Terms and Conditions

Last updated: 14 November 2026

DormantAudit.ie is operated by The Startup Shop Limited, a licensed Trust or Company Service Provider (licence APP/1292/2021). These terms summarise how our dormant company accounts and audit service works.

After you order, we confirm which years need an audit, the fixed fee and any extra work in writing before we start. If anything here differs from that confirmation, the written confirmation applies.

Our service

  • A check of the company's CRO filing history within one working day of your order, to confirm which years need audited financial statements.
  • Preparing the company's financial statements, directors' report and board minutes.
  • Arranging the statutory audit with an independent firm of registered statutory auditors, and coordinating the information they need. We do not carry out audits ourselves. The auditor alone decides whether it has obtained sufficient appropriate audit evidence and what opinion to issue, and will engage with the company directly under its own terms. Our fixed fee is not a guarantee of an unmodified audit opinion.
  • Filing the company's annual return (Form B1) with the audited financial statements.

Fees and payment

  • One year: €899.99 + VAT. Two-year bundle: €1,599.99 + VAT. Each extra overdue year: €799.99 + VAT. Trading company audits are quoted.
  • Clients who use LateAnnualReturns.ie for a District Court application to extend the time to file pay €699.99 + VAT for each audited year of a dormant company audit, instead of the standard prices. This price applies to straightforward companies with no transactions in the year and a simple balance sheet, confirmed at our review.
  • Prices exclude VAT at 23%. CRO filing fees and any late filing penalties are paid to the CRO in addition.
  • The fixed fees apply to companies with no transactions in the year and a simple balance sheet, whether dormant under section 365 or inactive. If the records show the company traded, or there are historical errors to correct, we quote for the extra work before doing it.
  • We invoice after our filing history check, and start once the invoice is paid.

Your responsibilities

  • Give us complete and accurate information, including bank statements, the share register and details of any balances.
  • Respond to the auditor's requests, including bank confirmations, promptly.
  • Sign the financial statements, letter of representation and annual return in time for the filing deadline.
  • Complete identity verification for each director, as our TCSP licence requires.

Deadlines

We file before the annual return deadline when the information, signatures and the auditor's report are available in time. If they arrive late, we file as soon as possible afterwards, but we can't be responsible for late filing fees or loss of audit exemption caused by delays outside our control.

Cancellation and refunds

If you cancel after paying, we refund the fee less the cost of work already done, including any fee already payable to the auditor.

Complaints

If you're unhappy with our service, email info@dormantaudit.ie with "Complaint" in the subject. We acknowledge complaints within 5 working days and aim to resolve them within 20 working days. Complaints about the audit itself are dealt with by the audit firm under its own complaints procedure.

Our licence

The Startup Shop Limited holds a Trust or Company Service Provider licence (APP/1292/2021) for its company secretarial services. That licence does not authorise statutory audits, which are carried out only by the independent audit firm.

General information

The information on this website, including the audit checker, is general guidance only and is not legal or tax advice.

Law

These terms are governed by Irish law, and the Irish courts have jurisdiction.

Contact

info@dormantaudit.ie | +353 1 960 9705