One Person Company (OPC) Registration in India

An alternative to a Private Limited Company (PLC), yet enjoys the benefits of PLC

One Person Company (OPC) is a Company with only one person as a member. That one person will be the shareholder of the company. It avails all the benefits of a private limited company such as separate legal entity, protecting personal assets from business liability, and perpetual succession. An OPC is classified as a private company under Companies Act, 2013.

Key Features of One Person Company (OPC)

  • Has only one person as a member / shareholder.
  • Minimum paid up share capital is One Lakh Rupees (Rs. 1,00,000).
  • In case of the death of member / shareholder or his incapacity to contract, then nominee / other person become the member of the Company.
  • No need to hold any AGM (Annual General Meeting) in each year.
  • Very few ROC filings are to be filed with the Registrar of Companies (ROC).
  • Easy to Get a Loan from Banks

Steps to Register One Person Company (OPC)

While EZFilings.in will take care of the entire process in registering a company, below are few steps to understand the process.

  • Obtain Digital Signature Certificate [DSC] for the proposed Director(s).
  • Obtain Director Identification Number [DIN] for the proposed director(s).
  • Select suitable Company Name, and make an application to the Ministry of Corporate Office for availability of name.
  • Draft Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association [MOA & AOA].
  • Sign and file various documents including MOA & AOA with the Registrar of Companies electronically.
  • Payment of Requisite fee to Ministry of Corporate Affairs and also Stamp Duty.
  • Scrutiny of documents at Registrar of Companies [ROC].
  • Receipt of Certificate of Registration/Incorporation from ROC.
OPC Registration Pricing

Starts from Rs 13,999/-

Company Type

FAQs

1.How to incorporate an OPC?

Name reservation: Form INC-1 shall be filed for name availability.

Incorporate OPC: After name approval, form INC-2 shall be filed for incorporation of the OPC within 60 days of filing form INC-1.

Form DIR-12 shall be filed along with (linked) form INC-2 except when promoter is the sole director of the OPC.

The company shall file form INC-22 within 30 days once form INC-2 is registered in case the address of correspondence and registered office address are not same.

2.How to inform RoC about change in membership of OPC?

The company shall file form INC-4 in case of cessation of member of OPC on account of death, incapacity to contract or change in ownership. In the same form, user needs to provide details of the new member of the OPC.

3.Is there any threshold limits for an OPC to mandatorily get converted into either private or public company?

In case the paid up share capital of an OPC exceeds fifty lakh rupees or its average annual turnover of immediately preceding three consecutive financial years exceeds two crore rupees, then the OPC has to mandatorily convert itself into private or public company.

4.How to intimate RoC that the OPC has exceeded the threshold limits and require conversion into private or public company?

The OPC shall inform RoC in form INC-5, if the threshold limits is exceeded and is required to be converted into private or public company.

5.What is the time limit for filing form INC-5?

Form INC-5 shall be filed within sixty days of exceeding threshold limits.

6.Who is eligible to act as a member of an OPC?

Only a natural person who is an Indian citizen and resident in India shall be eligible to act as a member and nominee of an OPC.For the above purpose, the term "resident in India" means a person who has stayed in India for a period of not less than one hundred and eighty two days during the immediately preceding one financial year.