Companies and limited liability partnerships in India are registered with the Registrar of Companies in each state under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). The MCA portal shows a company's master data free of charge: its name, Corporate Identity Number, status, capital, registered office, directors and charges. Documents the company has filed, including its annual return with the list of shareholders attached, are viewed for a fee per company.
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Registry
Government of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs
The MCA administers the Companies Act 2013 and the Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008 through the Registrars of Companies in each state and union territory. Every company and LLP files its incorporation, annual return, financial statements and changes of directors and charges electronically on the MCA21 portal.
The portal's master data service is free and open to anyone. It shows the company's registration details, status, capital, directors and signatories, and the index of charges. The View Public Documents service lets a user view the e-forms a company has filed, such as the annual return (MGT-7, or the abridged MGT-7A for one person companies and small companies) and financial statements (AOC-4), for a fee per company; the MCA's fee enquiry service lists viewing company documents on the portal at Rs 100 per company at the time of writing.
Corporate Identity Number (CIN)
21 characters, allotted by the Registrar on incorporation, for example U72200KA2012PLC063060. Read from the left: listing status (L listed, U unlisted), the 5-digit industry (NIC) code that the MCA embeds in the CIN, a 2-letter state code, the 4-digit year of incorporation, a 3-letter company type (PLC public, PTC private, FTC subsidiary of a foreign company, and others) and the 6-digit registration number. Foreign companies carry an FCRN and LLPs an LLPIN instead.
| Document | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Company master data | CIN, company name, Registrar of Companies, registration number, category and sub-category, class (public or private), date of incorporation, registered office and email, authorised and paid-up capital, listing status, dates of the last annual general meeting and balance sheet, status, directors and signatories with DIN and dates of appointment, and the index of charges. |
| Certificate of Incorporation | The certificate issued by the Registrar of Companies with the company's name, CIN, date of incorporation and, for companies incorporated since 2017, its PAN and TAN. |
| Annual return (MGT-7 or MGT-7A) | The company's yearly filing with the number of shareholders (promoters and others), the shareholding pattern, directors and key managerial personnel, meetings held and indebtedness, as filed with the Registrar, with the list of shareholders attached. One person companies and small companies file the abridged MGT-7A instead. |
| Financial statements (AOC-4) | The balance sheet, profit and loss account and auditor's report lodged with the Registrar for the financial year. |
| Index of charges | Charges registered against the company's assets with the charge holder, amount secured and dates of creation, modification and satisfaction. |
| Director master data | A director's DIN, the companies in which they hold or have held office, and the dates of appointment and cessation. |
Partially. The free master data does not list shareholders. The annual return that every company files (MGT-7, or the abridged MGT-7A for one person companies and small companies) carries the shareholding pattern with the list of shareholders attached, and that filing can be viewed through the MCA's View Public Documents service for a fee per company. Fill Easy orders it on request.
The Corporate Identity Number is the 21-character identifier the Registrar of Companies allots to every company on incorporation. It is made of the listing status, the 5-digit industry (NIC) code, the state code, the year of incorporation, a 3-letter company type and the 6-digit registration number, for example U72200KA2012PLC063060.
Registration details, status, capital, registered office, the dates of the last AGM and balance sheet, the current directors and signatories with their DIN, and the index of charges. It is the standard first document for Indian KYB and Fill Easy returns it in under 5 minutes.
The master data on the MCA portal is free. Viewing filed documents such as the annual return and financial statements requires payment of the MCA's fee per company (Rs 100 per company on its fee enquiry service at the time of writing), and the documents are viewable for a limited time after payment.
Every director has a Director Identification Number (DIN). The MCA portal shows the DIN against each director on the company master data, and the director master data lists the companies in which that DIN holds office.