Companies House changes to registered office addresses….

Companies House changes to registered office addresses….

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act continues to be embedded with the next change coming into effect meaning that businesses will no longer be able to use PO Box numbers as a registered office address on the Companies House register.

Companies must now have an ‘appropriate address’ as their registered office at all times.

So, what constitutes ‘an appropriate address?’

It means that…

•            any documents sent to the registered office should be expected to come to the attention of a person acting on behalf of the company.

•            any documents sent to that address can be recorded by an acknowledgement of delivery.

This means that you can no longer use a PO Box as a registered office address, however a third-party agent’s address (such as an accountant) can be used as long as they meet the conditions for an appropriate address.

What are the consequences of not having an appropriate registered office address?

Companies that do not have an appropriate registered office address could be struck off the register.

When an inappropriate registered office address is identified, it will be changed to a default address held at Companies House.

Companies must then provide an appropriate address, with evidence of a link to that address, within 28 days.

If this evidence is not supplied, Companies House will start the process to strike the company off the register.

Here at Kennedys Accounting Ltd we are happy to provide registered office services, please get in touch for more details.