Singapore Company Documents

As incorporation agents our experience with the Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority means we can provide Singapore company searches and electronic copies of company documents.

Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)

The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority is the national regulator of business entities and corporate service providers in Singapore.

Singapore Company Search

We can supply a Company Search report from the Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA).

The contents of a Singapore company search report include:

• Registered Company Name
• Former Company Names - if applicable
• Date of Change of Name - if applicable
• Name effective date
• Company Registration Number
• Date of Incorporation/ Registration
• Company Type - Limited Private company, Exempt Private company limited by shares
• Company Status - live company, terminated, cancelled, gazetted to be struck off, dissolved
• Status Date
• Registered Address
• Change of address date - if applicable
• Principal Activity - company activities and description of the activities
• Registry Compliance Rating - annual general meeting, annual return and accounts up-to-date, annual general meeting, annual return or accounts late, company status is not live
• Certificate Renewal date
• Certificate Expiry date
• Constitution of Business
• Principal place of Business
• Date of change of address - if applicable

Company Share Capital:

• Total Number of Issued Shares
• Share currency - Singapore dollar
• Share type - Ordinary
• Number of Shares Issued
• Paid up Share Capital
• Details of any shares held as Treasury Shares

Including on each company Shareholder:

• Company Shareholder - Name
• Company Shareholder - Address/Corporate Registered address
• Company Shareholder - Nationality/ Place of Incorporation
• Company Shareholder - Occupation/Corporate Body
• Company Shareholder - Shares held
• Company Shareholder - Ordinary number of shares held, currency - Singapore dollar

Including on each company Director/Secretary:

• Director - Full name/ Company Name
• Director - Full address
• Director - Source of Address - ACRA
• Director - Occupation/ Corporate Body
• Director - ID number/ Registration number
• Director - Nationality
• Director - Date Appointed

Additional company details including:

• Date of last Annual General Meeting
• Date of last Annual Return
• Date of Accounts laid at last AGM
• Date of lodgement of Annual Return, Accounts
• Any complaints reported to ACRA about the company - where available
• Audit Firm appointed - where applicable
• Audit Firm date appointed - where applicable

Company Accounts including:

• The latest filed Directors' Report and Accounts - The latest filed Directors' Report and Accounts - contents includes: directors' report, supplementary information, statement of financial position, statement of comprehensive income, statement in changes in equity, cash flow statement, notes to the financial statements, profit and loss account, balance sheets, independent auditors' report - if filed/ available as filing requirement depends on the type of company
• The format of the accounts to be submitted depends on the size of the Singapore company.

Singapore Company Search Report - Timescale

The search report will be ordered from the Singapore Registrar of Companies and is delivered by email in 3 to 5 days.

Please note in Singapore an Exempt Private Company Limited by Shares has no obligation to submit financial information to ACRA - registry.

Singapore Certificate of Good Standing

Singapore Certificate of Incorporation

Memorandum & Articles of Association - Company Constitution

The Memorandum & Articles of Association now renamed as the Constitution by new amendments to the Singapore Companies Act. We can provide from ACRA scanned copies of the Singapore Company Constitution.

Company Credit Report

We can supply a Corporate Compliance and Financial Profile from the Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority.

The Corporate Compliance and Financial Profile is a report that provides a checklist to understand the financial health of a company at one glance. Its contents include:

• Business profile information
• Financial profile based on up to three years of comparative data
• Financial ratios
• Compliance rating status
• Audit opinion in auditors’ report
• Directors’ opinion in Statement by Directors

The Singapore Company Credit report on the standard service is usually 5 - 9 working days but, express service is available and 2 - 4 working days.

Financial Statements

Singapore Public and Private companies which are limited and unlimited by shares must file must submit annual financial statements to the Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority. We can supply a copy of the most recent accounts filed, these are usually available in English. Solvent exempt private companies (EPCs) are exempted from filing financial statements, but are encouraged to file financial statements with the Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority.

Annual Return

Singapore companies are required to submit to the Registrar an Annual Return accompanied by the appropriate registration fee upon each anniversary of the company’s registration. We can provide scanned copies of this if filed and available.

Singapore Company Documents

We can provide copies of official company documents and conduct searches for companies registered in Singapore.

Please complete our enquiry form, so we can assist with your company documents requirements.