Registered Office Service
Every company must have a Registered Office/Agent at which official documents can be served (Companies Act 1985 section 287(1)) and this address should be displayed on all business letterheads and order forms of the company (section 351).
The Registered Office address need not be the company's place of business, and is often the address of a company that provides company formation services such as Formacompany - or that of a solicitor or accountant or even one of the directors home address.
Official documents, such as documents from the court, are served on a company at its Registered Office. Official correspondence is usually sent to the Registered Office, for example official letters from the Inland Revenue Commissioners, the VAT/IVA authorities and the Registrar of Companies.
The provider of your registered office address is very important as they receive all documents from both the Revenue Commissioners and the Companies Registration Office and should be capable of advising and or dealing with such official correspondence.
We will make the following address available to be used as the Registered Office of your new company:
For companies in the Register for England and Wales:
11 Church Road
Great Bookham
Surrey
KT23 3PB
Please note that this address should not be used for any trading purposes or general correspondence, or for any form of advertising. The address is only to be used to comply with the requirements of the Companies Act in relation to official mail and documents.
We will forward on all official mail by first class post or airmail on receipt and:
- Accept service of legal documentation
- Immediate forwarding of letters and notices from the Companies Registration Office
- Holding Statutory Registers, if required - electronically or physically
In addition, a copy of a company's official books must always be kept at the Registered Office for the benefit of both shareholders and other interested parties.