What is the Register of Registrable Controllers (RORC)?
The RORC is a register maintained privately by corporate entities (i.e. companies, foreign companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), unless exempted) with information about their controllers. The information maintained in this register includes the names and identifying details of their controllers as well as information on their place of registration in the case of corporate controllers.
Who can be a “Controller” of a Company or Foreign Company?
A Controller is an individual or a legal entity with a “significant interest” in or “significant control” over the company or foreign company.
Controller based on Significant Interest
A controller who has a significant interest in a company or foreign company may include any of the following:
| Companies with Share Capital | Companies without Share Capital |
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An individual who has:
| An individual who has:
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Controller based on significant control
A controller who has significant control over a company or foreign company is a person who:
- holds the right to appoint or remove directors who hold a majority of the voting rights at directors’ meetings;
- holds more than 25% of the rights to vote on matters that are to be decided upon by a vote of the members of the company or foreign company; or
- exercises or has the right to exercise significant influence or control over the company or foreign company.
Who can be a “Controller” of a LLP?
A controller of the LLP is a person who:
- holds, directly or indirectly, a right to share in more than 25% of the capital, or more than 25% of the profits, of the LLP; or a right to share more than 25% of any surplus assets of an LLP on a winding up;
- holds the right, directly or indirectly, to appoint or remove the manager of the LLP, or if the LLP has more than one manager, a majority of the managers of the LLP;
- holds the right, directly or indirectly, to appoint or remove the persons who hold a majority of the voting rights at meetings of the management body of the LLP;
- holds, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the rights to vote on those matters that are to be decided upon by a vote of the partners of the LLP; and/ or
- has the right to exercise, or actually exercises, significant influence or control over an LLP.
Companies, foreign companies and LLPs that cannot identify a controller with significant interest in or significant control over the entity are required to identify individuals with executive control as their controller(s). For companies and foreign companies, directors with executive control and the Chief Executive Officer must be identified as their controller(s). For LLPs, partners with executive control must be identified as their controller(s).
Entities required to maintain RORC
All companies, foreign companies, and LLPs are required to maintain a RORC unless exempted.
Setting up RORC
Companies, foreign companies, and LLPs may keep their registers electronically or in hardcopy format.
When to set up?
Companies, foreign companies, and LLPs are required to each maintain a RORC within the following timelines:
Local company incorporation date LLP registration date Foreign Company registration date | Timeline to maintain a RORC |
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| Incorporated or registered on or after 16 June 2025 | Starting on the date of incorporation or registration |
Entities which are not required to maintain the Register but are subsequently required to do so. For example, a company that was listed on the Singapore Exchange but is subsequently delisted must keep a Register of Registrable Controllers within 60 days of being delisted. | Within 60 days after the date of being required to maintain the Register |
Maintaining RORC
Prescribed locations to maintain RORC
The RORC is to be maintained at the registered office address of the entity or the registered office address of its registered Corporate Service Provider.
What information must be included in the RORC?
For controllers who are individuals:
- Full name;
- Aliases, if any;
- Residential address;
- Email address;
- Contact number;
- Nationality;
- Identity card number or passport number;
- Date of birth;
- Date of becoming a controller; and
- Date of cessation as a controller, if applicable.
For controllers that are corporate entities:
- Name;
- Unique entity number, if any;
- Address of registered office;
- Email address;
- Contact number;
- Legal form of the corporate controller;
- Jurisdiction where the corporate controller is formed or incorporated and under which law;
- Name of authority in which the corporate controller is formed or incorporated, if applicable;
- Identification number or registration number issued to the corporate controller when it was formed or incorporated, if applicable;
- Date of becoming a controller; and
- Date of cessation as a controller, if applicable.
When to update changes?
Lodging RORC information with ACRA
Please refer here for more information on lodging information with ACRA.
Penalties for not maintaining RORC information
Failure to maintain RORC information may lead to prosecution, and the entity and its officers or partners can face a fine of up to $25,000 upon conviction.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please click here to access the list of FAQs.
Help Resources
Please click here to access the resources to guide companies, foreign companies and LLPs to comply with the requirements.
