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Formation packageHong Kong

Hong Kong private limited company formation

A Hong Kong operating company with the statutory roles that must exist from incorporation: company secretary, registered office and statutory registers.

Covers
Private Company Limited by Shares
Filing authority
Companies Registry (Hong Kong)
Included items
5 included · 3 optional add-ons

Scope

What is included

Each item names who performs it: ZKCAP coordination, the appointed provider, or an external authority. Open an item for its detail.

  • Qualified provider

    Name check, incorporation submission and business registration handled by a qualified provider.

  • Qualified provider

    Constitutional documents and the first resolutions of the board.

  • ZKCAP coordinates

    A qualified Hong Kong company secretary is appointed, as the law requires.

  • ZKCAP coordinates

    A Hong Kong registered office where statutory correspondence is received.

  • Qualified provider

    Registers are prepared and kept at the registered office as required.

Optional

Add-ons

Add-ons are separate scope with their own commercial terms. They are never quietly bundled into the package.

  • Qualified provider

    Bookkeeping and coordination of the statutory audit through an accounting provider.

  • ZKCAP coordinates

    A structured readiness review before approaching a Hong Kong institution.

  • Qualified provider

    Registration of a Chinese company name alongside the English name.

Boundary

What this package does not include

Stated before you choose, not after. Each exclusion is work that a different provider, authority or advisor owns.

Documents you end up holding

  • Certificate of incorporation issued by the Companies Registry
  • Business registration certificate
  • Articles of association and first board minutes
  • Company secretary and registered office appointment for the first period
  • Statutory registers, including the significant controllers register

Outside this package

  • Profits tax computation and filing
  • The statutory audit opinion itself
  • Bank account approval — the institution decides
  • Licences for regulated activity

Your inputs

What you will be asked to supply

These are collected through a resumable intake after you choose the package. Nothing is filed until the pack is complete.

Full matrix
  • Identity evidence for every beneficial owner and director

    Certified identity and address evidence for each individual who owns or controls the company, plus corporate documents where a shareholder is itself an entity.

  • Confirmed ownership and control structure

    Shareholders and their holdings, directors, and the significant-controller position that must be recorded.

  • Significant controllers register

    Hong Kong companies must keep a significant controllers register at the registered office and make it available to authorities on demand.

  • Description of intended business activity

    A specific description of what the company will do, in which markets, and with which counterparties. Regulated or restricted activities change both the filing path and the licensing path.

Process

How this package is delivered

The registry stages are marked. Their outcome and timing belong to the authority, and the platform reports only what the authority records.

  1. Structure confirmed

    You

    You confirm the entity type, ownership and control structure, and the intended business activity. Anything that changes the filing path is surfaced here, not after payment.

  2. Intake and document collection

    You

    A structured intake collects identity evidence, structure details and the documents the registry expects. You can save and resume it.

  3. Filing pack prepared by the appointed provider

    Qualified provider

    A qualified corporate service provider prepares the constitutional documents and the filing pack, and raises information requests where something is missing.

  4. Statutory roles arranged

    Qualified provider

    The company secretary and registered office are put in place so the company can be incorporated compliantly.

  5. Filed with the registry

    Qualified provider

    The filing is submitted to the Companies Registry. From this point the outcome is in the authority's hands and the platform reports its state, it does not predict it.

  6. Registry processing

    External authorityOutcome not controlled by ZKCAP

    The authority reviews the filing. It may accept it, raise an objection, or ask for further information. Each of those states is shown as it happens.

  7. Incorporation outcome recorded

    External authorityOutcome not controlled by ZKCAP

    Acceptance produces the registry documents and the company record set. A rejection or objection opens a recovery path with the provider rather than ending the project.

  8. Post-formation set-up and obligations

    ZKCAP

    Company records are assembled in your vault, first-period appointments are registered, and the recurring obligations become tracked deadlines.

After completion

Obligations that begin once the company exists

Formation is the start of a maintenance cycle. These become tracked deadlines in your workspace.

  • Annual return to the Companies Registry

    Annually, tied to the incorporation anniversary

    Confirms the current officers, shareholders and registered office.

    Authority
    Companies Registry
    Who keeps this obligation on trackpending BR-24

  • Business registration renewal

    Periodic renewal

    Business registration must be kept current for the company to operate lawfully.

    Authority
    Inland Revenue Department
    Who keeps this obligation on trackpending BR-24

  • Audited statutory accounts and profits tax return

    Annual

    Most Hong Kong operating companies prepare audited accounts and file a profits tax return, performed by a qualified accounting provider.

    Authority
    Inland Revenue Department
    Who keeps this obligation on trackpending BR-24

  • Significant controllers register upkeep

    On change of control

    The register must be kept accurate and available for inspection by authorities.

    Authority
    Companies Registry
    Who keeps this obligation on trackpending BR-24

Commercial terms

These values are set by business decisions that have not been taken yet. The platform shows the gap rather than an estimate, so nothing here can be mistaken for a quoted figure.

How this package is bought
Price presentation
Authority and government charges
Indicative timeline

Next

What usually follows

  • Banking readiness

    A new entity normally needs an account before it can trade. A readiness review first avoids an avoidable decline.

    Banking

  • Corporate maintenance

    Registers, filings and statutory roles can be handled continuously by a verified provider.

    Providers here

  • Compare structures

    If the entity type is still open, compare the published structures before committing to a filing.

    Compare

Nothing is charged at this step.

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