ROC Compliance for an LLP

Why an LLP calendar can't be built by filtering the company list

The most common mistake in ROC compliance tools is treating LLP as just another checkbox in the same list of companies — filtering the company form set down to whatever happens to apply. It doesn't work that way: an LLP's compliance calendar is structurally different, built around Form 11 (annual return) and Form 8 (statement of account and solvency), with no AOC-4, no MGT-7, no AGM, and no ADT-1 in the mix at all.

DIR-3 KYC does not belong on this calendar either, for LLPs or companies — it's a director-level obligation tied to the individual's DIN, not an entity-level filing tied to the LLP or the CIN. A designated partner on several boards files it once for themselves, not once per entity they're associated with, which is exactly why it can't be correctly modelled on a per-entity calendar.

A firm advising clients across both structures needs two mental models, not one filtered model — swapping entity type in a calculator should swap the entire applicable form list, not just hide a few rows from a shared company-shaped template.

Two fixed dates, five months apart

Both LLP filings are fixed-date, not AGM-relative (since there's no AGM) and not FY-relative in the OPC sense either — Form 11 is due 30 May, Form 8 is due 30 October, every year, regardless of the LLP's activity level. A dormant LLP with zero transactions during the year still owes both filings on time.

Because neither date depends on any decision the LLP makes during the year (unlike a company's AGM, which can be held earlier or later within its statutory window), an LLP's compliance calendar is in some ways simpler to plan around — the two dates are known a full year in advance and never move.