Business Advisory & Start-Up Services

Sarsson Consulting specializes in offering the best business start-up and support services to companies who want to succeed. We work with companies that are pre-revenue, guide them through the growing pains of owning and operating a business and help them navigate a transition or equity event with the most upside possible. Between 2009 and 2015, we've assisted 93 new companies get off the ground and thrive.

“Sarsson Consulting meets you where you are and gets you where you want to be. Be Successful”.

Our Business Advisory & Start Up Services Offering includes:
1. Establishing a New Company in Ghana
Any investor, whether a Ghanaian or foreigner, who wants to establish a resident business entity has to register with the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) under one of the Acts named below:

• The Companies Code, 1963 – Act 179
• The Incorporated Private Partnership Act, 1962 – Act 152
• The Business Name Act, 1962 – Act 151

Entities desiring to operate in the country as a representative of a non–resident business entity does not go through the process of incorporation under Act 179 but simply submits the required documents to the Registrar who registers them in the register of External Companies.
Investment Legislation Framework

The legal framework for investment in Ghana is regulated by the following agencies in the country:

• Registrar General’s Department Ghana Investment Promotion Centre – GIPC
• Ghana Immigration Service – GIS
• Ghana Revenue Authority – GRA
• Environmental Protection Agency – EPA
• Ghana Free Zones Board
• Petroleum Commission
• Minerals Commission

Sarsson Consulting can ensure the processing of the full registration of your company, partnership or branch in Ghana and we undertake these processes in a timely and cost efficient manner.

2. Company Secretarial
Sarsson Consulting can serve as your company secretary (a role which is compulsory under the Ghana Company Law) after having incorporated a company. The secretary is supplementary to the Board of Directors and is to guide the Directors on all legal and regulatory aspects.

Services Offered:

• Filing of annual returns and obtaining certified true copies
• Effecting all Statutory updates required in the year
• Provision of minutes, representation letters and liaison with external auditors/external solicitors as may be required
• Compliance Advisory Services
• Liaison with Ghanaian management and regulatory authorities
• Periodic update of statutory books per company per annum
• Provision of template resolutions for meetings and other decisions of the BOD and shareholders
• Signing of relevant documents and accounts and custody of company seal and execution on request
• Attendance at Board and General Meetings including time spent on logistics and preparation for issuance of notices
• Provision of local nominee director and local branch manager

3 Human Resources Company Secretarial
Human Resource has evolved light years beyond simply managing personnel. Today, strategic Human Resource is an integral part of every successful organization.
Our proprietary process of “Measured Success” means results you can see and measure. Sarsson does so by helping to create engaging, productive and profitable organizations through our expert human capital solutions.

Our HR offerings includes:

• Salary Surveys & Benchmarking
• Expatriate relocation services
• Recruitment: Employee interviews, reference checking and vetting
• Design of appropriate recruitment process
• Establishment of employee contracts
• Competency-based assessments
• Determine training and needs analysis
• Design appropriate performance appraisal systems
• Introduction and orientation to the region