Registered office
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A registered office is the official address of an
In the United Kingdom
In the
A company's statutory records previously had to be kept at the registered office and available for public inspection; since 1 October 2009, it has been possible for companies to designate a single alternative inspection location (SAIL) as a place to keep their records which must be available for public inspection.[2]: 210 Since June 2016, private companies can elect to keep certain records on the central register which is held and published by Companies House, instead of maintaining their own registers.[7]
A company must indicate in which of the United Kingdom's three jurisdictions its registered office is to be located: England and Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland. Companies incorporated in Wales may elect for their registered office address to be recorded as in Wales rather than in England and Wales.[8] Under regulations implemented in the UK on 1 October 2009, company directors may now also use a registered office address instead of their private home address for contact on the Companies House register.[citation needed] Although their legal registration is in either England and Wales, or in Wales, according to Companies House companies must display the company registered office location in a manner similar to one of the following suggested formats:[citation needed]
"On all company's business letters, order forms (in hard copy, electronic or any other form) and its websites, the company must show in legible lettering:
(a) the part of the United Kingdom in which the company is registered which is:
For Companies registered in England and Wales either:
- Registered in England and Wales; or
- Registered in England; or
- Registered in Wales; or
- Registered in London; or
- Registered in Cardiff."
Other countries
In many other countries, the address with which a company is registered must be where its headquarters or seat is located, and this will often determine the subnational registry at which the company must be registered.
References
- ISBN 978-0-415-13665-5.
- ^ ISBN 9781903991879.
- ^ Companies Act 2006, section 86
- OCLC 1043882876.
- ^ The Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/17), regulation 21(1)(a)
- ^ The Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/17), regulation 24
- ^ "Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015". legislation.gov.uk. Part 8 s.94 and Schedule 5. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Company Formation GBF1". Companies House website. Companies House. 2003. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
External links
- Companies House holds the registration details of UK companies
- Incorporating a company UK Companies House guidance including explanation of registered office
- Company addresses NZ Companies Office guidance on registered office address