D&B Report Guide - Cyprus
Facts and figures:
| Country |
Cyprus |
| Business Universe |
75,000 |
| International Dialling
Code |
357 |
| Legal Currencies |
Cypriot Pound |
| Population |
760,000 |
| Capital |
Nicosia |
| Language |
Greek |
| Time |
GMT +2 |
D&B Business Information
Report content:
| D&B Rating
|
Yes |
Credit Appraisal |
Yes |
| Public Data
|
Yes |
Financial Ratios |
n/a |
| D&B Payment Score
|
n/a |
|
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Legal forms in Cyprus:
| |
Name
Address
Principals |
Reg Date
Number
Start Date |
Capital
(minimum) |
Ownership
(minimum number) |
| Proprietorship |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
1 |
| Partnership |
Yes |
Yes |
2 |
2 |
| Private Limited Co |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
None |
| Public Limited Co |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
None |
| Offshore non-resident |
Yes |
Yes |
1,000 |
2 |
| Offshore resident |
Yes |
Yes |
10,000 |
2 |
'None' means that there is no minimum capital requirement
or ownership for these types of
companies.
Cyprus has 55,072 registered offshore companies.
There are 2 types of offshore company
in Cyprus - non-resident and resident. There are 53,974 non-resident and
1,098 resident offshore companies.
Almost 100% of business information reports written on offshore companies
contain only registry information.
Legal filing requirements:
It is compulsory for companies to prepare financial
statements
It is not compulsory for private companies to prepare financial statements. In
general terms, financial statements are only available if the
company discloses them.
D&B Business Information Report -
data sources and data elements:
Here is a breakdown of information available in Cyprus and where this information is obtained from.
Trade Registrar's Office
and Trade Registry Gazette:
- Articles of Association
- resolutions of the annual shareholders meetings
- shareholders and percentage of shares held
- bank information and bank charges
Direct telephone interview:
- activity/market territory
- client type & number
- premises/branches/divisions/employees
- affiliations
- principals and antecedents
- expansion plans
- balance sheets/profit & loss/projected sales
- banks
Business publications and news clippings:
- news articles concerning the subject company and
its shareholders
- market information internet services:
www.stockwatch.com.cy
Government Gazette:
All publicly available data is collected and verified
from each of the above data sources by our locally positioned D&B
Correspondent for each Business Information Report request received.
Speed of service:
4 working days
Should you require any further information or have any
questions, please contact your local Customer Service Centre.
Business Information Report enquiries which are placed
with D&B's Emerging Markets Centre should always contain the below
details. Unfortunately, enquiries without the below information have a much
higher chance of being returned as an Unable To Locate Report. This is
simply due to the fact that data sources in the Emerging Markets are not as
sophisticated as those in Western Europe.
- Full Company Name
- Full Head Quarters Address (street, town, country)
- Telephone Number
- Fax Number
Any additional information such as a contact name or
line of business would also help to locate the subject of your enquiry.
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