CRO Annual Report 2025: Key Highlights for Irish Businesses The Companies Registration Office (CRO) has recently published its Annual Report 2025. For business owners, company directors, accountants and regular CRO users, the report offers an interesting snapshot of activity within the Irish corporate sector during the year. A full copy of the CRO Annual Report 2025 [...]
Companies Registration Office (CRO) Update – Increase Of Involuntary Strike Off Action At the most recent Companies Registration Office (CRO) Stakeholders Forum, held in June 2026, it was revealed that the CRO is now actively targeting approximately 1,000 non-compliant companies per week for involuntary strike-off action. The CRO has also stated that its objective is [...]
Members Voluntary Liquidation v Voluntary Strike Off When an Irish registered company reaches the end of its natural existence, loses its original purpose within a group structure, or perhaps never commenced any activity, the Directors should take steps to formally dissolve and remove it from the register. This can be achieved by either placing the company [...]
Companies Listed for Strike Off with the CRO - An Overview A review of Companies Registration Office (CRO) records shows that 7,838 companies are currently recorded with a status of “Strike Off Listed”. Under CRO procedures, where no corrective filings are made, companies with this status will ordinarily progress to “Struck Off” and then to “Dissolved”. Company Strike Offs – Recent Trends [...]
The Companies Registration Office (CRO) in Ireland has released its Annual Report for 2024, and there are several noteworthy developments that regular CRO users and Irish businesses should be aware of. Below, we’ve summarised the most impactful updates and statistics from the report. 1. Launch of the New CRO Website and Open Data Portal In April [...]
If you're a director or company secretary of an Irish-registered company, you may be interested to learn about a provision under Section 150(11) of the Companies Act 2014 that allows for the non-disclosure of residential addresses in exceptional circumstances. What Is the Form T1 Exemption? As a rule, all company officers in Irish companies must provide their residential address [...]
After the recent publication of the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) Annual Report for 2024, there has been a lot to digest and take from it. (For more insights, the full report is available for download from their website HERE) Interestingly, we saw 22 individual case studies which provided us with examples of the consequences of a variety [...]