Guidance
Updating Company’s Particulars
1
Updating the Registered Office address
2
Updating Directors and Secretary
3
Updating Share Capital and Shareholders
4
Amending the Memorandum & Articles of Association
5
Changing Company’s Name
Updating the Registered Office address
Every company must maintain a registered office in the Republic of Cyprus, where all notifications and notices required by law can be sent. Following registration, a Company may change the registered office to any other address in Cyprus and is obliged to notify, accordingly, the Registrar of Companies by submitting form HE2 within fourteen (14) days from the change.
As at 18/12/2020, failure to timely notify (within 14 days) the Registrar of Companies of any change regarding the company’s registered office address, allows the registrar to impose on the company a late filing fee not exceeding the amount of fifty euros (€50) upon the first day of non-compliance and a further charge of one euro (€1) for every day the failure to comply continues, up to the maximum amount of two hundred and fifty euros (€250).
Registering change
You can submit the notification of change of the registered office (form HE2), either through the e-filing system of the Registrar of Companies or by hand/post, accompanied by:
- a declaration by the company’s secretary stating that all changes are according to the company’s register, kept in the registered office);
- the fee of twenty euros (€20) and, an additional fee of twenty euros (€20) in case an accelerated procedure is required.
Depending on how you submit the request, the fees can be paid:
- by credit card (for e-filing submission);
- in cash, by cheque, via an account maintained with the Department of the Registrar of Companies or via bank transfer (for submissions by hand/ post).
It is noted that if you wish for a certificate to be issued you can pay an accelerated fee on the certificate instead of the document.
You are advised to refer to the main criteria of review and most common reasons for rejection, so as to acquire a better understanding of what is required and to facilitate the process further.
Provided that the Registrar of Companies is satisfied that all, relevant to the circumstances, legal requirements have been met he will proceed with registering the change, and updating the companies register.
In the event that the company requires proof of the change made in the companies register, it may request to obtain certified copies of the change.
