ORC

08 Jun

Update Your Records Or Have Your Names Expunged – ORC Tells Businesses

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Businesses entities and other professional bodies risk having their details expunged from the National Register if they fail to update their records with the Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC). This, the ORC explains has become necessary as the new office was hived from the Registrar General’s Department. Jemima Maama Oware, the Registrar of Companies has therefore urged businesses to comply with the directive. “We have noticed that some professional bodies have amended their names without informing us. Some are even operating without being registered and some were also registered as far back as 1973 and have moved on to…

13 Apr

ORC To Strike Out Names Of 2,812 Churches, CSOs For Not Filing Annual Returns

wontumionlineBusiness, NewsMrs Jemima Mamaa Oware, Office of the Registrar of Companies, ORC

The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has notified all officials and leaders of Churches, Associations, Fun Clubs, Unions, Schools, and Civil Society Organizations(CSOs) that, by the end of June 2023, it will begin the process of validating and striking off 2,812 of these entities in default for failing to file their Annual Returns together with their Financial Statements for more than five years. A statement signed by Mrs Jemima Mamaa Oware, Registrar Of Companies said the “exercise will also affect Charity Organizations, Foundations, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) including Foreign NGO’s, and entities incorporated under Companies Limited by Guarantee. All…