What You Get
- A compliant nominee director who satisfies the Companies Act's resident-director requirement
Nominee Resident Director
Meet Singapore's resident director requirement, without giving up control of your company.
Every Singapore company needs at least one director who is ordinarily resident in Singapore. Enston can act as nominee resident director in selected cases, subject to our due diligence — you keep full management control through your own appointed executive directors.
Legal Requirement
Why You Need a Resident Director
Under the Singapore Companies Act, every company must have at least one director who is a resident of Singapore — a Singapore Citizen, Permanent Resident, or Employment Pass holder. That director must be a natural person of full age and capacity; a corporate entity cannot fill this role. If you don't already have a locally resident director, the usual routes are appointing someone local you trust as a co-director, or relocating a founder on an Employment Pass or EntrePass. Enston can also act as nominee resident director in selected cases, subject to our due diligence — we offer this case by case rather than as a standard service.
What's included
What You Get, and What's Required
The nominee director service and its eligibility conditions are two different things — here's a clear line between what we provide and what's required of you to use it.
Eligibility Conditions
- A refundable S$2,000.00 security deposit, held for the duration of the service
- No overseas bank account
- Mandatory secretarial service
- Mandatory monthly accounting service
- Mandatory annual financial statements service
- Mandatory annual tax filing service
- Mandatory registered address service, with your company's bank mailing address set to Enston's office address
- Foreign directors and shareholders must pass onboarding and ongoing "Client Risk Assessment Review"
- The nominee director does not manage your business on a day-to-day basis, but remains an active part of your company's governance. They may ask questions, review relevant information, and ensure that proper records and statutory filings are maintained, while carrying the legal responsibilities of a director
- The company must appoint one or more other individuals (e.g. a foreign shareholder) as executive directors responsible for actually running the company
Why Enston
Why Choose Enston
You keep management control
You run the business through your own appointed directors — our nominee director doesn't manage your operations or finances. What they do carry is a director's full legal duties, which means real oversight: that's a statutory requirement, and it protects your company as much as it protects them.
Transparent terms
One annual fee, one refundable deposit, clearly stated conditions — no hidden requirements.
Backed by real compliance infrastructure
Because the service requires bundling with our secretarial, accounting, and filing services, your company's compliance is managed end-to-end by one team, not pieced together across providers.
Real answers on cancellation
You can terminate the service at any time, with your deposit refunded within a month of the change being registered.
Plans & pricing
One Service, One Clear Price
A single annual fee for the nominee director service — plus a refundable security deposit, held separately for as long as the service runs. We take this on case by case, subject to our due diligence, so talk to an advisor before planning around it.
Nominee Director Service
S$ 2,000.00
per year
- A compliant nominee director appointment satisfying the Companies Act's resident-director requirement
- Your day-to-day management, finances, and operations stay yours to run — with a director's statutory oversight alongside
- Full operational control retained through your own appointed executive directors
Security deposit — separate from the annual fee
In addition to the S$2,000.00 annual fee, a refundable S$2,000.00 security deposit is held for the duration of the service. It's returned in full within one month of a replacement nominee being registered with the Company Registrar — see the FAQ below.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Yes. It's refunded in full within one month after the change is registered with the Company Registrar.
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Related services
Singapore Company Incorporation Secretarial service is bundled into every incorporation package. Bookkeeping Monthly accounting service, one of the mandatory conditions of this service. Financial Statements Annual financial statements, another mandatory condition. Tax Service Annual tax filing, another mandatory condition. Business Address Registered address service, with your company's bank mailing address set to Enston's office.