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The Companies Act 2006 has been introduced in stages, and since 1st October 2009 every director of a Company has been able to register a service address for public record. 

It will still be a requirement to register a residential address but this will be kept private, only accessible to prescribed regulatory authorities such as the police and HM Revenue and Customs.  It may also be made available to credit reference agencies for vetting applications for credit and to meet the obligations in the money laundering regulations.

A director can choose any address as the service address including the registered office address of the company. The address must be where documents can be delivered and an acknowledgement or receipt can be provided if required. The address cannot be a PO Box or a DX number.

If no service address is registered it will be assumed that the service address is the same as the residential address.  Therefore if a director wishes to have a separate service address they must take positive action to register it. 

There is no fee for registration.

(This article was first published on September 15th 2009.)