Admin & ASP
Nominee & Fiduciary Services
Resident directors and nominee shareholders acting under a documented mandate.
What we do
We provide Cyprus resident directors, company secretaries, nominee shareholders and account signatories, under mandates that are written down before anyone is appointed.
A director we appoint is a director in the full statutory sense rather than an agent holding a title. That is exactly what makes the appointment worth having: a board that meets in Cyprus, considers the company's decisions and records what it considered is what supports the residency position. A name on a register does not. Day to day management of the business stays with you throughout.
What you get
- Cyprus resident directors, with the scope of the appointment and the authority limits set out in our terms of business, so there is no separate mandate to negotiate
- A board calendar: meetings held here, with papers prepared and minutes recording what was decided and on what basis
- Company secretary and the statutory registers
- Nominee shareholders holding under a declaration of trust, so your name does not appear on the public record
- Bank and electronic money institution signatory service, with your written approval required for every instruction
- Trustee appointment where a trust is administered elsewhere
How it works
The reliefs that make Cyprus worth using rest on the company being Cyprus tax resident, and residency follows management and control rather than the address on the certificate. What evidences it is the record: which decisions the board took, when, on what information, and where the meeting was held. That record either exists as the year runs or it does not exist at all, because one written up afterwards is the finding rather than the defence.
So the appointment is a working one. Our directors read the papers, ask about the transaction and put the reasoning in the minute, which is what makes the position hold years later when somebody asks.
A nominee shareholder is a different thing from a nominee director, and it is not concealment. Your name stays off the public share register. Beneficial ownership is still reported to the beneficial ownership register in the ordinary way, disclosed to us and disclosed to your bank.
Working with us
Four steps, and the first one is a conversation
A call
What the company does, where its decisions are currently taken, and what the structure is meant to support. No charge for it.
A proposal in writing
Fixed annual fees for the appointments you actually need, with the scope and authority limits attached in our terms.
You accept
Engagement letter signed, then onboarding, then the appointments are filed.
The board starts working
A meeting calendar for the year, papers before each one and minutes after it, so the record supporting the position begins on day one instead of being assembled later.
Common questions
Do I lose control of my company?
No. Day to day management of the business remains yours, and the authority limits are written into our terms of business rather than negotiated case by case, so you know before you appoint anyone exactly what the appointment covers. What the board decides is the corporate matters that belong to a board.
Does appointing a resident director make the company Cyprus tax resident?
Not on its own. Residency follows where management and control are actually exercised, which is a question about conduct rather than about who signed. A board that meets, considers and minutes supports it. An appointment that exists only on the register does not, and the difference is visible in the records.
Will my name be on any public record?
Not the public share register, where a nominee holds under a declaration of trust. Beneficial ownership is reported to the beneficial ownership register in the ordinary way, and disclosed to us and to your bank. That is the design of the system rather than a limitation of the service.
Can you be a signatory on the company's accounts?
Yes, for payment instructions you approve in writing, each one individually. No discretionary authority over your money is held at any time. It is the arrangement most useful to owners who are not in Cyprus and want payments to run without waiting on their own availability.
What follows
Directors are one part of the residency position and rarely the whole of it. What else a company needs is proportionate to what it does, and economic substance is where that is set.
The statutory calendar around the appointments sits with corporate administration, and where the structure is a family or succession one, trustee provision works the same way.
| Services | Cyprus-resident directors, company secretaries and nominee shareholders |
|---|---|
| Legal status of a nominee director | A director in the full statutory sense, not an agent |
| Core duties | Act in the company's best interests and exercise independent judgement |
| Can decline to act | Yes, where an instruction would breach a duty |
| Beneficial ownership | Reported regardless of who appears on the share register |
| Regulated | Yes. These are licensed activities in Cyprus |
Also in Admin & ASP
- Corporate AdministrationRegistered office, secretarial duties, statutory registers and annual filings.
- Accounting & Tax ComplianceBookkeeping, VAT, VIES, payroll, audit coordination and corporate tax returns.
- Bank Account OpeningA working account for the company, through a regulated electronic money institution or a Cyprus bank.
Find out whether Cyprus fits your plans
It starts with three questions: where your revenue comes from, what you own, and where you are tax resident. From there, the conversation is about what you are building and where you want to take it. After the call, you receive a written proposal covering the recommended structure, the implementation roadmap, and a fixed fee quote.