A registered office is an official address for newly incorporated company, or any other legal entity. Every company has its own registered office for receiving all types of office correspondence or communications on behalf of the company. As a common practice, companies maintain books of accounts at its registered office only however it is not mandatory to maintain books of accounts at its registered office, it may have some other place of business for the same. It is not necessary that a company will have same registered office throughout its lifetime span. Often companies have to change their registered offices due to yen number of factors. Board resolution for shifting of Private Limited Company registered office within same city is prescribed in the Companies Act, 2013.
Section 12, 13 of Companies Act, 2013 Rule 25, 27, 28, 30, 31 Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 deals with shifting of registered office of the company. It specifies detailed procedure with formats.
Board of directors of the company may decide to shift its current registered office due to the following major reasons-
1. Geographical expansion of the company
2. Growth prospect
3. Business Hub and expansion
It may eventually happen that board of directors may decide to shift the registered office of the company within the same local limits very nearby to present address. Following procedure needs to be complied for change of registered office of the company within local limits.
Step 1 | Convene a Board Meeting |
Step 2 | Get the proposal of change in registered office address within local limits being approved by all the directors in the board meeting |
Step 3 | Filling of form INC-22 with the Registrar of Companies-
Attachments- a. Proof of Registered Office Address (Conveyance deed/ Lease Deed/Rent Agreement) b. Copies of Utility Bill (Not older than 2 months) c. Proof that a company is permitted to use registered office of the company. |
CERTIFIED COPY OF THE RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THE BOARD MEETING BY THE DIRECTORS OF ………………………………… PRIVATE LIMITED HELD ON …………………………………………. AT THE REGISTERED OFFICE OF THE COMPANY AT …………………………………………….. AT 11.00 A.M AND CONCLUDED AT 11:30 A.M
SHIFTING OF REGISTERED OFFICE OF THE COMPANY WITHIN LOCAL LIMITS WITHIN THE SAME CITY
“RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of section 12 of the Companies Act, 2013 and any other provisions applicable, if any, consent of the board of directors of the Company be and is hereby accorded to shift the registered office of the Company from …………………………………………………………… to ……………………………………………………………within local limits.
FURTHER RESOLVED THAT for the purpose of giving effect to this resolution, Mr. ………………………. , Director, of the Company be and is hereby authorised, on behalf of the Company, to do all acts, deeds, matters and things as deem necessary, proper or desirable and to sign and execute all necessary documents, applications and returns for the purpose of giving effect to the aforesaid resolution along with filing of E-form INC.22 as return of Change in address of registered office with the Registrar of Companies, Pune, Maharashtra”
By order of the Board of Directors
…………………………………………… PRIVATE LIMITED
Director Director
DIN: DIN:
Place: