Company register

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A company register is a register of organizations in the jurisdiction they operate under.[1]

A statistical business register has a different purpose than a company register. While a commercial/trade register serves a purpose of protection, accountability and control, a statistical register plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a national statistics office.[2]

Company registers by country[]

Each country's company register has different registrar types, contents, purpose, and public availability.

Botswana[]

Companies and Intellectual Property Authority is responsible for registering companies in Botswana.

Canada[]

The Director General of Corporations Canada is responsible for federally-incorporated corporations.[3]

Each province has a registrar who is responsible for provincially-incorporated corporations.

United Kingdom[]

The Registrar of Companies for England, Wales & Scotland is the official responsible for Companies House, which deals with all filings relating to the Companies Act 1985 to 2006. Companies House ensures that the document filings are kept up to date and deals with any breaches of the Companies Act.

The Registrar of Companies for England & Wales is Louise Smyth, who is based at Companies House, Cardiff. [4]

The Registrar of Companies for Scotland is Lisa Davis, who is based at Companies House, Edinburgh.[4]

The Registrar of Companies for Northern Ireland is Helen Shilliday, whose office is based in Belfast.[4]

Jersey[]

The Registrar of Companies for Jersey is the Jersey Financial Services Commission.

India[]

India has one registrar of companies for each of the below regions. Each state typically has one registrar office or shares an office with neighbouring states and/or union territories. Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are the only states to have two offices and two registrar of companies. Puducherry is the only union territory to have its own office.

Openness[]

According to ratings published by the website OpenCorporates, Denmark and United Kingdom are the leaders with regard to openness of information available in a company's register.[5] Registries/registrars in these countries are named, correspondingly, Central Business Register and Companies House.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ World Bank (24 October 2014). Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency. World Bank Publications. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4648-0352-9.
  2. ^ Ritzen, Jean. "Statistical Business Register: Content, place and role in Economic Statistics" (PDF). Statistics Netherlands.
  3. ^ "Ray Edwards, Director General, Corporations Canada" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  4. ^ a b c "About Us - Main Functions and History". Companieshouse.gov.uk. 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  5. ^ "Open Company Data Index". registries.opencorporates.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
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