Registered office

A registered office is the official address of an incorporated company, association or any other legal entity. Generally it will form part of the public record and is required in most countries where the registered organization or legal entity is incorporated. A registered physical office address is required for incorporated organizations to receive official correspondence and formal notices from government departments, investors, banks, shareholders and the general public.

In the United Kingdom for example, and many other common law countries, the registered office address does not have to be where the organization conducts its actual business or trade, and it is not unusual for law firms, accountants or incorporation agents to provide the official registered office address service. In the United Kingdom all statutory correspondence for an incorporated organization (e.g. formal notices, service of process, tax and government communications) are postal mailed or hand delivered to the stated registered office address as recorded on the Companies House register. 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.

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.

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
• [1] providers registered addresses for use in registering UK businesses

• HM Revenue and Customs Link to UK Government Agency HMRC