Company Annual Filing - Your Entire Post-AGM ROC Cycle, Handled

The core set is Form AOC-4 (financial statements), Form MGT-7 or MGT-7A (annual return), and Form ADT-1 (auditor appointment notice, when applicable that year), plus Form DIR-3 KYC filed individually by each director. Some companies also need XBRL conversion of AOC-4 or CSR-related disclosures.

Yes. Every registered company must file its annual returns even with zero turnover or a completely dormant year - this is commonly called 'nil filing' and follows the same forms and deadlines as an active company.

MGT-7A is a simplified annual return form for One Person Companies (OPCs) and small companies. MGT-7 is the standard annual return form used by all other companies. Both are filed within 60 days of the AGM.

All three are counted from the AGM date: ADT-1 within 15 days, AOC-4 within 30 days, and MGT-7/MGT-7A within 60 days of the AGM.

DIR-3 KYC is the KYC intimation filed by each individual holding a Director Identification Number (DIN). From 31 March 2026 it is filed once every three years instead of annually (rule 12A, G.S.R. 943(E) dated 31 December 2025); directors whose KYC is up to date are next due by 30 June 2028. It's a per-director obligation, not a per-company one - a director on three boards still files only one DIR-3 KYC for themselves.

Each form attracts its own additional government fee for late filing, and the fee escalates with the length of delay. Persistent non-filing can also lead ROC to mark the company as non-compliant, flag directors, or in extreme cases initiate strike-off proceedings.

No. The statutory audit is conducted by your appointed auditor and is a prerequisite for finalising the financial statements that go into AOC-4 - it is a separate professional engagement from the ROC filing itself, though we coordinate around your audit timeline.

Annual filing (AOC-4, MGT-7, ADT-1) goes to the Registrar of Companies under the Companies Act and is about your company's corporate and financial record with the MCA. Income tax return filing goes to the Income Tax Department and is about tax liability - they are separate obligations with separate deadlines and separate portals.

No. LLPs file Form 8 (Statement of Account and Solvency) and Form 11 (Annual Return) under the LLP Act, 2008, which is a different set of forms from the company annual filing cycle. See our MCA Compliance page for LLP-specific obligations.

XBRL is a structured electronic format for filing financial statements, required for certain classes of companies - generally listed companies and their subsidiaries, and companies crossing specified turnover or paid-up capital thresholds under the applicable MCA rules. Not every company needs to file in XBRL - see our dedicated XBRL Filing page to check applicability.

Yes, that's the point of this package - we coordinate AOC-4, MGT-7/MGT-7A, ADT-1, and DIR-3 KYC together against your AGM date, rather than treating them as separate engagements with separate tracking.

The first AGM has a somewhat different timeline from subsequent years - broadly, it must be held within a set period from incorporation rather than strictly from the financial year end. We confirm the exact applicable timeline for your incorporation date before setting your filing calendar.

Board resolutions and AGM minutes underpin several of the annual forms (particularly ADT-1's auditor appointment and MGT-7's governance disclosures) and are part of your statutory records even where not directly uploaded - we prepare these as part of the package.

Ideally as soon as your financial year closes, so audited financials are ready before the AGM and the 15/30/60-day clocks don't get squeezed. We recommend starting audit coordination at least 6-8 weeks before your planned AGM date.

Yes. We handle backlog/catch-up annual filings across multiple pending years, calculate the applicable additional fees for each delayed form, and help bring the company's ROC record current.