Required Details for the Company Incorporation
We need the Following information to prepare the documents for the company incorporation,
a. Name of the Company,
b. Address of the Company,
c. Full Name, Address & NIC/Pass Port No. of Directors,
d. Full Name, Address, NIC/Pass Port No & No. of shares of shareholders,
e. Company Objectives
f. Contact person’s name, Contact No and email address
Guideline to fill the above information
a. Name of the Company – You can use Any Words, Numbers, Letters or Marks for your company name according to your preference But you are not allowed to use “ Chamber of Commerce, President, Presidential, Municipal, incorporated, Co-operative, Society, National, State, Finance or Sri Lanka”. But you can use “Lanka” or “Ceylon” words.
Eg :- A B C Holdings.lk 99 (Private) Limited
b. Address of the Company – You can use any address within Sri Lanka as a company Registered office address and any proof document for the address is not required. But if you have any plan to import or export any item within one year period like pls mention the address which is belong to any director or close relation of any director or lease property (Because Sri Lanka CUSTOM is requesting address proof – This applicable only for the importers and exports) .
c. Full Name, Address & NIC/Pass Port No. of Directors – Director is a person who is managing the company and director doesn’t have any ownership to the company unless if he is not a shareholder. Minimum requirement is one and there is not maximum limit. Shareholders have a powers to remove the directors. Any Foreign party can be act as a company director/s without any problem. In Such situation, we need his/her full name, Foreign Address and the passport No only.
d. Full Name, Address, NIC/Pass Port No & No. of shares of shareholders - Shareholder is a person who is own the company and they are enjoying profit for their investment. Any person can be a shareholder as well as a director. Minimum requirement is one and maximum limit is fifty. Shareholders have a powers to take a decision about the directors. Any Foreign party and any government employee can be act as a shareholders. Any Foreign parties can hold maximum of 100% ownership of the most of the business categories.
e. Company Objectives – If you are expected to do the multiple business under one company Pls mention as a “Common objectives” under the company objectives then we will wording that according the companies act. But if you want to highlight any business segment or segments pls mention those objectives under the company objectives. There is no any special benefits in those two methods. But if there are foreign shareholders, specifying the objectives of the company is compulsory.
f. Contact person’s name, Contact No and email address – These details only for our reference to update our data bases and those are not mentioned in anywhere in the company incorporation documents.
Required Document for Custom registration.
1. Incorporation Certificate (Original & 01 Copy)
2. Form 01 (Original & 01 Copy)
3. NIC/ Passport / Driving License of Directors (Original & 01 Copy)
4. Stamp Size Photograph of Directors (two Photograph)
5. TIN Certificate (Original & 01 Copy)
6. Temporary VAT Certificate (Original & 01 Copy)
7. Certificate of Export Development Board (Original & 01 Copy)
8. Deed / Rent Agreement of the business premises relevant to the address in the Tin Certificate (Original with Copy)
If company registered address has not clearly mention in the Deed. Therefore you have to take address Confirmed letter issued by the Grama Sewaka Certified by the Divisional Secretary.
9. Billing Proof relevant to the address in the Tin Certificate(Electricity/ Water / Telephone will)
