As a rule of thumb, the company in question is not required to apply for a Trust or Company Service Providers (TCSP) licence if the following conditions are met:-
you are a member of a group of companies;
there is no receipt of service fee in respect of the company services provided by you to other members of the group; and
you provide company services to other members of the group only but not to any other person.
The above serves as an example of when a TCSP licence is not required.
In other situations where a member of a corporate group provides company services solely to other group members, it would not normally be considered to be providing the services by way of business and would not normally be required to apply for a TCSP licence.
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