Are company annual earnings public?

superyoung

Hi there,

I have a small query. I was once told that any fully registered company that's paying their taxes etc have to make their annual earnings accessible to the public. Is this true?

If this is true how do you access this information?

Thanks,

Superyoung

srsly78

http://www.cro.ie/search/CompanySearch.aspx

devilshalo

Hi,

If I understand what you're asking fully, a company must file annual returns to the CRO. Anyone can search for your company and buy your records (also includes B10s, A1s etc. forms). There are also commercial sites that allow people to buy this information also.

Open to correction though!

antoinolachtnai

Limited companies must have a balance sheet available to the public through CRO. Some limited companies must also have a profit and loss available.

Unlimited companies do not have to make anything available. Neither do sole traders or partnerships.

superyoung

I have used CRO before but all I found was a certificate and a Business name registration doc, both are from several years ago.

antoinolachtnai

You need to look at the filings related to each company. Looking at RBNs will not do you any good.