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Statutory Registers

Every mandatory register. Always current. Audit-ready.

The Companies Act 2013 mandates 7 statutory registers that every company must maintain at its registered office and produce during inspection. Finndesk tracks the last-updated date for each register across every entity, flags registers that are stale, and alerts you before an ROC inspection or annual return filing turns into a compliance gap.

7 registers
Mandatory under Companies Act 2013
Section 88
Register of Members — principal register
Inspection
Registers must be produced on demand

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Why this matters

The problem Statutory Registers solves

Most statutory tasks in group companies go wrong due to operational gaps — spreadsheets and calendars don't talk directly to portals.

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Statutory registers are updated months after events occur

When a new director joins, the Register of Directors (MBP-1) should be updated the same day. In practice, updates happen weeks or months later — or only when someone remembers ahead of an annual return or ROC inspection. For groups with 6+ entities, the lag compounds.

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ROC inspections and due diligence expose stale registers

An investor's due diligence or an ROC inspection will ask for the statutory registers. A stale register — one that hasn't been updated to reflect recent events — is immediate grounds for a Show Cause Notice. Groups discover these gaps at the worst possible moment.

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No visibility into which registers are current across the group

Most groups have no single view of the health of their statutory registers. Different registers are maintained by different people (CA, CS, internal finance) with no central tracking. The CFO has no way to know which registers are current and which are 8 months stale.

What it does

Full capabilities

Everything included in Statutory Registers — built for Indian promoters.

Statutory Registers Tracked

Register of Members (MGT-1) — equity and preference shareholders, transfers, transmission
Register of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel (MBP-1) — all directorships, DIN, dates
Register of Loans and Guarantees (MBP-2) — inter-company loans, guarantees, security
Register of Contracts (MBP-4) — related party contracts and arrangements
Register of Charges (CHG-7) — all charges, satisfactions, and modifications
Register of Investments (MBP-3) — investments not held in company's own name
Register of ESOPs (SH-6) — employee stock option grant and exercise records

Freshness & Audit Readiness

Last-updated date tracked per register per entity
Stale alerts when a register hasn't been updated in 60/90 days after a triggering event
Inspection readiness score per entity — aggregate of all register statuses
Cross-module sync: director appointment auto-flags MBP-1 for update
Share allotment or transfer auto-flags MGT-1 for update
Charge creation auto-flags CHG-7 for update via Corporate Actions module
Export-ready register summaries for annual return preparation
Onboarding

Three steps to full coverage

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Corporate events auto-flag affected registers

When you log a corporate event in Finndesk — director appointment, share allotment, loan from director — the Statutory Registers module automatically flags which registers need updating. You don't have to remember the cross-references; Finndesk does.

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Track update status per register per entity

Each register shows its last-updated date and a health status: Current (updated in the last 30 days following an event), Review (event occurred but register not yet updated), or Stale (90+ days since last update with events pending). The group dashboard shows all registers across all entities at a glance.

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Produce registers on demand for inspection or due diligence

Before an ROC inspection or investor due diligence, run the Registers Readiness report. It shows every register, its current status, and the last-updated date for each entity. Gaps are highlighted so your CS or CA can update before the inspection date.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions

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