cipc.co.za : Registration of Non Profit Company

Name of the Organization : Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
Type of Facility : Registration of Non Profit Company without members with a Standardised Memorandum of Incorporation
Location : Cape Town

Website : https://www.cipc.co.za/
Guideline : https://www.southafricain.com/uploads/6731-Non_Profit_company.pdf

Registration of Non Profit Company :

Requirements for registering a non-profit company without members with a Standardised Memorandum of Incorporation :
1. The minimum number of directors must be 3
2. Each director must also be an Incorporator (irrespective of the number of directors)
3. The ID numbers of directors are validated with Department of Home Affairs

Related : CIPC Customer Registration Procedure : www.southafricain.com/6724.html

4. Only South African Citizens can be appointed as directors and incorporators via E-Services. Foreign directors must make use of the manual process
5. A director may not be an alternate director if a full director is not appointed first.
6. The fee structure: R175 including name reservation and R125 without a name reservation
7. The Form Code for NPC – CoR15.1C with supporting documents

Guideline :
In order to use this step by step guide, you should have registered a customer code and have adequate credit in your customer code.
** Consult the step by step guide for Customer Registration for assistance in registering a customer code.
** Consult the Contact Us on the home page for the CIPC banking details.

Steps :
1. Visit the CIPC website .cipc.co.za, and click on On-line transacting.
2. Click on Login

3. Type your customer code and customer password and click on Login
a. Customer Code
b. Customer Password (case sensitive)
c. Security code (case sensitive)
d. Click on CIPC Terms & Conditions to read it, and in the circle next to it to accept the terms and conditions

Note :
** Select Forgot Password if you require your customer password to be resend to you.
** If you have never used the E-Services and experience challenges to reset your password, send an e-mail to resetpassword AT cipc.co.za requesting your password to be reset.

Include the following in your email :
** Customer code
** Full name and Surname
** ID number
** Certified copy of your ID document (certification should not be longer than 3 months ago)
** Letter (signed by customer) requested resetting of password
** Updated e-mail address

4. The Landing page of e-Services will be displayed. Click on Register a New Company

5. A drop-down will be displayed. Click on the arrow and choose the relevant type of company.
a. Private Company – Pty Ltd or
b. Non Profit Company – NPC

6. Complete the required fields on the screen :
a. How Directors will be appointed:
** A drop down will appear, with the following options. Select the relevant option :
i. During the annual general meeting held within 6 months after financial year end
ii. General directors meeting/ round robin approval by directors, within 10 working days after resignation/death of any director

b. Main Objective:
** A drop down will appear, with the following options. Select the relevant option :
i. Community Social Welfare
ii. Community Youth Development
iii. Community Health Services
iv. Community Economic Empowerment and Foundation
v. Religious Worship and other religious community outreach activities
vi. Community Development and Educational Development
vii. Home Owner Association

c. ID Number. Enter the ID number of the Director of the company and click on the + (Add) button to add all directors. The system will confirm the validity of the ID Number. Click on the Continue Button.

7. A screen will display, requesting you to capture the details of the directors. Click on Edit and complete the details of the directors (all of them please), and click on Save. Please note that directors cannot share email addresses and cell phone numbers

8. The Company Registration:
** Directors and Incorporators screen will display. Complete the required fields and click on Save and click on Continue.
a. Director Type – click on the drop down menu to display the options
i. Director
ii. Alternate Director
b. Surname
c. Name(s)
d. Country of Origin
e. ID Number
f. Director Status – this option is greyed out and cannot be selected
g. Appointment Date
h. Date of Birth
i. Cell phone Number
j. Email Address
k. Physical Address
l. Postal Address

9. Complete the Company Details on the next screen and click on Save.
a) Financial Year End
b) Email Address
c) Website Address
d) Company Physical Address
e) Company Postal Address

10. The next screen provide options regarding Name reservation, namely :
a. Apply for a name as part of this process;
b. Use a name that has already been approved;
c. Register a company using an enterprise number as the name.

Option 1 :
** Applying for a name as part of the process. Click on this option if you want to apply for a name as part of the process.
** Company will only be added to the company registration queue after the proposed name has been approved.

** If all proposed names fail, then the company will still be registered using the company’s enterprise number as the company name.
** You will have to apply for another name and when it’s approved you will have to follow a company name change process.

Option 2 :
** Name already approved: If you have already applied for a name then your company will be added to the company registration queue immediately, on condition that there is enough credit in your customer account.

Option 3 :
** Register using the enterprise number as company name
** Your Company will be added to the company registration queue immediately, on condition that there is enough credit in your customer account.

11. Applying for a name as part of the process.

12. Applying for a name as part of the process. Enter at least one or a maximum of four proposed names for the enterprise, in order of preference. Click on Submit Proposed Name. A screen will display, indicating if the exact name test was successful or not. If the test for one of the proposed names was not successful, you will be requested to indicate another proposed name. Click on Back and propose another name. Click on Lodge Name Reservation.**

13. The next screen will indicate that the proposed name(s) has been lodged, and provide you with a Reservation (tracking) number. Click on Continue

14. Once the name has been successfully reserved, confirmation of such reservation will be e-mailed. For guidance on the service delivery standards for name reservations consult About / Our Service Turnaround Times.
15. The second email will indicate all required supporting documentation needed for registration. Print the e-mailed forms and have indicated directors and incorporators sign at the indicated places.