St. Vincent and the GrenadinesCompany Incorporation and Registration Services

Count on three to five business days once your due diligence documents are complete. Each of our own steps has a fixed internal deadline. What we do not control is the speed of your signed documents coming back and the Financial Services Authority's approval, which usually takes one to two days.

Everything for year one. That means the name check, advice on structure, due diligence, the incorporation documents drafted and filed, the government fee, the statutory registers, digital copies of everything, and twelve months of registered agent and registered office. Each item appears in the Scope of Work section, and the higher packages add original certificates, apostille and further services.

Yes. Every stage happens remotely: the first conversation, the due diligence, the signing of documents and the filing itself. Nothing requires you to be in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and no original has to be posted to us beforehand. Digital copies of the finished documents reach you by email as soon as they are issued.

Every page arrives with the places to sign flagged and a brief note for each. Sign by hand, scan and send them back by email. If anything needs a witness or a notary, we say so before you sign, so you never have to repeat it or hold up the filing.

We need a certified passport copy from each director, shareholder and beneficial owner, plus proof of address no older than three months, evidence of source of funds and a short professional background. A corporate shareholder adds its constitution and registers. The certification rules are in the KYC checklist above, and we go through each item with you before anything is lodged.

No. Under the anti-money laundering law of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, every person connected to the new entity is checked before a filing goes to the Financial Services Authority, with no exceptions for any client. We keep it fast instead: a single checklist, clear format guidance, and each document reviewed on the day it arrives.

No St Vincent tax is paid on income earned outside the country, there is no capital gains tax, and withholding tax applies only to payments sourced in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Income from local sources is taxable. An annual tax return still goes to the Inland Revenue Department, as a nil return when all income comes from abroad.

Only some of it. Directors and members are notified to the Financial Services Authority and may be disclosed on a search, which is why any change must be filed within ten days. Beneficial ownership is different. It sits on a private register held by your registered agent and is open only to the authorities.

One director and one shareholder are enough, and one person can hold both roles. Neither needs to be resident in St. Vincent and the Grenadines or hold any particular nationality, and corporate directors and shareholders are permitted. There is no minimum share capital, and shares may be issued in any currency, with or without par value. A registered agent and registered office in the country are required by law.

Yes. As soon as the Financial Services Authority issues the Certificate of Incorporation, we email it to you with the articles and registers, so a bank application can begin without waiting for the courier. The Premium package adds a Certificate of Good Standing, a Certificate of Incumbency and apostilled documents for banks abroad, and bank account support is available as a separate service.

The company can trade internationally, hold assets and investments, own intellectual property and sit at the top of a group. Banking, insurance, mutual fund and similar regulated business need a licence from the Financial Services Authority before it starts. Doing business with residents of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is permitted, but the income from it is taxable locally.

The name must end in Limited, Corporation, Incorporated or an accepted abbreviation, and it cannot duplicate or closely resemble a name already on the register. Words that suggest a bank, a trust, an insurer or a government connection need consent before they can be used. We search availability against the register before filing, and the Basic package includes unlimited name checks.

Yes. Directors and shareholders can live in any country, and board and shareholder meetings can take place anywhere and by any means. Daily management from your home country may make the business tax resident there, though, so check the position with a local adviser before trading starts.

Only an entity carrying on a relevant activity under the economic substance rules needs premises or staff in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Everyone else needs just the registered agent and registered office the law asks for, both included for the first year. Your statutory records are kept at that registered office.

There is no audit requirement. Under the Business Companies Act, financial statements go to the Financial Services Authority within five months of the balance date. A smaller company may file a Declaration of Solvency instead of full statements. Accounting records must be kept for at least seven years, and we prepare either filing from your books as part of the annual engagement.

It is the simplified filing a smaller company can make in place of full financial statements, on the same five-month clock, confirming it can pay its debts as they fall due. We tell you which of the two filings applies, prepare it from your figures and lodge it with the Financial Services Authority.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines does not ask for a separate annual return. The yearly filings are the government fee, the financial statements or Declaration of Solvency, and the tax return, and none of them is public. The only details on public record are the directors and members notified to the Financial Services Authority.

Economic substance applies where one of nine relevant activities is carried on, such as holding company business, finance and leasing, shipping or intellectual property. An annual Economic Substance Return is filed with the Comptroller of Inland Revenue within four months of the financial year end, declaring whether any relevant activity is carried on. Substance in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has to be shown only where one is.

An unpaid government fee brings penalties and then strike-off. A late tax return costs at least XCD 500 plus XCD 100 a month, or 5% of the tax plus 1% a month if higher, capped at XCD 10,000. Late financial statements or a late Declaration of Solvency risk a fine of up to US$20,000. Economic substance failures carry penalties of up to XCD 60,000 for a first notice and XCD 75,000 for a second, and criminal fines up to XCD 100,000 for non-payment.

Send us one email. We draft the resolution, collect signatures, update the registers and file the change with the Financial Services Authority, which must happen within ten days because directors and members are on the searchable register. A change of name is an amendment to the articles, and the Authority issues a new certificate in the new name. Most changes are completed within the week.

Yes. The registered agent can be changed at any time, and the Business Companies Act allows continuation out of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to another jurisdiction, or a foreign company to continue in. We handle the change of agent or the continuation filing on request.