Building for Irish Law: Introducing OMC Entity Management in v1.0.2

Release: v1.0.2
Date: 2025

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Most property management software is built around a generic concept of an "organisation" or "company" — a flexible container for users and data. That works fine for a generic SaaS product. It does not work for Irish block management.

In Ireland, the legal entity at the heart of every multi-unit residential development is an Owners' Management Company (OMC). It is not just a label. It is a registered company with CRO obligations, a board of directors elected by unit owners, a statutory Company Secretary, and a legal duty to hold Annual General Meetings under the MUD Act 2011. Every service charge levied, every maintenance contract signed, and every compliance obligation tracked must be attributed to the correct OMC — not to a generic workspace.

That distinction matters enormously in practice. An agent managing five developments might be working with five separate OMCs, each with their own CRO number, their own directors, their own AGM cycle, and their own service charge account. Conflating these into a generic "organisation" record creates legal and operational risk.

What We Fixed in v1.0.2

This release replaces the previous generic organizations model with a purpose-built OMC entity that reflects how Irish property law actually works.

CRO Registration

Every OMC in Ireland is (or should be) registered with the Companies Registration Office. The platform now stores and surfaces the CRO number as a first-class field on the OMC record — making it easy for agents to reference during annual return filings and legal correspondence.

Hierarchy: OMC → Development → Block

A single OMC can govern multiple developments or phases. The platform now models this hierarchy explicitly, so an agent can see at a glance which physical estates are managed under a given legal entity.

Directors & Company Secretary

OMC directors are elected by unit owners and carry real legal responsibilities. The Company Secretary is a statutory requirement under the Companies Act 2014. The platform tracks both — with appointment dates, roles, and status — supporting the compliance and governance obligations that come with running a properly constituted OMC.

AGM Records

The MUD Act 2011 requires OMCs to hold an AGM every year. The platform now stores AGM records linked to each OMC, so agents can demonstrate compliance and track when the next AGM is due.

Why This Is a Critical Foundation

None of the platform's higher-level features — service charge billing, compliance tracking, owner communications — can be legally correct without a proper OMC model underneath them. Billing must issue from the right OMC. Compliance obligations belong to a specific OMC. Owner communications must come from a properly constituted legal entity.

v1.0.2 establishes that foundation. It is not a user-facing feature in the traditional sense — you will not see a flashy new screen. But it is the bedrock on which every subsequent feature in this platform will be built.

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For technical details, see the OMC Entity & Hierarchy Management feature page and the Changelog.