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Setting up & maintaining a Register of Registrable Controllers (RORC)

Check if you need to comply with RORC requirements, and how to set up and maintain your private RORC.

Last updated 29 January 2026

On this page

What is an RORC
Who must comply with requirements
Exempted entities
Setting up your RORC
What to include in your RORC
Maintaining your RORC
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Related pages

What is an RORC

An RORC is a private register that contains the particulars of your registrable controllers (commonly known as beneficial owners). These are individuals or legal entities who have either:

  • Significant interest (ownership) in your business

  • Significant control over your business

Who must comply with requirements

Since 31 March 2017, you must set up and maintain an RORC unless your business is exempted.

All of these businesses need to maintain a private RORC and file with ACRA's Central RORC:

  • Companies (including private and public companies)

  • Foreign companies registered in Singapore

  • Limited liability partnerships (LLPs)

This requirement applies even if your business is dormant or undergoing winding up, striking off, receivership, or judicial management.

Exempted entities

If you are exempt, you still need to:

Exempted local companies

Your company is exempted if it is:

  • A public company with shares listed on an approved exchange in Singapore

  • A Singapore financial institution

  • Wholly owned by the Singapore government

  • Wholly owned by a statutory body established by or under a public act for a public purpose

  • A wholly-owned subsidiary of any of the above companies

  • Listed on a securities exchange outside Singapore that is subject to these requirements by stock exchange rules, law, or other enforceable means:

    • Regulatory disclosure requirements

    • Adequate transparency requirements for beneficial owners

Exempted foreign companies

Your foreign company is exempted if it is a:

  • Singapore financial institution

  • Wholly-owned subsidiary of a foreign company that is a Singapore financial institution

  • Foreign company with shares listed on a securities exchange outside Singapore that is subject to these requirements by stock exchange rules, law, or other enforceable means:

    • Regulatory disclosure requirements

    • Adequate transparency requirements for beneficial owners

  • Foreign company with shares listed on an approved exchange in Singapore as a primary listing

Exempted LLPs

Your LLP is exempt if it is:  

  • A Singapore financial institution

  • An LLP where all partners are companies or foreign companies that are themselves exempt from RORC requirements

More details: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Schedule of the Companies Act and Sixth Schedule of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act

Setting up your RORC

When to set up your RORC

When you register your business with ACRA, you need to provide your registrable controllers' details.

RORC deadlines

If your business was

You must set up your RORC

Incorporated or registered from 16 June 2025

On the same day you incorporate or register your business.

Previously exempted

Within 60 days after you are required to maintain the register.

Example: Companies listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) are exempt. If they are delisted, they must set up their RORC within 60 days of delisting.

How to set up your RORC

  1. Identify your registrable controllers.

  2. Set up your RORC by documenting the required details in a physical or electronic register.

  3. Keep your physical or electronic register at your:

    • Registered office address; or

    • Corporate service provider's (CSPs) office.

Previously exempted businesses: After you set up your RORC, file with ACRA's Central RORC within two business days

Note: You do not need to send notices to confirm your controllers' particulars. You should already have this information when you register your business.

What to include in your RORC

Required information

For

You need to include their

Individual controllers

  • 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

  • Date of cessation as a controller (if applicable)

Corporate controllers

  • 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 (if applicable)

  • Name of corporate registrar 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

  • Date of cessation as a controller (if applicable)

Maintaining your RORC

You only need to update your RORC if there are any changes to your controllers' details.

You also need to send annual notices to confirm these details, even if no changes are reported.

How to update RORC changes

If there is a change, you must complete both of these steps:

  1. You must update your private RORC within seven days. This deadline starts after your controller informs you of a change.

  2. You must file with ACRA's Central RORC within two business days after you update your private RORC.

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

How do I fix a mistake in my RORC filing?

  1. Open the Update Register of Registrable Controllers eService and log in.

  2. Update the incorrect information.

  3. Submit your changes.

Your records will update immediately after you submit.

Note: You do not need to file a notice of error (NOE).

Do I need to update information for controllers who have left?

Yes, you must update and file information for past controllers with ACRA.

This helps maintain a complete record of your business's controller history.

What do I do if my foreign corporate controller has no registration number?

Select not applicable in the registration number field when you file your RORC information.

This applies to foreign corporate controllers that were not issued a registration number in their home country.

Do I need to file separate updates if my controller holds multiple positions?

Yes, you need to file separate updates as RORC information is stored independently from other business information.

Example: If your controller is also a company director, you need to:

Related pages

Identifying & sending annual notices to registrable controllers (RCs)

Check how to identify RCs based on significant interest or control. You must send RCs annual notices to verify their details and update any changes to your RORC.

Filing with the Central Register of Registrable Controllers (RORC)

All companies and foreign companies must file their RORC information with ACRA's Central RORC. This filing is separate from maintaining your private RORC.

RORC, ROND & RONS guidance

Instructions and regulatory requirements for companies to establish and maintain statutory business registers.