Register of Registrable Controllers (RORC)

RORC Requirements

Since 31 March 2017, companies, foreign companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) (collectively "entities") are required to keep a Register of Registrable Controllers (RORC) either at their registered office address or at the registered office of their appointed Corporate Service Provider. Registrable controllers are also commonly known as the beneficial owners of the entities. A RORC would contain the information listed in the section “What information must be lodged with ACRA” below.

Since 30 July 2020, in addition to keeping the private RORC, entities have to lodge the same information with ACRA’s Central Register of Registrable Controllers (central RORC) within 2 business days after the private RORC has been set up, or after any updates have been done to the private RORC.

The implementation of an ACRA’s Central RORC is part of on-going efforts to enhance the transparency of ownership and control of corporate entities and uphold Singapore’s reputation as a trusted financial hub. Information in the ACRA central RORC will only be available to law enforcement agencies for the purpose of administering or enforcing the laws under their purview (e.g. investigation of money laundering offences). Members of the public will not have access to the information in ACRA’s central RORC.

Entities exempted from maintaining RORC

Some entities are exempted from keeping a RORC and need not lodge any information with ACRA’s Central RORC. Please refer to the types of exempted entities.

Exempted entities will have to notify ACRA that they are exempted via the “Update Register of Registrable Controller” eService on Bizfile. Exempted entities must also declare that they are exempted when filing their Annual Filings or Annual Declarations.

What information must be lodged with ACRA?

For controllers who are individuals:

1. Full name;
2. Aliases, if any;
3. Residential address;
4. Email address;
5. Contact number;
6. Nationality;
7. Identity card number or passport number;
8. Date of birth;
9. Date of becoming a controller; and
10. Date of cessation as a controller, if applicable.

For controllers that are corporate entities:

1. Name;
2. Unique entity number, if any;
3. Address of registered office;
4. Email address;
5. Contact number;
6. Legal form of the corporate controller, if applicable;
7. Jurisdiction where the corporate controller is formed or incorporated and under which law, if applicable;
8. Name of authority in which the corporate controller is formed or incorporated, if applicable;
9. Identification number or registration number issued to the corporate controller when it was formed or incorporated, if applicable;
10. Date of becoming a controller; and
11. Date of cessation as a controller, if applicable.

For further information, please refer to the How to Guide on 'Setting up and maintaining Register of Registrable Controllers.'

Lodging RORC information with ACRA

Self-submission

If you wish to lodge the RORC information with ACRA on your own as a position holder (i.e., directors and secretaries of company/partners and managers of LLPs), you can do so via the “Update Register of Registrable Controller” eService on Bizfile.

Through your Corporate Service Provider

You can instruct your registered Corporate Service Provider to perform this lodgment for you with ACRA.

There are no fees payable for lodging RORC information with ACRA.

Timeline to lodge RORC information with ACRA

Companies, foreign companies and LLPs registered on or after 16 June 2025 are to set up their private RORC and file the same information with ACRA on the date of their incorporation or registration. The information must be lodged via Bizfile using the “Update Register of Registrable Controller” eService.

Making subsequent changes to RORC information

If there is any update to the controllers’ particulars, companies, foreign companies and LLPs must lodge the change with ACRA within 2 business days after updating the information in their private RORC. The update can be lodged via Bizfile using the “Update Register of Registrable Controller” eService.

Please refer here on requirements to maintain the RORC.

Frequently Asked Questions on RORC

View the Frequently Asked Questions on RORC.

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