COMPANIES REGISTRATION OFFICE (CRO) - An Oifig um Chlárú Cuideachtaí
Foster Moore provides technical and consulting support to the Companies Registration Office (CRO).
The Companies Registration Office (An Oifig um Chlárú Cuideachtaí) is the central repository of public statutory information on Irish companies and business names.
The CRO has several functions including the incorporation of companies and the registration of business names, the receipt and registration of post-incorporation documents, the enforcement of the Companies Act in relation to the filing obligations and making information available to the public.
It also registers the names of businesses that are non-limited trading entities such as sole traders and partnerships.
The CRO also has the Office of the Registry of Friendly Societies which registers Industrial & Provident Societies, Friendly Societies and trade unions.
In 2019, the Register of Beneficial Ownership was introduced in Ireland. That was implemented on the back of the EU’s Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which essentially requires all member states to hold adequate, accurate, and current information of all beneficial owners.