{"id":6260,"date":"2019-07-30T10:19:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T09:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qualitycompanyformations.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6260"},"modified":"2024-03-29T15:17:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T15:17:21","slug":"find-the-registered-office-address-of-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qualitycompanyformations.co.uk\/blog\/find-the-registered-office-address-of-company\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I find the registered office address of a company?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The registered office address details of all limited companies incorporated in the UK are listed on the Companies House register. This is publicly available online, so you can easily access and search the register to find the registered office address of a company. It is also a legal requirement for registered office details to be displayed on company stationery and websites.<\/p>\n A Covent Garden registered office address \u2013 only \u00a339.00 per year<\/span><\/a>\n \n Designed to provide greater transparency and protect the general public from illegitimate companies, these disclosure requirements are one of the trade-offs that companies make to provide their owners with limited liability for business debts.<\/p>\n Companies House online search service<\/a> is the first place you should look to find or verify a company\u2019s registered office address. Government bodies such as Companies House and HMRC use the information listed here to send communications to incorporated businesses.<\/p>\n To find the registered address you are looking for, simply enter the company name on the \u2018Search the register\u2019 page of Companies House service. The registered office address of that company will appear under the company\u2019s name.<\/p>\n What is a registered office and why do I need one?<\/span><\/a>\n \n If you click on the company name, you will also be able to view other publicly available information about the company, including:<\/p>\n If you want to see every registered office address that a company has used, select the \u2018Filing history\u2019 tab within the company’s listing. This will show you all document filings made by the company since its incorporation, including any change of registered office updates.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Companies Act 2006 stipulates that every company incorporated in the UK has to maintain a registered office address in the legal jurisdiction in which the company is registered (England and Wales, Wales only, Scotland, or Northern Ireland). It must also be an “appropriate address<\/a>“, which rules out the use of a PO Box as a registered office.<\/p>\n How to remove your home address from Companies House public register<\/span><\/a>\n \n The rules on where to display registered office addresses are set out in the\u00a0Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business Regulations 2015<\/a>. Letterheads and other stationery, such as invoices and order forms, as well as company websites, must include registered office details.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, due to lack of awareness and enforcement of these requirements, not all companies abide by the rules on displaying registered office address details.<\/p>\n It is not uncommon for companies to have many different addresses. For example, trading and business addresses (i.e. where the company carries out its trading activities) are not always the same as the company\u2019s registered office address. There is no legal requirement for a trading or business address<\/a>\u00a0to be listed on public record.<\/p>\n Furthermore, the registered office address of a company may or may not be the same as the business owner\u2019s residential address or the director’s service address.<\/p>\n Set up a limited company using our Fully Inclusive Package<\/span><\/a>\n \nFinding the registered office address of a company<\/h3>\n
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Legal requirements regarding the registered office address<\/h3>\n
Do not confuse different types of company addresses<\/h3>\n