Company Law Matters Consultancy
Registrar filings, meetings, registers and structural changes handled under the Companies Act, 2013.
The Obligations That Continue Long After Incorporation
Incorporating a company is a single event. Complying with the Companies Act, 2013 is a permanent condition. Meetings have to be held and minuted, registers maintained, resolutions passed in the right form and filings made with the Registrar within their prescribed periods.
These obligations are easy to let slide because nothing appears to happen when they are missed. Then a bank asks for the register of members, a buyer runs due diligence, or additional fees have accumulated on filings that were never made – and the gap has to be closed retrospectively, which is always harder and more expensive.
MPVD & Associates provides company law matters consultancy to private and public companies and LLPs, keeping records and filings current and handling structural changes as they arise.
Company Law Matters We Handle
Work under the Companies Act divides broadly into recurring compliance and one-off events.
- Annual filings – financial statements and the annual return filed with the Registrar within their prescribed periods each year, with additional fees accruing for delay.
- Board and general meetings – held at the intervals the Act requires, with notices, agendas, resolutions and minutes prepared and recorded properly.
- Statutory registers – members, directors, charges and related-party contracts maintained in the prescribed form and kept current.
- Director changes – appointments, resignations and removals, with the required filings, consents and disclosures of interest.
- Capital alterations – increases in authorised capital, allotments, transfers and changes to the capital clause of the Memorandum.
- Structural changes – alteration of the name, objects or registered office, and amendments to the Memorandum and Articles.
- Charges – creation, modification and satisfaction of charges registered against the company’s assets.
- Director KYC – the annual requirement applying to every person holding a director identification number.
Where a matter requires representation before a tribunal or court, or is genuinely contentious in a legal sense, we work alongside legal counsel rather than holding ourselves out as a substitute for them.
Our Company Law Services
Annual ROC Compliance
Financial statements and annual returns prepared and filed within their prescribed periods, with the year’s meeting and resolution record kept in order.
Meetings and Minutes
Notices, agendas, resolutions and minutes prepared for board and general meetings so the statutory record stands up to inspection.
Statutory Registers
Registers of members, directors, charges and contracts set up and maintained in the prescribed form, and reconstructed where they have lapsed.
Director and Capital Changes
Appointments and resignations, share allotments and transfers, and increases in authorised capital, with the required filings made on time.
Constitutional Amendments
Changes to name, objects, registered office and the Articles, with the resolutions and approvals each change requires.
Compliance Health Check
A review of filings, registers and meeting records to identify what is missing before someone else does – a lender, an investor or the Registrar.
How We Work on Company Law Matters
Step 1 – Reviewing the Current Position
We check the Registrar records against your internal documents to see what has been filed, what is outstanding and whether registers and minute books actually exist in the prescribed form.
Step 2 – Closing the Gaps
Outstanding filings are made and registers reconstructed where records permit. Additional fees are quantified first so you know the cost before we proceed.
Step 3 – Establishing a Compliance Calendar
Meeting dates, filing deadlines and annual requirements such as director KYC are diarised against your financial year and shared with you.
Step 4 – Running the Recurring Cycle
We prepare notices, resolutions and minutes for meetings as they fall due, and make the annual filings within their periods.
Step 5 – Handling Events as They Arise
Director changes, allotments, charge registrations and constitutional amendments are handled as they come up, with the filing made within its own deadline rather than batched to year end.
What Happens When Company Law Compliance Slips
- Additional fees accumulate – late filings attract additional fees that increase with the length of delay, and they apply per filing.
- Directors are exposed – certain defaults carry consequences for directors personally, including disqualification in specified circumstances.
- Transactions stall – due diligence for funding, lending or sale examines filings and registers closely, and gaps hold deals up at the worst moment.
- Strike-off risk – companies that persistently fail to file can be struck off the register by the Registrar.
- Records become unreconstructable – minute books and registers are far harder to rebuild years later than to maintain as you go.
If you are unsure of your position, a compliance health check will establish it quickly. For transaction-specific work see corporate law matters.
Why Choose MPVD & Associates
Company law compliance sits naturally alongside audit and accounting, because the same events drive all three. An allotment of shares affects the register, the financial statements and the Registrar filing, and it is easier when one firm sees all of them.
- Joined up with your audit and accounts. Resolutions, registers and financial statements stay consistent with each other.
- Deadlines diarised. Filings and meetings tracked against your financial year rather than remembered.
- Backlogs cleared. We regularly bring companies with several years of missed filings back into good standing.
- Honest about scope. Where a matter needs legal representation before a tribunal or court, we say so and work with counsel.
- Kolkata based, working nationally. Registrar filings are electronic and handled wherever your registered office is.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Get Your Company Law Matters in Order
Tell us your company name and roughly how long it has been since filings were last made. We will check the Registrar position and set out exactly what is outstanding and what it will cost to fix.