Finnish Register of Foundations
What is a foundation?
A foundation is set up to manage property donated for a particular purpose.The purpose is determined when setting up the foundation. Foundations have neither owners, shareholders nor members. A board of trustees ensures that the foundation operates appropriately, and is responsible for ensuring that the investments by the foundation are secure and profitable.
Registered foundations are legal persons.
Current affairs
- Thousands of requests concerning a prohibition of registration submitted to the Finnish Patent and Registration Office – the online form for registration prohibitions is still running slowly
- The Finnish Patent and Registration Office’s (PRH) telephone exchange, customer service point and telephone service are closed from 5 November 2024 at 13.00
- The general VAT rate will rise to 25.5% on 1 September 2024
- New opening hours for our customer service point from 1 September 2024
- Large number of scam messages sent in the PRH’s name