Terms and Conditions

Last updated: 13 November 2026

AnnualReturnWatch.ie is operated by The Startup Shop Limited, a licensed Trust or Company Service Provider (licence APP/1292/2021). These terms summarise how our annual return watch and filing service works.

When you join, we confirm your company's annual return date and your plan in writing. If anything here differs from that confirmation, the written confirmation applies.

Our plans

  • Watch (€49.99 + VAT a year): we monitor the company's annual return date, send reminders at 90, 60, 30, 14 and 7 days before the filing deadline, provide portal access, and check the CRO's strike-off lists weekly.
  • Watch & File (€149.99 + VAT a year): Watch, plus preparing and filing the B1 annual return using accounts you supply, the €20 CRO filing fee, one change filing a year, and keeping your statutory registers up to date.
  • Dormant Care (€249.99 + VAT a year): Watch & File, plus preparing dormant company accounts each year.

Payment and renewal

  • You don't pay when you sign up. We invoice once we've confirmed your annual return date. Your plan starts when the first invoice is paid.
  • Plans renew yearly. We invoice before each renewal, and you can cancel any time before your renewal date.
  • Prices exclude VAT at 23%. CRO late filing penalties and any other filings are not included unless stated.

Your responsibilities (Watch & File and Dormant Care)

  • Send us the company's accounts at least 30 days before the filing deadline. For Dormant Care, confirm the company stayed dormant.
  • Sign the B1 by hand and return it within 7 days of receiving it.
  • Give us the company's statutory registers electronically. Recreating missing registers is a separate fee.
  • Make sure each director completes our identity verification, which we're required to carry out under anti-money laundering law.
  • Tell us about changes to the company, such as new directors or addresses.

Our guarantee

Watch & File and Dormant Care: if we file a return late after receiving your accounts, signed documents and information on time, we pay the CRO late filing penalty and put the company right again, including a Section 343 District Court application where needed, at no cost to you.

Watch: if we fail to send the reminders included in your plan, we refund that year's fee. On Watch, the company or its accountant files the return, and the company's directors remain responsible for filing it on time. We don't pay late filing penalties on the Watch plan.

  • The guarantee doesn't cover lateness caused by accounts, signatures or information reaching us after the dates above, or returns that were already late when you joined.

General information

The information on this website is general guidance only and is not legal advice for your company.

Law

These terms are governed by Irish law, and the Irish courts have jurisdiction.

Contact

info@annualreturnwatch.ie | +353 1 960 9705