All About Small Company
The concept of small companies in India is relatively new. It was introduced by the Companies Act 2013 to support better facilitation of small businesses.
Small Company – A private company is classified into a small company based on its size, i.e., paid-up share capital and turnover. In other words,such companies may be called small-sized private companies.
Applicable Section to Small Company : Section 2(85) of Companies Act,2013
Applicable Rules to Small Company: Companies (Specification of Definitions Details) Rules, 2014
Notification : the Central Government, vide Notification GSR 92(E) dated 01st February, 2021 which shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2021.
Amendment in definition in Union Budget, 2021 I.e.
| Applicability in terms threshold Limits fulfill Both the Conditions | Earlier | Amendment |
| Paid Up capital | 50 Lakhs | 2 Crores |
| Turnover (as per Last Profit & loss account ) | 2 Crore | 20 Crore |
The above definition of a small company is not applicable to the following (i.e. a small company cannot be the below ones):
- A public company
- A holding company or a subsidiary company
- A company registered under Section 8
- A company or body corporate that is governed by any Special Act
Benefits of a small company as per Companies Act 2013
| Section | Particular | Benefits |
| Proviso to Section 2(40) | Cash flow statement | Need not attach in Balance Sheet |
| Section 173(5) | The number of board meetings | Hold only 2 Board Meetings in a year and at least 1 Board meeting in each 6 month and gap not less than 90 days. |
| Section 92 | Filing of Annual return | can be signed by a CS or a director of the small company. Any private limited company which is not considered as a small company shall sign its annual return filing by a director and a company secretary both. |
| Certification by professional | Not required to certify E – forms by professional | |
| Section 139(2) | Auditor Retire by Rotation | No need to comply its exempted from this section |
| Section 152(6) | Retire by Rotation | No need to retire in every year in small co. |
| Internal Financial Report | No need to report in annual report | |
| Section 149(1) | The number of directors | In a small company need not to have more than 2 Directors on Board. |
| CARO, 2020 | CARO | The reporting requirements laid down under the Companies (Auditor’s Report)Order, 2020 for matters to be included in an auditor’s report do not apply to a small company. |
| Section 446B | Lesser penalties | Lesser penalty as compared to other company except Small Companies |
A small company is not specifically registered with a different name and is merely a private company having less turnover and investment. But owing to the entitlement specializations under the Companies Act 2013,small companies are given some benefits and exemptions considering their small size. This is done as a measure to relieve small companies from the compliance burden and stringent regulations of the larger ones.
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Author – CS Jyoti Gohil, Company Secretary in Employment in Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
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