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Section 8 Company Registration

Support for setting up a not-for-profit company with charitable, social, educational, or similar objectives.

What is this Service?

Incorporation of a Section 8 company — a not-for-profit company formed to promote charitable, educational, scientific or social objects, where income is applied to those objects rather than distributed to members.

Why You Need It

The entity's objectives and constitutional documents need to match the intended non-profit activity from the beginning.

Key Benefits

Object-clause review to confirm the activity qualifies under Section 8

Name reservation, DSCs and DIN for the proposed directors

Drafting of MOA (INC-13), AOA, declarations and the estimated income-expenditure statement

Key Facts

Applicable to: Not-for-profit ventures with charitable or public-utility objects
Filed in: SPICe+ with the Section 8 licence application
Typical timeline: 20–30 working days, licence-approval dependent
Key restriction: No dividend to members; income applied to the stated objects

Documents Needed

PAN, Aadhaar, photograph and address proof of each proposed director
Registered-office proof and owner NOC
A note on the proposed charitable objects and planned activities
Projected income and expenditure for the first three years
Declaration by a practising professional in the prescribed format

What Is Not Included

Government, statutory, stamp-duty and portal charges (billed at actuals)
12A, 80G and CSR-1 registration (available as separate services)
FCRA registration or foreign-contribution advisory
Litigation, adjudication or representation before any authority