Annual returns, prepared and filed for you.
Every company in Ghana files an annual return with the Registrar. We pre-fill it from your company profile, get the right people to sign, file it and keep the confirmation in your vault.
Private company · Not a government agency · Government fees shown separately
What an annual return is.
Under section 126 of the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992), every company files an annual return with the Office of the Registrar of Companies at least once a year. It confirms the company’s current particulars, including its members and its beneficial owners, as set out in the Act’s Fifth Schedule.
The timing is linked to when your financial statements are circulated to members, and newly incorporated companies may be exempt in their first period. Because these rules turn on your own dates, we compute your deadline from your records and confirm it against current ORC guidance, rather than quote one date for everyone.
Business names and partnerships do not file annual returns. They renew each year instead. About renewals
- Who files
- Every company registered in Ghana
- How often
- At least once a year
- What it contains
- Company particulars, members and beneficial owners
- Who signs
- A director and the company secretary
- Filed with
- Office of the Registrar of Companies
- Your deadline
- Computed from your records, confirmed against current ORC guidance
What GHBusinessDesk does, and what we need from you.
Most of the work is ours. You check the details and approve; your director and secretary sign.
Private company · Not a government agency · Government fees shown separately
Pre-fill from your company profile
Members, officers and addresses come from the record we hold, so you are not typing it again.
GHBusinessDeskFlag what depends on your accounts
If the return needs your financial statements, we tell you early so your accountant has time.
GHBusinessDeskYouInclude beneficial-owner particulars
We check who ultimately owns or controls the company and include them in the return.
GHBusinessDeskYou review, then sign
You approve a plain summary. A director and the secretary sign; a partner secretary can help if you need one.
YouLicensed professionalWe file and track it
We submit, record the authority’s reference and put the confirmation in your vault. The Registrar processes the filing.
GHBusinessDeskThe authority decidesNext year goes in your calendar
The next return is added to your compliance calendar, with reminders well before it falls due.
GHBusinessDesk
What it costs.
GHS 450 GHBusinessDesk service fee, plus the Registrar’s filing fee of GHS 175, paid at cost. Nothing else unless you ask for it.
- Government fee. Paid to the Registrar at cost. We add nothing.
- GHBusinessDesk service fee. Fixed. Covers preparation, filing, tracking and your vault copy.
- On the Business plan, it’s included. GHS 150 a month, billed annually, with WhatsApp and SMS reminders.
Annual return, managed
One annual return
| Line | Payee | GHS |
|---|---|---|
Government fee: Annual return filing | Office of the Registrar of Companies | 175.00 |
GHBusinessDesk service fee: Annual return, managed | GHBusinessDesk | 450.00 |
| Total | 625.00 |
Indicative. Verified against the current ORC schedule at checkout.
Missed a year or more?
Late returns attract penalties from the Registrar. A free health check shows which years are missing and what it costs to catch up, penalties included, in one quote.
What late filing costs
| Annual return not filed, 1 to 4 years | GHS 1,000 |
| Annual return not filed, 5 years or more | GHS 2,000 |
| Beneficial ownership not filed | GHS 500 |
Penalties are set by the Registrar. GHBusinessDesk does not set or collect penalties.
Compliance health check
Free. No account needed to start.
Let us file this year’s return.
Answer a few questions about your company, see the fees line by line, and we take it from there.
Private company · Not a government agency · Government fees shown separately
