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Secretarial Compliance.

A funding round triggers a specific set of company-law filings that must reach the Registrar of Companies on time. Accto handles the complete post-funding ROC package: share allotment, resolutions, statutory registers, and any MOA or AOA changes the round requires.

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Closing a round is not the end of the paperwork, it is the start of a defined compliance sequence. When new shares are issued to investors, company law requires the company to record and file that correctly: the allotment of shares, the board and shareholder resolutions that approved it, updates to the statutory registers, and, where the round changes the company’s capital structure or rights, amendments to the Memorandum or Articles of Association.

Miss or delay these and the company’s records become inconsistent with what actually happened in the round, a problem that surfaces painfully in the next due diligence. Accto handles this entire post-funding package as one engagement: we take the compliance work from the moment the round closes through to clean, filed records at the ROC. For foreign investment, this works alongside our FEMA and FC-GPR reporting; for ongoing yearly filings, alongside our ROC Annual service.

Who this is for.

Companies that have just closed a funding round
Startups where new shares have been issued to investors and the resulting ROC filings now have to be made on time.
Founders who want the post-funding paperwork handled
Companies that would rather hand the entire post-raise compliance sequence to one team than track filings themselves.
Companies preparing for a next round
Founders who know clean, consistent records are what the next investor’s due diligence will examine, and want no gaps.

What's included.

Share allotment filing
Filing the allotment of new shares to investors with the ROC, with the supporting documentation the filing requires.
Resolutions & minutes
Drafting and recording the board and shareholder resolutions that approve the round, and the minutes that support them.
Statutory registers
Updating the register of members and other statutory registers so the company’s records reflect the new cap table accurately.
MOA / AOA amendments
Where the round changes authorised capital, share classes, or shareholder rights, the amendments to the Memorandum and Articles, filed with the ROC.
Clean records for diligence
The objective: company records that exactly match what happened in the round, so the next investor’s diligence finds no gaps.
Coordinated with FEMA & annual filings
For foreign investment, this runs alongside FEMA / FC-GPR reporting. For yearly obligations, alongside ROC Annual, one team across all of it.

What you get.

Share allotment filed with the ROC within statutory timelines
Board and shareholder resolutions drafted and recorded
Statutory registers updated to match the new cap table
MOA / AOA amendments filed where the round requires them
Coordination with FEMA / FC-GPR reporting for foreign investment
Company records that reconcile cleanly with the completed round

How it works.

01
At closing
Review the round
We review the closing documents, the term sheet, share subscription agreement, and shareholders’ agreement, to confirm exactly what must be filed.
02
Week 1
Resolutions & approvals
We draft and record the board and shareholder resolutions approving the allotment and any constitutional changes.
03
Within deadline
File with ROC
We file the share allotment and any MOA / AOA amendments with the Registrar of Companies within the statutory timelines.
04
After filing
Update registers
The register of members and other statutory registers are updated so the company’s records match the completed round.

Why Accto.

One coordinated team
The same team that knows your company handles the work, not a chain of separate vendors re-learning your business each time.
Chartered accountant backing
The work is done with chartered accountant oversight, so the output holds up to investor and regulatory scrutiny.
Scope that scales
Start with one service and add more as the company grows. Accto already has the context when you need the next thing.
Built for startup timelines
Engagement models and turnaround built for early-stage companies, not retrofitted from corporate-scale processes.

Frequently Asked Questions.

The company-law filings triggered by a funding round: filing the allotment of new shares with the ROC, recording the board and shareholder resolutions that approved it, updating statutory registers, and filing any Memorandum or Articles amendments the round requires.
ROC Annual covers the yearly filings every company must make. Company Changes covers individual changes filed as they happen. Secretarial Compliance here is the specific, bundled package of filings triggered by a funding round, scoped as one engagement from closing to filed records. The three are designed to work together, not overlap.
Foreign investment also triggers RBI reporting, principally the FC-GPR filing, which has its own deadline. That is handled by our FEMA / FC-GPR service, and we coordinate the two so all the post-funding filings move together.
Late filings carry penalties and, more importantly, leave the company’s records inconsistent with the round that actually happened. That mismatch is one of the most common issues flagged in the next round’s due diligence. Filing on time keeps the records clean.
As soon as the round closes, ideally before. We prefer to review the closing documents while the round is being finalised, so the filing sequence is ready to execute the moment it completes.

You might also need.

ROC Annual Compliance Company Changes FEMA Compliance FCGPR Reporting

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