The filings that quietly rack up penalties.
No single statutory filing is difficult. The difficulty is that they fall due on different cycles, to different regulators, and nothing reminds you until something has already lapsed. A company can be trading perfectly well and still be in deregistration proceedings because an annual return was missed.
Filed each year on the anniversary of incorporation, together with the financial accountability supplement. Missing them is what puts a company into deregistration, which is far more work to reverse than to avoid.
The register of the natural persons who ultimately own or control the company, filed with CIPC and kept current as shareholding changes.
Sworn affidavits for exempted micro and qualifying small enterprises, and preparation of the supporting evidence where a full verification is required.
Registration with the Compensation Fund and the annual Return of Earnings, which is also what a Letter of Good Standing depends on — and many contracts depend on that.
Information Officer registration, a PAIA manual, and a practical view of what your business actually has to change to process personal information lawfully.
Director and shareholder changes, registered address, share transfers, MOI amendments and the statutory registers a company is required to keep.
A single calendar of every obligation, its due date and who is responsible, reviewed with you so nothing depends on someone happening to remember it.
We check the CIPC record, the Compensation Fund status, your B-BBEE position and your POPIA readiness, and list what is missing, lapsed or about to lapse.
Outstanding returns are brought up to date and any deregistration or lapsed status is reversed before it hardens into a bigger problem.
Every recurring obligation goes onto a dated calendar with an owner, and we take responsibility for the filings within our scope.
Filings are made as they fall due, and you get confirmation each time rather than having to ask.
Usually, yes. Restoration is a defined CIPC process and generally requires the outstanding annual returns to be brought up to date. We handle both parts.
It depends on turnover and on what your customers require. Smaller enterprises can typically use a sworn affidavit; above those thresholds a verified certificate is needed. We will tell you which applies.
Yes. It applies to any business processing personal information, including staff and customer records. What differs is how much is proportionate — for most owner-led businesses it is a manageable, one-off setup plus a light annual review.
Yes. The audit in step one exists precisely for that. We would rather find everything upfront than discover it a year in.
A 30-minute call with the lead partner — whether compliance & strategy is the right starting point, and what an engagement would look like. No charge.
