CyprusCompany Incorporation and Registration, Fully Guided

The Basic package takes you from name approval to a working first year. We advise on structure, run the due diligence, draft the memorandum, articles and HE1 papers with a Cyprus advocate, and pay the Registrar. You also get the statutory registers, a digital copy of every document, and a year of registered office and secretary. Premium adds original certificates and an apostille. The Scope of Work section above lists each item.

Yes. Every stage runs remotely, from the first conversation through due diligence and signing to the filing itself. Nobody has to appear in person, you sign from wherever you are, and no original document has to be posted to us before incorporation. The registered office and secretary give you a base on the island.

We send the documents with every signature point marked and a short note on how to sign each one. You print, sign by hand, scan and return them electronically. Where a document needs to be witnessed or notarised, we tell you in advance so nothing has to be redone.

Mostly identity papers. Each person involved, whether director, shareholder or beneficial owner, sends a certified passport copy and an address proof under three months old, then explains their source of funds and career background. A corporate shareholder sends its constitution and registers instead. The certification rules are in the Documents section above, and an advisor goes through each item with you before the Registrar sees anything.

No. Due diligence on every person connected to the structure is required by Cyprus's anti-money laundering law before anything can be filed, and it applies to every client without exception. What we can do is make it quick: one checklist, clear format guidance, and a review of each document as it arrives.

Start with two facts: what the business will do and who is behind it. Send them through the form below or by email. In reply you get our recommended structure, the full fee and the documents each person must provide. Once you accept and the invoice is paid, due diligence begins.

Corporate income tax is 15 percent on worldwide profits from 1 January 2026, for any resident. Since that date any company incorporated in Cyprus is tax resident there unless a treaty places it elsewhere, and a foreign entity managed and controlled in Cyprus is resident too. Dividends received are generally exempt. Dividends paid to non-resident shareholders carry no withholding tax, except to companies in jurisdictions on the European Union non-cooperative list or, for related companies, low-tax jurisdictions. We work with your accountants on the tax side.

Yes, in part. The directors, secretary, shareholders and registered office all appear on the public register, and the annual return and financial statements are filed publicly. The register of beneficial owners is held by the Registrar with access restricted to the authorities, regulated firms carrying out customer due diligence, and those who can show a legitimate interest.

Yes. One director and one shareholder are enough, of any nationality and living anywhere, and a secretary is also required. Directors may be individuals or corporate bodies. Residence matters for tax rather than for company law: to be managed and controlled in Cyprus, you usually need a majority of Cyprus-resident directors. A private company may have up to fifty shareholders.

No minimum applies, and nothing has to be paid up on incorporation. Capital is usually expressed in euros, and a nominal figure such as EUR 1,000 is common. The figure appears on the public file, so most owners keep it modest. More than one class of share can be created.

It can trade within the European Union and worldwide, hold investments and intellectual property, and sit at the top of a group. Banking, insurance, investment services, payment services and similar activities require authorisation from the relevant Cyprus regulator.

The name must end in Limited or Ltd and must be approved by the Registrar before incorporation, which takes a few days. Names identical or close to ones already on the register, or that imply a bank, insurer, government or royal connection, are refused. We apply for name approval as the first step.

You can, but it affects tax residency. Incorporation makes it tax resident in Cyprus by default, but one run entirely from a treaty country may be treated as resident there under the treaty tie-breaker, and one with no real decision-making in Cyprus can struggle to prove residency for treaty and directive purposes. Most clients who want Cyprus tax residency appoint Cyprus-resident directors and hold board meetings in Cyprus.

A registered office in Cyprus and a secretary are required by law and are included in your first year. Staff are not required, though businesses claiming Cyprus tax residency or European Union substance often maintain some presence, which we can arrange.

Yes. Financial statements must be prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards and filed with the annual return. They must be audited by a Cyprus auditor, except that where turnover stays below EUR 300,000 and gross assets stay below EUR 500,000 for two consecutive years, a lighter review engagement by an auditor may replace the full audit. A corporate income tax return is also filed each year. We coordinate this with your accountants and auditors.

Only if the company makes taxable supplies in Cyprus or the European Union above the registration threshold, or trades goods and services with other European Union businesses. Registration is straightforward and we can arrange it after incorporation.

Cyprus has no separate annual government fee since the annual levy was abolished in 2024. The costs of the year are the annual return filing, the audit and the tax return, and the registered office and secretary, which our renewal packages cover apart from the audit fee itself.

Yes. The annual return on form HE32 is filed with the Registrar within 28 days of the annual return date, together with the audited financial statements. Unlike most offshore jurisdictions, the return and accounts are public. Late filing attracts a EUR 50 penalty plus EUR 1 a day, capped at EUR 150.

Cyprus has no economic substance regime of the offshore kind. What matters is tax residency, which since 2026 follows incorporation in Cyprus unless a treaty says otherwise, and which in practice still turns on where the company is managed and controlled, and increasingly on having real presence in Cyprus if you want to rely on its treaties and European Union directives.

A late annual return costs EUR 50 plus EUR 1 a day (capped at EUR 150), a late beneficial ownership confirmation EUR 100 plus EUR 50 a day (capped at EUR 5,000), and a company that stops filing is eventually struck off. Late tax filings carry their own penalties and interest. We hold the calendar so none of this happens.

Send us one email. We draft the resolution, collect signatures, update the registers and file the change with the Registrar. Most changes to directors, secretary, shareholders or registered office must be filed within 14 days, and new shares within one month. A change of name needs the Registrar's approval of the new name and a special resolution, after which a new certificate is issued.

Yes. You can change service provider at any time, and Cyprus law allows redomiciliation out of Cyprus to a jurisdiction that permits it, or a foreign company to redomicile into Cyprus. Both are formal filings we handle on request.