A named company secretary, ACRA annual returns and statutory registers kept current — so your company stays compliant while you run the business.
Every Singapore private limited company carries a set of statutory obligations that do not pause for a busy quarter. You need a company secretary in place, an annual return filed with ACRA after each financial year, statutory registers that reflect reality, and proper resolutions behind every change of director, shareholder or address. Miss one, and the lapse usually surfaces at the worst time — during due diligence, a bank review, or a financing round.
Steadbook acts as your named company secretary or co-sec provider. We keep the filings calendared, the registers ACRA-ready, and the paperwork tidy, so directors can focus on the business rather than the compliance calendar.
From newly incorporated companies appointing their first secretary, to established businesses with multiple shareholders and active share activity.
The recurring filings and the one-off corporate actions, kept in one place.
Secretarial lapses are quiet ones. They accumulate when no single person owns the compliance calendar, and they surface when a bank, a buyer or an auditor asks for the file.
If some records are missing or out of date, that is common — part of taking over is reconstructing the registers and getting your ACRA record back in order before we maintain it going forward.
Corporate secretarial work sits naturally alongside the rest of a company's finance function. Many clients pair our corporate secretarial service with accounting and tax support, so the same team that keeps your registers in order also handles your books and IRAS filings.
Yes. Every Singapore company must appoint a company secretary within six months of incorporation. The role must be filled by a person ordinarily resident in Singapore, and the sole director of a company cannot also act as its sole secretary. The position should not be left vacant for more than six months at a time.
A company secretary keeps the company compliant with the Companies Act and ACRA requirements. That includes filing the annual return after the AGM, maintaining the statutory registers of members, directors, secretaries and controllers, preparing board and shareholder resolutions, and lodging changes such as new directors, share transfers or a change of registered address.
The annual return is a yearly filing every Singapore company must lodge with ACRA. It confirms key company particulars such as directors, shareholders, the registered office and share capital, and where applicable attaches financial statements. Some companies must file their financial statements in XBRL format. The return is filed after the AGM, where an AGM is required.
Many private companies do not need to hold an AGM at all. Under section 175A of the Companies Act a private company is exempt for a financial year if it sends its financial statements to members within five months after the financial year-end, or if all members have resolved to dispense with AGMs. Where an AGM is required it must be held within six months after year-end, and the annual return is due within seven months. Even where an AGM is not held, the annual return still has to be filed with ACRA and financial statements still need to be prepared. We confirm what applies to your company before each cycle.
Yes. We prepare the resolutions and lodge the relevant filings with ACRA for appointments and resignations of directors, allotments and transfers of shares, changes to the registered office address, and updates to the register of controllers. We keep the statutory registers aligned with each change so your records stay accurate.
Yes. We regularly take over the corporate secretarial role from an in-house officer or another provider. We review your existing registers and ACRA records, identify any gaps or overdue filings, and bring everything current before maintaining it going forward. The handover usually starts with a short message exchange and a written proposal.
Steadbook Advisory LLP has been registered in Singapore since 2018. Both co-founders trained in audit at Ernst & Young, and the firm is led by an ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant. A named lead runs your file day to day, with partner review before anything is filed.
Tell us about your company and we'll reply with questions and a written proposal, usually within five working days. See how we price first if you'd like.
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