Is your company actually compliant?
Most owners only find out there's a CIPC or SARS problem when they need finance, a tender, a contract or a tax clearance. Find out now instead — it takes about a minute.
BusinessNeeds is an independent, privately-owned consultancy — not CIPC, SARS, or any government body.
The clock runs whether or not anyone tells you.
Deregistration isn't a threat letter — it's a process that starts on its own and finishes on its own. Here's the whole path.
- Anniversary month
Your annual return falls due
Every company and close corporation files one, every year, within 30 business days of its registration anniversary.
- Missed
You quietly lose good standing
Penalties begin. Nothing arrives in the post. As far as you can tell, the business is running exactly as it was.
- Two years missed
You're referred for deregistration
The register starts the process of removing the company. This is where most of the businesses we rescue actually are.
- Notice published
The notice goes out — not to you
It's gazetted, not posted. Filing everything outstanding at this stage still stops the process.
- Final
The company stops existing
Bank accounts frozen, contracts in question, and reinstatement becomes a far longer and far more expensive job.
At the worst possible moment.
Applying for finance
The bank pulls your company and the application stops there.
Bidding on a tender
You can't submit without proof of good standing.
Signing a contract
Their due diligence finds it before you do.
Needing a tax clearance
SARS and the register disagree, and nothing moves.
If it's registered, it owes a return.
Trading or dormant, one company or nine — every registered company and close corporation files, every year. Most of the businesses we put right never knew they had fallen behind.
“I don't know what's wrong.”
That's the whole problem — you can't fix what nobody has named. The check turns it into a list.
Show me my companies- Every company registered to your ID
- Which annual returns are outstanding, by year
- Whether beneficial ownership has been filed
- If the register has begun removing your company
- The directors currently on record
- Your registered address on file
Check your company. Fix what's wrong. Keep it compliant.
Check your company
Enter your ID. We read the register and show every company in your name — free, no card.
Fix what's wrong
We name the exact years outstanding and what each one costs. You only pay if you ask us to file.
Keep it compliant
We watch your filing dates and tell you before the next one is due, not after.
Find out where your companies stand.
Free account, free report. If everything's fine, you'll know. If it isn't, you'll know while it's still cheap to fix.
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