The 14 best corporate secretarial services in Singapore, with yearly fees

Chin Swee Road (Manhattan House) · Companies that want every secretarial charge, including the nominee director deposit, in writing before they sign

1. Raffles Corporate Services

Secretary, registers, AGM papers and annual return; registered office, nominee director and extra resolutions charged separately

Raffles Corporate Services acts as named company secretary for Singapore private limited companies at $600 a year, with the $60 ACRA annual return fee included, and publishes the rest of its rate card on the same page. The package covers the company register, minute books, register of registrable controllers, the AGM notice and AGM resolutions, the annual return and filing reminders, and you get a WhatsApp group with the team. A registered office with a digital mailbox is $200 a year and is sold only with the secretary package. A nominee director is from $2,000 a year plus a $3,000 refundable deposit. Work outside the package is priced per item, with lower rates for existing clients: a directors' resolution is $100 ($200 for non-clients), EGM documents are $350 and a share allotment or transfer is $350. A public company with up to 10 members pays $850 a year.

Dhoby Ghaut (Singapore Shopping Centre) · Small companies with a local director that want a low fixed yearly fee for a named secretary and a free switch

2. Leftright Corporate

Secretary, annual return and AGM documents; registered address and nominee director extra

Leftright Corporate Pte. Ltd., an ACRA registered filing agent on Clemenceau Avenue, acts as named company secretary for small Singapore companies from $328 a year, with the $60 ACRA annual return fee included. The $328 Essential plan covers the named secretary, the annual return and AGM preparation with standard documents, and the $568 Suite plan adds unlimited standard resolutions. A registered office address is $245 a year, billed separately. Nominee director is on request for an existing company. For a new company, a $2,495 one-time package covers incorporation plus 12 months each of company secretary, nominee director and registered address. It says switching to it from another secretary is free and the fee is locked at renewal.

Robinson Road (SBF Center) · Companies with one or a few shareholders that want share changes and dividends inside a yearly plan

3. Sleek

Secretary, AGM and annual return; registered address and nominee director extra; legal agreements not covered

Sleek is an online corporate services firm at SBF Center on Robinson Road that acts as company secretary from $350 a year on its Essentials+ plan, which its plan table suggests for companies with one shareholder. Essentials+ covers AGM preparation and holding, the annual return with the $60 government fee, statutory registers, officer, shareholder and address changes, and a 72-hour email reply time. The $500 Professional plan adds share allotments, transfers and interim dividends, and the $1,500 Enterprise plan adds ESOP, share buyback and capital reduction work. A registered address with digital mailroom is $400 a year. A nominee director is $2,000 a year, for clients who also buy Sleek's accounting, which starts from $900 a year. It says one fee covers the move from your current secretary and the service after it, and that onboarding takes 1 to 2 days after KYC clearance.

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Neil Road · Founders who want the secretary and registered address in one app and a nominee director with no deposit

4. Osome

Secretary, AGM documents and annual return; registered address extra; nominee director only in incorporation packages

Osome is a Neil Road accounting and corporate services firm that acts as corporate secretary for Singapore companies for 12 months for $300 a year on its Essential package, with the annual return, the $60 government fee and AGM documents included. The $600 Unlimited package adds unlimited resolutions, excluding stamp duty. On Essential, ad hoc changes are charged per request and the price is shown before you confirm. A registered address at 68 Circular Road, with mail scanned into the Osome app, is $300 a year and can be taken with or without the secretary package. A nominee director comes only inside incorporation packages: $2,438 with a 3-month nominee, $3,772 with a 1-year nominee, or $3,822 with a 6-month nominee and visa, and Osome says it takes no deposit. Corppass registration is $100, a company stamp is $60 and a secretary strike off is $400.

Novena (Goldhill Plaza) · Small companies that want routine and non-routine secretarial charges in writing, including the fee to leave

5. 3E Accounting

Secretary, registers, AGM preparation and annual return; registered address and nominee director sold separately

3E Accounting is a Goldhill Plaza accounting firm that acts as named corporate secretary for Singapore private limited companies for $300 a year before GST ($327 with GST), covering minutes and register books, email compliance alerts, standard AGM preparation, the annual return and updates of officer and shareholder details with ACRA. The page puts the annual return government fee at $60. A second package at $200 a year ($218 with GST) covers Corppass, a digital company stamp, director fee approval at the AGM, the register of registrable controllers and data protection officer updates. Non-routine work has a price list: $150 to change the registered address, from $150 per person to change a director and from $200 per share transfer. Ending the secretarial service costs $250, or $500 if 3E is also your nominee director, and companies with more than 10 directors or shareholders may pay more. It says it has served over 10,000 clients since 2011.

Farrer Park (Petain Road) · Companies that want the annual return inside the fee and may need a short-term nominee director

6. Paul Hype Page & Co

Online portal; meetings and filings handled by the firm

Paul Hype Page & Co is an accounting and corporate services firm on Petain Road that acts as company secretary for $600 a year, with annual return preparation and filing included. The fee covers the named secretary, AGMs, board and general meetings, written resolutions, statutory registers, ACRA deadline reminders and an online portal. Share transfers, allotments and new director appointments are filed as separate ACRA transactions and quoted. A registered address is $300 a year, and nominee directors come on 12-month terms or short terms of 2 or 6 months, priced on quote.

Marina Bay (Asia Square Tower 1) · Very small companies that are fine with a portal and email reminders and want the cheapest named secretary and address

7. Tianlong Services

Named secretary and portal; registered address extra; AGM and annual return coverage not stated per plan

Tianlong Services, with an office at Asia Square Tower 1, acts as named company secretary for Singapore companies from $260 a year on its Self-Service plan, which is mainly AI-run, with a client portal and email reminders for annual returns. The $600 a year Private Secretary plan adds WhatsApp support from a person. A registered office address at Ubi Techpark with a digital mailbox is $50 a year, for secretary clients only. Its fee schedule PDFs give a different starting figure, from $350 a year, and list holding the AGM, the named secretary and the directors' resolution approving the annual accounts. Annual returns, resolutions and nominee director appear in its list of services without a plan or price attached.

Raffles Place (Republic Plaza) · Companies that want the registered address bundled into the secretary fee

8. BBCIncorp

Secretary, AGM and annual return; registered address in Unlimited packages only

BBCIncorp Pte. Ltd., at Republic Plaza in Raffles Place, acts as company secretary for Singapore companies from $280 a year on its Lite package, which covers AGM preparation, the annual return with the $60 ACRA fee, the register and minutes books, and a limited number of changes. The $770 a year Unlimited package adds unlimited changes, EGM preparation and 12 months of registered address with mail handling. The page shows Unlimited Plus at $720 a year, below Unlimited, and adds Corppass registration, unaudited financial statements and annual tax filing for yearly revenue of US$50,000. A change of company name, registered address or business activity is $100 each.

Robinson Road (ERH Building) · Companies that want the secretary and registered address in one yearly fee and a priced nominee director

9. Statrys

Secretary, AGM, annual return and registered address in one fee; nominee director extra

Statrys Corporate Services Singapore Pte. Ltd., an ACRA registered corporate service provider at 110 Robinson Road, charges $985 a year to act as company secretary for a Singapore company, and the fee includes a registered address and virtual mailroom. That fee also covers AGMs with minutes and resolutions, the annual return with the $60 government fee, statutory records and an online document portal. A nominee director is $1,800 per financial year. For new companies, a first-year package is $2,790 (standard price $3,100, offer ending 30 November) with ACRA registration and name check, secretary, AGM, annual return, registered address and mailroom. It says it refunds the fee if it makes a mistake. Its head office is in Hong Kong.

Bugis (Gateway East, Beach Road) · Single-director companies that want the lowest yearly fee and are happy to sign and file through an app

10. HeySara

App, WhatsApp and phone support; e-signing

HeySara is a Beach Road corporate secretarial firm that acts as company secretary from $199 a year on its Digital plan, the lowest published yearly fee in this list, though annual return filing costs $200 extra on that plan. The Plus plan is $598 a year and Prime is $998, each with annual return filing at $60 extra. Its plan table lists a mobile app, WhatsApp and phone support, a dedicated account manager, yearly CorpPass administration and e-signing through its own app or HelloSign, but doesn't mark which plan includes which. It publishes ACRA filing agent numbers FA20200042 and FA20031119, and its office is at Gateway East, 152 Beach Road.

Cecil Street (IOB Building) · Companies with preference shares, corporate shareholders or an ESOP that want a package price

11. Excellence Singapore

Annual returns, AGMs, registers and filings; ad hoc actions quoted

Excellence Singapore, on Cecil Street, does corporate secretarial work for startups and small businesses from $300 a year on its Essential package, for companies with individual shareholders and ordinary shares only. The Growth and Expansion package, from $600 a year, takes corporate shareholders, all share classes including preference shares, and ESOP upkeep. It says the packages cover annual returns, AGMs, registers and filings, and that ad hoc corporate actions are quoted upfront. It says a change of secretary usually takes 1 to 2 weeks and ACRA charges nothing for the change-of-officer filing. Nominee director is sold as a separate service.

Realty Park (Lorong 1) · Small companies that want register updates within a set number of days and a quick switch

12. Terra Advisory Services

Named secretary, annual return and resolutions; nominee director and bundles quoted

Terra Advisory Services Pte. Ltd., based at Realty Park, does corporate secretarial work for Singapore companies from $600 a year for basic compliance, which covers a named secretary and annual return filing with ACRA. It prepares AGM, dividend and director change resolutions, including paper AGM resolutions for signing, and says it updates the Register of Controllers and Register of Members within 2 business days of a change. It says a switch from your current secretary takes 3 to 5 business days. Nominee director is available only to companies that also use its secretarial service, and bundles with incorporation are quoted. It says it has more than 100 clients.

Cecil Street (The Octagon) · Foreign-owned companies that need a nominee director, secretary and registered address in one package

13. Piloto Asia

Secretary, registered address and annual return; nominee director in the Non-resident package

Piloto Asia, at The Octagon on Cecil Street, acts as company secretary for companies with local or foreign directors from $50 a month, and sells two one-year packages priced on quote. The Resident package, for companies with at least one local director, includes the company secretary, a registered address and annual return filing with ACRA. The Non-resident package adds a nominee director. Each client gets a dedicated corporate secretary as the main contact, and the firm says the secretary replies within 24 hours. It says it has served more than 500 international companies over 15 years.

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Robinson Road (City House) · Companies that are fine asking for a quote and want the annual fee's coverage spelled out first

14. Rikvin

Secretary, routine resolutions, statutory books and deadline reminders; non-routine work on time cost

Rikvin Pte Ltd, an InCorp Group company at City House on Robinson Road, names one qualified person as company secretary of a Singapore company in ACRA records for 12 months, for an annual fee it quotes on request. The fee covers routine forms and resolutions for ACRA filings, the statutory books, minutes of director and shareholder meetings, and email reminders for ACRA and IRAS deadlines. Non-routine work is charged on a time-cost basis. Its nominee director service has a security deposit on top of the service fee, refunded when the service ends.