CIPC NON PROFIT COMPANY

Submit the following supporting documents with your application:

certified passport copies (if foreign national) or certified Identify Document (ID) copies
(if South African) of all indicated initial directors and incorporators
a certified ID copy of the applicant if the application is not made by one of the indicated
initial directors or incorporators
if an incorporator is a juristic person, then a power of attorney for the representative
authorised by that juristic person to incorporate the company and sign all related
documents
if another person incorporates the company and signs all related documents to the
incorporation on behalf of the incorporators and initial directors, a power of attorney and
certified ID copy of such a person is required
if a name was reserved before the filing of incorporation documents, then a valid name
reservation document is necessary.

If you are registering a standard Non Profit Company (without members), submit the
following:

CoR15.1C
CoR 14.1
CoR 9.4: If registering a company with a name
CoR14.1 Annexure A
supporting documents
The following documents may be filed with the CoR15.1C:
o CoR14.1 Annexure A
o CoR14.1 Annexure B if name to be reserved at incorporation

How long does it take

It takes a maximum of three days to reserve a name for a company.

It takes 25 working days from receipt of application to register a non-profit company.

Note: the CIPC service delivery standards for CIPC services are available on the CIPC website
by clicking on the menu button Service Delivery Standards on the left menu of the Home page,
or by clicking here.

How much does it cost

R175 - Memorandum of Incorporation (Subject to allowed reduction) for standard nonprofit company (CoR 15.1C).
R475 - Memorandum of Incorporation (Subject to allowed reduction) for customised non
profit company with members (CoR 15.1D) or without members (CoR 15.1E).
R50 for electronic name reservation.
R75 for manual filing of name reservation.

Forms to complete
(Forms are provided in PDF format. To open PDF documents, you need to have Adobe Acrobat
Reader 4 or higher installed on your computer.)

Form CoR 9.1

CoR15.1C
CoR15.1D
CoR15.1E
CoR 14.1
The following documents may be filed with the CoR15.1
CoR14.1 Annexure A
CoR14.1 Annexure B if name to be reserved at incorporation
CoR14.1 Annexure C if ring fencing
CoR14.1 Annexure D if auditor, audit committee members and/or company secretary is
appointed