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Company Compliance Checklist
Company Compliance Checklist for preparing documents, facts, dates, and questions connected to corporate law.
Time to prepare2-5 hours
Before you start
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Before submission or review
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A company needs to prepare compliance records for CIPC, a bank, investor, transaction, tender, audit, or lawyer consultation.
You need to identify missing corporate records before signing, selling, restructuring, or raising finance.
Not For
- Tax filing, audit opinions, securities-law advice, insolvency, or regulated-sector compliance without specialist input.
- Backdating, hiding ownership, or creating false company records.
Documents
- Company registration documents
- MOI
- Share register
- Director records
- Beneficial ownership records
- Annual returns proof
- Financial statements
- Tax details
- Minutes
- Resolutions
- Shareholder agreement
- Bank mandates
Timeline
- Before review: check company status and collect statutory records.
- Before filing: prepare ownership, director, and annual return information.
- After filing: save confirmations and update internal registers.
- Ongoing: calendar recurring compliance dates.
Tips
- Keep CIPC records and internal registers aligned.
- Do not wait for a transaction to fix old company records.
- Record who has authority before signing contracts.
- Ask for advice if ownership, directors, or shareholder rights are disputed.
Warning Signs
- The company is in deregistration or final deregistration.
- Beneficial ownership records are incomplete.
- Directors or shareholders dispute authority.
- A bank, investor, tender, or buyer needs urgent compliance proof.
Official sources
- CIPC annual returnsAnnual return and company-status compliance context.
- CIPC beneficial ownershipBeneficial ownership record context.
- Companies Act 71 of 2008Company, director, shareholder, and statutory-record context.
This checklist is for general information only and does not constitute legal advice.
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