What is a registered office?
This is the official address of the company in question and the address to which Companies House will send notices, letters and reminders. The registered office must be:
- in England and Wales (if your company is registered there);
- in Scotland (if your company is registered there) ; or
- in Wales if your memorandum of association says that the registered office must be there.
The registered office must always be an effective address for delivering correspondence and documents to the company. To avoid delays or other problems we strongly advise you to deal with all correspondence sent to this address promptly. If your company wishes to change its registered office address after formation, you must notify Companies House of the new address on Form AD01. Until Companies House has entered this form onto its database the change does not take effect. The alternative is to use web filing and make the applicable changes through Companies House online filing system.
Companies House uses the Royal Mail address database to verify addresses. To avoid delays please ensure you are using the correct address including full post code on all forms and documents sent for registration.
Under new regulations that came into force on the 1st October 2009, company directors may now use their company's Registered Office address as a service address for themselves rather than using their home address.
More information, changing your registered office:
WestOne Business Services Limited currently have thousands of Registered Offices in London registered with Companies house. We currently offer one Registered Office Address in the City of London, UK.
Every company, without exception must have a Registered Office at which official docs can be served (Companies Act of 1985 Section 287(1)) The Registered Office address need not be the companies place of business and is often the address of the persons providing company services such as WestOne Business Services Ltd.
Only Registered Office post such as from the Inland Revenue, Companies House and other Governmental bodies will be sent on to you.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A MAIL FORWARDING ADDRESS - additional Mail Forwarding will need to be added if you wish to use the address for trading in UK.
Should you require an address for general Mail Forwarding, we do offer an extremely competitive service. Please click here for more info.
The Registered Office service we provide is renewed annually and a reminder will be sent to you via email or SMS when it is due for renewal.
