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MCA · Compliance

Compliance Services — Year-Round Corporate Compliance Beyond Annual Filings.

Board meetings, statutory registers, director KYC, secretarial audit, MSME-1, and DPT-3 — ongoing compliance that runs throughout the financial year. We manage your full compliance calendar so nothing lapses.

Ongoing compliance under the Companies Act, 2013 extends well beyond the annual filing cycle — it encompasses the correct conduct of board meetings, maintenance of statutory registers, director-level obligations, and periodic returns that must be managed consistently throughout the financial year. For a private limited company, the Act requires a minimum of four board meetings per year with no gap of more than 120 days between consecutive meetings, proper notice and quorum, and minutes prepared and signed within 30 days of each meeting.

Statutory registers — the Register of Members, Register of Directors, Register of Charges, Register of Contracts, and others prescribed under the Act — must be maintained and updated as events occur. Separately, companies above prescribed thresholds are required to undergo a Secretarial Audit by a practicing Company Secretary each year, with the MR-3 report attached to the Board's Report. Director KYC (DIR-3 KYC) must be filed annually by every DIN holder by 30 September to keep the DIN active.

Two periodic returns add to the compliance load for many companies: MSME-1 (return of outstanding payments to MSME suppliers exceeding 45 days) must be filed twice yearly, and companies with outstanding deposits or loans must file DPT-3 annually by 30 June. We manage the full ongoing compliance calendar — board meeting compliance, register maintenance, director KYC, secretarial audit coordination, and all periodic returns — so that no deadline is missed throughout the year.

Our Compliance Services

Board Meeting Compliance

Notices, quorum tracking, agenda, and minutes for all four mandatory board meetings prepared and signed within 30 days.

Annual General Meeting (AGM)

AGM notice (21 clear days), agenda, quorum, resolutions, and minutes managed for the annual general meeting.

Statutory Register Maintenance

All prescribed statutory registers (Members, Directors, Charges, Contracts) updated promptly after each corporate event.

Secretarial Audit (MR-3)

Coordinating the secretarial audit by a practicing CS and attaching the MR-3 report to the Board's Report for applicable companies.

Director KYC (DIR-3 KYC)

Annual DIR-3 KYC or DIR-3 KYC Web filing for every DIN holder before the 30 September deadline.

MSME-1 Half-Yearly Return

Filing the return of outstanding dues to MSME suppliers (over 45 days) for both half-years of the financial year.

DPT-3 Return of Deposits

Annual filing of the return of outstanding loans and deposits received by the company by 30 June.

Annual Secretarial Compliance Report

Preparing the Annual Secretarial Compliance Report for listed entities and applicable companies per SEBI/MCA requirements.

Our Process

Compliance Calendar Setup

We map all compliance deadlines — board meetings, AGM, DIR-3 KYC, MSME-1 half-years, DPT-3, secretarial audit — at the start of the financial year.

Board & General Meeting Management

Notices, agendas, and minutes prepared for each board meeting and the AGM within their respective statutory timelines.

Register Updates

Statutory registers updated promptly after each relevant event — share transfer, director change, charge creation.

Periodic Returns Filing

MSME-1 and DPT-3 filed at their respective intervals; DIR-3 KYC filed before the 30 September deadline.

Secretarial Audit Coordination

MR-3 secretarial audit facilitated with a practicing CS; report obtained for attachment to the Board's Report.

Why It Matters

✓Annual compliance calendar set up at the start of each year with all deadlines mapped

✓Board meeting notices and minutes prepared and signed within the 30-day window

✓AGM notice issued with 21 clear days and all resolutions correctly documented

✓All statutory registers maintained and updated after each corporate event

✓DIR-3 KYC filed for all DIN holders before the annual 30 September deadline

✓MSME-1 half-yearly returns filed on schedule for applicable companies

✓DPT-3 filed annually where outstanding deposits or loans are on record

✓Secretarial audit coordinated and MR-3 report obtained for the Board's Report

Frequently Asked Questions

Under Section 173, every company must hold at least four board meetings in a calendar year, with not more than 120 days between two consecutive meetings. OPCs and small companies may hold only two meetings per year, with a 90-day gap maximum.

DIR-3 KYC must be filed by 30 September each year by every person who has been allotted a DIN on or before 31 March of that financial year. Failure to file deactivates the DIN — the director cannot sign any MCA form until it is reactivated by filing DIR-3 KYC with an additional fee.

MSME-1 is a half-yearly return filed by companies with outstanding payments to MSME suppliers for more than 45 days. It is filed for April–September (by 31 October) and October–March (by 30 April). Companies with no outstanding MSME dues are not required to file.

Secretarial Audit (MR-3) is mandatory for public companies with paid-up capital of ₹50 crore or more or turnover of ₹250 crore or more, and for all listed companies. Most private limited companies are exempt unless they are subsidiaries of listed companies or notified by MCA.

Companies must maintain a Register of Members (Section 88), Register of Directors and KMPs, Register of Contracts (MBP-4), Register of Charges, Register of Loans, and Minutes Books for board and general meetings. These must be kept at the registered office and be available for inspection.

DPT-3 is an annual return of outstanding deposits or outstanding loans/transactions not treated as deposits under the Companies Act. Every company except government companies must file DPT-3 by 30 June each year, reporting the position as at 31 March.

Need ongoing compliance managed throughout the year?

We'll set up your compliance calendar, manage board meetings, registers, DIR-3 KYC, and all periodic returns so nothing lapses during the financial year.