The following table sets out what is involved in annual financial and sustainability reporting for companies limited by guarantee:
Annual financial reporting for companies limited by guarantee | |||
Item | Nature of company | Obligations | |
1 | No obligation to do any of the following unless required to do so under a member direction or ASIC direction: • prepare a financial report; • prepare a directors' report; • have financial report audited; • notify members of reports. | Sections 292, 301 and 316A | |
2 | Company limited by guarantee with annual revenue or, if part of a consolidated entity, annual consolidated revenue of less than $1 million. | Must prepare a financial report. Must prepare a directors' report, although less detailed than that required of other companies. Need not have financial report audited unless a Commonwealth company, or a subsidiary of a Commonwealth company or Commonwealth authority. If the company does not have financial report audited, it must have financial report reviewed. | Sections 292, 298, 300B, 301, 316A |
3 | Company limited by guarantee with annual revenue or, if part of a consolidated entity, annual consolidated revenue of $1 million or more. | Must prepare a financial report. Must prepare a directors' report, although less detailed than that required of other companies. Must have financial report audited. | Sections 292, 298, 300B, 301, 316A |
4 | Company limited by guarantee with annual revenue or, if part of a consolidated entity, annual consolidated revenue of $1 million or more and which meets sustainability reporting thresholds in section 292A. | Must prepare a financial report. Must prepare a sustainability report. Must prepare a directors' report, although less detailed than that required of other companies. Must have financial report audited. Must have sustainability report audited. | Sections 292, 292A, 296A, 296B, 298, 300B, 301, 301A, 307AA, 316A |