence address including mail forwarding
Opening of bank accounts and managing changes to bank signatories
Corporate restructuring, e.g. amalgamations
Share capital reduction
Share buy-back exercise
Rights Issue
Sales and Divestments

IPO Restructuring
Advice on best practice and corporate governance and compliance with the Singapore Companies Act
Setting up statutory minutes books and registers
Custody and maintenance of statutory minutes books and registers
Safe custody and control over use of common seal
Facilitation of corporate documents for notarisation, legalisation and attestation
Preparing and lodging all prescribed forms and requisite documents with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)
Preparation of accounts in XBRL format incl. lodging with ACRA

Preparation of notices, minutes, and other documents pertaining to directors’ and shareholders’ meetings (Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting)
Managing changes with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)

✓ Change of name

✓ Change in constitutional documents

✓ Change in capital structure (transfer of shares, new issuance of shares, repurchase of shares)

✓ Change of shareholders

✓ Change of directors, managers, auditors and company secretaries

✓ Change of registered office address

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