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Mandy McDonaldRegistrar of CompaniesGeneral Manager, Business Integrity Services

Cardiff 2016

Companies Office business delivery by numbers

• 566,000 active companies registered• 52,000 new companies registered over 12 months• 39,000 companies removed over 12 months• 99% electronic registrations (via online, web, mobile)• 7 million website searches• 4,000 transactions per day; 400 calls per day• Assisting 25 countries around the world• 41 staff; 3 regional centres; 21 registers

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New Zealand Companies Office

Level of Compliance Costs and

Effort

Have decided not to comply

Don’t want to comply

Try to comply but

don’t always succeed

Willing to do the right

thing

INSPECTIONS

PROSECUTION REMOVAL FROM

REGISTER DISQUALIFICATION

TARGETED ADVICE AND GUIDANCE

CONTACT CENTRES, INFORMATION, ONLINE REGISTRATION

Our clients

Our operations

Use full force of law

Deter by detection

Assist to comply

Make it easy

LOW COST

HIGH COST