Yearly compliance,handled in full.

One yearly engagement that covers everything a company or LLP has to file, sign, and keep on record to stay current with the Registrar. One Practising Company Secretary signing your filings, one fixed yearly fee, every deadline tracked.

For a Private Limited Company or OPC

• The yearly filings

  The audited accounts filed within 30 days of the annual general meeting (AGM). The annual return filed within 60 days of the AGM. Coordination with your CA on the company's income-tax return.

• Director KYC

  Director KYC for every director, once every three years, by 30 September. Each director's ID is tracked and any deactivations flagged in time.

• Board meetings and AGM paperwork

  Notice and agenda for the four yearly board meetings (two for OPCs and small companies). Minutes drafted and entered in the minute book. AGM notice, agenda, and minutes.

• Required registers

  The Register of Shareholders, Register of Directors and Senior Managers, Register of Loans, Register of Charges (on the company's assets), and Register of Company Bonds — kept current as each event happens.

• Auditor coordination

  Auditor-appointment filings whenever the auditor is appointed, reappointed, or changed. Timeline coordination with your CA so accounts-filing deadlines are never missed.

• Event filings, up to a sensible cap

  Routine event filings included up to four a year — director additions or removals, share allotments, charge creation or satisfaction, name changes. Beyond four, each is quoted separately.

• Live compliance calendar

  Every upcoming filing, meeting, and KYC deadline visible in your dashboard. Reminders fire 30, 14, and 3 days before each due date.

For an LLP

• The yearly filings

  The annual return (Form 11) by 30 May. The statement of accounts and solvency (Form 8) by 30 October.

• Partner KYC

  Partner KYC for every designated partner, once every three years, by 30 September.

• Agreement and partner-change filings

  A short form (Form 3) for any change to the LLP Agreement — capital, profit-share, or partner roles. Another short form (Form 4) for adding or removing partners. Up to two events a year included; more are quoted separately.

• Required registers

  The Register of Partners, Register of Charges, and other registers required by law — kept current.

Every company has to keep a set of registers and minute books at its registered office, kept up to date at all times. These are not just paperwork — they are the official record of who owns the company, what it owes, and how it makes decisions. A shareholder, a lender, or the Registrar can ask to inspect them any day.

1. i.

   Register of Shareholders

   Every shareholder, the shares they hold, when they were issued or transferred, and what was paid. Updated with every share event.

2. ii.

   Register of Directors and Senior Managers

   Personal details, director ID, date of appointment, and date of leaving for every director and senior manager. Updated within 30 days of any change.

3. iii.

   Register of Charges

   Every secured loan, mortgage, or pledge created on the company's assets. Updated within 30 days of creation, change, or satisfaction, alongside the matching filing with the Registrar.

4. iv.

   Register of Loans, Investments, and Guarantees

   Any loan, investment, or guarantee the company gives to another company.

5. v.

   Register of Company Bonds and Other Securities

   For companies that issue bonds or any other securities — who holds them and how they have been transferred.

6. vi.

   Minute books

   Minutes of every board meeting and every general meeting, signed and dated within 30 days. Kept as a permanent record.

One fixed yearly fee that covers everything in scope. No per-filing charges and no surprise add-ons inside the included scope.

What is not in the fee

• Government filing fees

  The Ministry's own fees on the annual filings, director KYC, and event-based forms — passed through at cost. For a small company this is usually a few hundred to a couple of thousand rupees a year.

• Tax filings and audit

  Your income-tax return, tax audit, and GST returns sit with your CA. The audit and filing timelines are coordinated here, but tax returns are not filed.

• Catching up on past misses

  If your company has missed filings from earlier years, the catch-up is quoted separately. Most of the cost is the government's late fees, not the work itself.

• Event filings beyond the cap

  Up to four event filings (two for LLPs) are included. Beyond that — large fundraising rounds with several share allotments, frequent director changes, lots of charges — each is quoted at the standard event rate.

Yearly compliance is not something you opt into. The moment a company or LLP is incorporated, the law requires it to file certain returns, hold certain meetings, keep certain registers, and get its accounts audited where applicable — regardless of size, revenue, or activity. Even a dormant company has to file.

A Pvt Ltd or OPC has to have its accounts audited every year by a Chartered Accountant in practice. There is no turnover floor below which an audit is excused — even a dormant company has to be audited. The auditor is appointed at the first AGM for a five-year term, and a short form is filed with the Registrar to record the appointment.

What the auditor actually does

The auditor goes through the books, checks the accounts, and issues an audit report. The report covers whether the accounts give a true and fair view, the state of the company's internal controls, any signs of fraud, and a checklist of company-specific matters the auditor must comment on.

The retainer coordinates with your auditor on books-closing, audit timeline, board approval of accounts, and AGM scheduling. The audit itself, and your tax filings, are done by your CA.

For LLPs

An LLP only needs an audit if turnover crosses ₹40 lakh or contribution crosses ₹25 lakh. Below those numbers, the partners simply certify the accounts in Form 8 themselves, with no outside audit.

The registers required by law are not files updated once a year. They have to be kept current all the time — every share transfer, director appointment, charge creation, or loan has to be entered in the right register, usually within 30 days, sometimes sooner.

On the retainer, the registers live in your dashboard. Each event you flag is entered in the register and reflected in the matching filing with the Registrar in one flow. The registers can be produced from the dashboard whenever needed — for due diligence, audit, or a Registrar inspection.

The law accepts that the full compliance load would be too much for genuinely small businesses. Two categories — small companies and OPCs — get real concessions.

Small companies

Broadly, a Pvt Ltd qualifies as a small company if its paid-up capital is up to ₹4 crore and its turnover in the previous financial year is up to ₹40 crore. (These limits have been widened twice in recent years, so more companies qualify now than before.) A small company gets several concessions:

• A simpler annual return

  A shorter, easier version of the annual return form.

• Two board meetings a year, not four

  One in each half of the year, with at least 90 days between them.

• No cash flow statement

  The financial statements don't need to include a cash flow statement.

• Half the penalties

  Where the law sets a penalty for a default, small companies and OPCs pay half the rate that applies to other companies.

OPCs

One Person Companies get the same concessions as small companies, plus two more:

• No actual AGM

  An OPC does not hold an Annual General Meeting. A notional date is used for working out filing deadlines.

• No board meeting needed if there's one director

  If the OPC has only one director, no formal board meeting is required. Resolutions are simply recorded by the sole director and entered in the minute book.