Company Annual Returns Filing in Kenya

 

Company Annual Returns Filing in Kenya.

On Company Annual Returns in Kenya,Section 125 of the Companies Act stipulates that every company having a share capital shall, once at least in every year, make a return, and the said return shall be in the form and shall be made up to the date of the fourteenth day after the date of the annual general meeting.

What are annual returns?

Annual returns or Form 1.is a statutory document that every registered company in Kenya has to file with the registrar of companies to show the “current” status of the company. Annual returns highlight the structure of the company, the shareholding, the division of shares, the Nominal capital, the names and addresses of the directors and shareholders in a company. The current registered office of the company and details of the company secretary.

How to file returns for a limited company in Kenya

All Companies should file the first annual return exactly One year and 6 months after incorporation.

Thereafter, the company has to file annual returns every other one year. Returns are filed by filling out a Form 1.Annual return form. The form should then be certified by the company secretary and uploaded to ecitizen.

What is Included in an annual return.

All annual returns in Kenya include the following.[su_list]

  1. The situation of the registered office of the company and the company’s registered postal address;
  1. If the register of members is, under the provisions of the Companies Act, kept elsewhere than at the registered office of the company, the address of the place where it is kept;
  2. If any register of holders of debentures of the company or part of any such register is, under the provisions of the Companies Act, kept elsewhere than at the registered office of the company, the address of the place where it is kept;
  3. A summary, distinguishing between shares issued for cash and shares issued as fully or partly paid up otherwise than in cash, specifying the following particulars—
  4. The amount of the share capital of the company and the number of shares into which it is divided;
  5. The number of shares taken from the commencement of the company up to the date of the return;
  6. The amount called up on each share;
  7. The total amount of calls received;
  8. The total amount of calls unpaid;
  9. The total amount of the sums (if any) paid by way of commission in respect of any shares or debentures;
  10. The discount allowed on the issue of any shares issued at a discount or so much of that discount as has not been written off at the date on which the return is made;
  11. The total amount of the sums (if any) allowed by way of discount in respect of any debentures since the date of the last return;
  12. The total number of shares forfeited;
  13. The total amount of shares for which share warrants are outstanding at the date of the return and of share warrants issued and surrendered respectively since the date of the last return, and the number of shares comprised in each warrant.
  14. Particulars of the total amount of the indebtedness of the company as at the date of this return in respect of all mortgages and charges which are required to be registered with the registrar under the Companies Act.
  15. A list:
  16. Containing the names and postal addresses of all persons who, on the fourteenth day after the company’s annual general meeting for the year, are members of the company, and of persons who have ceased to be members since the date of the last return or, in the case of the first return, since the incorporation of the company;
  17. Stating the number of shares held by each of the existing members at the date of the return, specifying shares transferred since the date of the last return (or, in the case of the first return, since the incorporation of the company) by persons who are still members and have ceased to be members respectively and the dates of registration of the transfers; and
  18. If the names aforesaid are not arranged in alphabetical order, having annexed thereto an index sufficient to enable the name of any person therein to be easily found. [/su_list]
What happens when annual returns are not filed?

Where a company annual returns are not filed in time. The registrar levies and Penalty on the company. In the event of any changes in the company structure or in case of any business that requires the registrar to register any external documents like charges, mortgages etc. Where an annual returns is not filed. The registrar shall not process such requests. The company also risks being struck off the register of companies.

All Limited companies are required by law to file annual returns every year with the Registrar of companies.

At Briantony International Consultants Kenya we assist you in the preparation, execution and filing of your company annual returns in Kenya.

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