Compliance
Director Changes
Update company management details, appointments, resignations, and records.
R450
once-off
- Director appointment or resignation filing
- Updated CIPC company record
- Confirmation of filed changes
- Support for up to 3 director changes
Tell us what you need
Directors and shareholders are different filings
In a small Pty the same two people are often both, which is why this gets muddled. Directors run the company and carry the legal duties. Shareholders own it. CIPC keeps them on separate records, and changing one does not change the other.
Appointing your business partner as a director does not give them shares. Selling somebody 30% of the company does not put them on the director record. If you are doing both, file both — this page and shareholder changes.
When you have to file
- Somebody is appointed as a director
- A director resigns or is removed
- A director's own details change: a new surname after marriage, or a new ID or passport document
That last one gets skipped constantly, and it is the one that causes trouble later. Banks and buyers verify director details against the CIPC record, and they stop when the details do not match.
What we need
The company name and registration number, the type of change, and the director's full legal name and ID or passport number exactly as they appear on the document. "Exactly" is doing work in that sentence: a middle name on the ID that you left off the form is a rejected filing.
Supporting documents — resignation letters, resolutions, certified IDs — go into your order workspace after payment, against a checklist.
File it when it happens
Not when somebody asks for proof. A resignation that sits unfiled for a year leaves that person on the public record as a director of a company they left, which is their problem, and leaves you with a company record you cannot rely on, which is yours.
Scope
The service covers up to three director changes in one order. A board reshuffle larger than that, or a change tangled up in a dispute, is worth a conversation before you order rather than after.
What it does not do
- It does not update your shareholder register — that is shareholder changes
- It does not refile beneficial ownership, which CIPC treats as its own submission — see beneficial ownership
- It does not tell SARS anything
The SARS point is the one that bites. If the person leaving is the verified registered representative on eFiling, the company loses its own SARS access until a replacement is recorded — a company that legally exists and practically cannot file anything. Handle it at the same time with SARS registered representative.
What you get back
Confirmation of the filed change and the updated CIPC company record. Timing depends on CIPC processing.