Section 8 Companies – Non-Profit Company

Generally, companies are promoted with an object of making a profit by carrying commercial transactions. But a company can be registered with charitable motive with the object not to make any profit also. These companies must be formed with an object to promote commerce, art, science, sports, education, research, social welfare, religion, charity, protection of environment or any such other object. Meaning of Non-profit making Company. The name of a Company registered under Section 8 of the Act, the name shall include the words foundation, Forum, Association, Federation, Chambers, Confederation, council, Electoral trust, etc.

As per section 8 of Companies Act 2013, where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Central Government that a person or an association of persons want to register themselves under section 8 as a limited company for the furtherance of above-mentioned objects, the Central Government may, by license issued in prescribed manner allow that person or association of persons to be registered as a limited company under this section without the addition to its name of the word “Limited”, or as the case may be, the words “Private Limited”, and thereupon the Registrar shall, on application, in the prescribed form, register such person or association of persons as a company under this section.