- ACRA-registered Corporate Service Provider (CSP)
Singapore Company Secretary Services
A named local company secretary on your ACRA record, keeping your registers, resolutions and filings in order at a fee that does not change at renewal.
One fixed fee.
The same fee at renewal.
Every year after that.
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All government fees included. No GST.
Clear, transparent pricing
Two plans. Both include the $60 ACRA Annual Return fee and both carry the renewal price guarantee.
Core compliance
Essential
$328 / year
Billed annually · fee held at renewal
Annual compliance covered.
Best for companies with a stable ownership and management structure and only occasional corporate changes.
Unlimited resolutions
Suite
$568 / year
Billed annually · fee held at renewal
Unlimited resolutions included.
Best for companies expecting share, director, shareholder or capital changes during the year. Just $240/year more than Essential.
Included in both plans
- A named company secretary on your ACRA record
- Statutory registers and minute books maintained
- AGM preparation, standard documents
- Annual Return filing, including the $60 ACRA fee
- Reminders for every statutory deadline
- Renewal price lock — the same fee, every term
Not included: billed separately
$245 / year
On request
Complex structural changes or advisory
Quoted per matter
Stated separately rather than buried in a footnote. You should know what the fee does not cover before you appoint, not after.
Everything needed for statutory compliance
What Does a Company Secretary Do in Singapore?
The work a company secretary is actually appointed to do, carried out by the person named on your record.
A named local company secretary
A real person appointed on your company's ACRA record and assigned as your direct point of contact, not a generic service desk.
ACRA compliance
Annual Returns filed on time, and every change in company particulars reported to ACRA as it happens.
Deadline reminders
Annual Return, ECI, corporate tax and other statutory dates tracked and flagged to you well before they fall due.
Statutory registers
Registers of directors, shareholders and registrable controllers maintained and kept current, along with your minute books.
Board resolutions
Standard directors’ resolutions drafted for routine company matters and changes, ready for signing.
Annual Return filing
Filed with ACRA each year — and we pay the $60 filing fee rather than passing it to you at cost.
The requirement, explained
Company Secretary Requirements in Singapore under Section 171
Every Singapore company must appoint at least one company secretary within six months of incorporation. For a local company, ACRA states that the secretary must be a real person, meet Singapore’s local residency rules, and not be the same person as the sole director. Public companies have additional qualification requirements under the Companies Act 1967.
The six-month timeframe gives a newly incorporated company time to put the appointment in place. Once appointed, the company secretary helps keep recurring compliance matters organised from the start.
The requirements, in short
Within 6 months
of incorporation, a company secretary must be appointed.
Not the sole director
A sole director cannot also act as the company secretary.
Meet local residency rules
A natural person who meets Singapore’s local residency requirements.
If you are unsure whether your current setup meets the requirements, we can review it with you and explain what, if anything, needs attention.
Why the six months matters
Why Timely Appointment Matters
A company secretary helps keep your statutory records, filings and corporate actions properly maintained from the outset. Appointing one within the required timeframe helps ensure the company stays organised and compliant as it grows.
A vacancy cannot exceed six months
A company must appoint a secretary within six months of incorporation, and the position cannot remain vacant for more than six months. ACRA states that if it does, the director may face a fine of up to S$1,000.
Annual compliance stays on track
The company secretary helps coordinate recurring obligations such as Annual Return filings, statutory records and the documentation required for corporate actions.
Directors retain responsibility
Directors remain responsible for ensuring the company meets its statutory obligations, while the company secretary supports them with the administrative and compliance process.
Good records make things easier
Up-to-date company records are useful when dealing with banks, investors, auditors, counterparties or future corporate transactions. Keeping them properly maintained avoids unnecessary clean-up later.
How we’re different
Three things worth checking before you appoint anyone
Ask any corporate services provider these three questions. The answers separate most of the market.
Renewal price guarantee
Your fee in year five is the fee you signed up on.
The industry norm is a low first year followed by a quiet increase at renewal. We hold your rate for as long as you stay, and we email you before every renewal rather than rolling it over.
No increase at any term
A named person, not a queue
Your company secretary is also your account manager.
The same in-house professional is registered on your ACRA record and answers your email. No ticket numbers, no chat bots, and no explaining your situation twice.
One contact, by name
The quote is the price
Government fees are inside our fee, not added to it.
The $60 ACRA Annual Return fee is absorbed rather than passed through at cost, and there is no GST. Most providers quote excluding both, which is why their invoice does not match their website.
$60 ACRA fee included · no GST
The industry norm is a low first year and a higher second one. We do not do that.
A cheap introductory fee followed by a quiet increase at renewal is common practice in corporate services, and it is why so many directors switch providers every other year. Our renewal price guarantee holds your fee at the rate you signed up on for as long as you stay with us.
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Appoint us in a single step
Send us your business profile
We prepare the appointment documents for signing and lodge them with ACRA. Once your signed acknowledgements are back, the appointment or transfer goes through the same day.
Already have a company secretary? Switching costs nothing. We prepare the paperwork and notify your current provider on your behalf, so you do not need to have that conversation.
How we work
Systems that remember. People who answer.
Our in-house system tracks every due date on your company’s calendar and reminds you before it matters. Documents are signed electronically and stored securely, ready for retrieval whenever you need them.
What it does not do is answer you. There are no chat bots here. Your company secretary is also your account manager: the same named person, reachable by email or phone, who knows your company without needing to look it up.
No late filing penalties because a date was missed. No explaining your situation twice.
Inside the system
A deadline calendar per company
Annual Return, ECI, corporate tax and financial year end tracked from the day you appoint us, and flagged before they fall due.
Electronic signing
Resolutions and appointment documents are signed digitally, so there is no printing, scanning or couriering to get a filing lodged.
Secure document storage
Your registers, resolutions and filed documents are kept in secure electronic storage and retrievable whenever you need them.
Decision support
Can I be my own company secretary?
A director, employee or other individual can act as company secretary if the person meets the applicable eligibility requirements. The exception is a sole director, who cannot also be the company secretary.
| Yourself or a staff member | A friend or family member | Leftright | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legally eligible | Yes, if the person meets Singapore's local residency rules | Yes, if the person meets Singapore's local residency rules | Yes |
| Allowed where there is one director | No. A sole director cannot also be the secretary | Yes, if eligible | Yes |
| Must meet secretary eligibility requirements | Yes | Yes | Yes, checked before appointment |
| Statutory registers maintained | Your responsibility | Their responsibility | Included |
| Deadlines tracked | You remember them, or you do not | Depends entirely on them | Monitored and flagged before due |
| Who carries the consequence | The directors | The directors, not your friend | We work to the deadline; the duty stays with the directors |
| Annual cost | Nil in fees, real in time | A favour you will need again next year | From $328, held at renewal |
| Sensible when | You understand the requirements and are prepared to maintain the records yourself | Rarely | You would rather have the work handled by a professional |
Whoever holds the position, the statutory duty to keep the company compliant remains with its directors.
Not sure whether your company is compliant?
We will run a free, no-obligation check on your ACRA standing and tell you what, if anything, is outstanding.
Company secretary glossary
The terms, decoded
If one of these has turned up in an ACRA letter or a resolution you have been asked to sign, here is what it actually means.
Section 171
The Companies Act 1967 provision requiring every Singapore company to appoint a company secretary within six months of incorporation. Public companies have additional qualification requirements for the secretary.
ACRA
Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority, Singapore’s regulator of companies and corporate service providers. Your secretary is named on its public record of your company.
Bizfile
ACRA’s online filing portal. Annual Returns, changes in company particulars and officer appointments are all lodged through it.
Annual Return
The yearly filing confirming your company’s particulars to ACRA. Due within seven months of financial year end for a private company.
RORC
The Register of Registrable Controllers records who ultimately owns or controls the company. We maintain the register and applicable ACRA filings as part of your company’s compliance records.
AGM
Annual General Meeting, where financial statements are laid before shareholders. Private companies may dispense with it where the conditions are met.
EGM
Extraordinary General Meeting, meaning any general meeting other than the AGM, typically called for a specific decision that cannot wait.
Resolution in writing
A decision of the directors or members recorded and signed without holding a meeting. Most routine company changes are made this way.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
What directors ask before appointing or switching a company secretary.
What does a company secretary do in Singapore?
A company secretary supports the company’s statutory administration. This includes maintaining company information and registers, coordinating meetings and resolutions, reminding directors about filing deadlines, and keeping required records and filings in order. Directors remain responsible for ensuring the company meets its statutory obligations.
Does every Singapore company need a company secretary?
Yes. Every Singapore company must have at least one company secretary, and a newly incorporated company must appoint one within six months of registration.
Is a corporate secretary the same as a company secretary in Singapore?
Yes. In Singapore, “corporate secretary” and “company secretary” are commonly used to describe the same function. The statutory term used in the Companies Act and by ACRA is company secretary. Providers may also describe the wider outsourced service as corporate secretarial services.
What is included in Leftright's company secretary service?
Both plans include a named company secretary on your ACRA record, statutory registers and minute books, standard AGM documentation, Annual Return filing including the S$60 ACRA fee, statutory deadline reminders and routine secretarial support. Suite adds unlimited standard resolutions during the year. Services listed separately in the pricing section are not included in the annual plan fee.
What is an AGM, and do we still need one?
An Annual General Meeting is a shareholders’ meeting at which matters such as the company’s financial statements are considered. Private companies may be exempt from holding an AGM or may dispense with AGMs where the statutory conditions are met. Even where no AGM is held, other annual compliance obligations can still apply, including the preparation or circulation of financial statements where required and the filing of the Annual Return. We prepare the standard company secretarial documents required for your applicable process.
Who can legally act as company secretary?
For a Singapore company, ACRA states that the company secretary must be a real person, be a Singapore citizen, Singapore permanent resident or otherwise meet local residency rules, and not be the same person as the sole director. Public companies have additional qualification requirements under the Companies Act 1967.
Can a sole director be the secretary?
No. Where there is only one director, that person cannot also hold the secretary position. A second individual is required.
Can a foreigner act as company secretary in Singapore?
Yes, if the individual meets Singapore’s local residency rules. ACRA notes that FIN holders should confirm with the relevant pass issuer whether they may accept the appointment. A person who does not meet the local residency requirements cannot be appointed simply because they are able to work remotely from overseas.
Does a private company need a professionally qualified company secretary?
Not necessarily. ACRA’s general eligibility requirements for a local company’s secretary are that the person is a real person, meets Singapore’s local residency rules, and is not the same person as the sole director. Public-company secretaries are subject to additional qualification requirements under the Companies Act 1967. Leftright’s own appointment and staffing standards are separate from the statutory minimum.
How much does a company secretary cost in Singapore?
Leftright’s Essential company secretary plan is S$328 per year and Suite is S$568 per year. Both include the S$60 ACRA Annual Return filing fee and both keep the same plan fee at renewal. Essential covers core annual compliance; Suite is intended for companies expecting more corporate changes and includes unlimited standard resolutions during the year.
What is the difference between Essential and Suite?
Essential is for companies with a relatively stable ownership and management structure that mainly need ongoing annual compliance. Suite costs S$240 more per year and includes unlimited standard resolutions, making it more suitable where director, shareholder, share or capital changes are expected. Complex structural changes or advisory work remain separately quoted.
Is the S$60 ACRA Annual Return fee included?
Yes. Both plans include the S$60 ACRA Annual Return filing fee. The plan fee covers the services stated as included on this page; separately listed services remain separate.
What is not covered by the annual plan fee?
A registered office address (S$245 a year), nominee director service, and complex structural changes or advisory work are billed separately. These are shown separately because they are not part of the annual company secretary plan.
How quickly can you appoint or take over as company secretary?
Once the required appointment or transfer documents have been signed and returned, we lodge the change with ACRA on the same day. If there is anything outstanding that prevents the change from being completed, we tell you before proceeding.
I already have a secretary. Is switching difficult?
No. Switching is free. We prepare the transfer paperwork and notify your existing provider on your behalf, then coordinate the appointment documents required for the change. You do not need to manage the handover paperwork yourself.
How should I compare company secretary providers?
Compare the renewal fee as well as the first-year price, check exactly which recurring and ad hoc work is included, confirm whether the S$60 Annual Return filing fee is inside the quoted price, and ask whether you will have a named person or a shared inbox. Those points make provider comparisons much more meaningful than headline price alone.
What do I need to send you to get started?
Your company’s ACRA Business Profile is enough for us to start the review. We use it to prepare the appointment or transfer documents, send the required documents for signing, and lodge the change with ACRA once the signed documents are returned.
Client feedback
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Verified Google reviews from clients we still file for, quoted in full.
4.9
★★★★★
out of 5 on Google
★★★★★
I recently used their service to incorporate my new company, and I was very impressed with their service. They were fast and responsive, and they made the whole process very easy for me. They answered all of my questions in a clear and concise way, and they helped me to understand the entire incorporation process.
I would highly recommend their service to anyone who is looking to incorporate a business. They are fast, responsive, and knowledgeable, and they will make the whole process as easy as possible for you.
Timothy Jurn
· Google review
★★★★★
I just switch over to Left-Right from another secretary firm. Lisa is patience & easy to get in touch with in helping me to make a smooth switch.
For SME company like mine, we need someone dedicated to hear our issue and provide professional opinion, so far, Lisa had deliver it to me.
Thanks to Lisa.
Choon Heng Tew
· Google review
★★★★★
Had been using their services all along and would continue to use them as they are professional.
Clarence Chua
· Google review
★★★★★
A great company with speed respond. All questions answer and add on bonus information to allow business owners to plan well and accurate for annual filing. Which is always the most critical and important for any business.
Highly recommended for their services.
Fair priced and efficient work!
Mas Gnat
· Google review
★★★★★
Lisa is very attentive to details and prompt with replies and follow up. So far it has been a pleasant sign up experience with them and I’m already glad we switch over to them for our Corporate Secretary services.
Eugene Wong
· Google review
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