UK company address search

What a registered office address is

The registered office is the company's official address for correspondence. Legal notices and post from Companies House and HMRC go there, and it must be a real address in the same UK jurisdiction the company is registered in.

It is not necessarily where the business operates. Many companies use their accountant's office, a solicitor's office or a registered office service, which is entirely normal and legal.

• Must be a physical address, not a PO box alone
• Must be in the jurisdiction of registration — England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland
• Is public and appears on the register
• Can be changed by filing with Companies House
• Is often an agent's or accountant's address rather than a trading site

Registered office versus trading address

• Registered office — official, on the register, for legal correspondence
• Trading address — where the business actually operates, not necessarily filed
• Service address — where an officer receives correspondence personally
• Single alternative inspection location — where certain records are kept, if used

What the free summary shows

• Registered company name
• Company registration number
• Company status, such as active or dissolved
• Incorporation date
• Company type
• Jurisdiction
• Registered office address
• Previous company names
• Nature of business and SIC codes

Why many companies share one address

Seeing hundreds of companies at the same address is common and usually means nothing more than a formation agent, accountancy firm or serviced office is providing registered office services there.

It is context, not evidence. Treat a shared address as a reason to check other things — status, filing history, incorporation date — rather than as a conclusion in itself.

Reasons people look up a company address

• Serving a legal notice or formal letter correctly
• Confirming the address given on an invoice or contract matches the register
• Sending correspondence when a trading address is not answering
• Recording the registered office in an onboarding or supplier file
• Understanding whether a business is where it claims to be based

Recording the address in a document

Addresses change, so a dated record is useful if a dispute is possible. The optional PDF report includes the registered office alongside the wider register sections, with the retrieval date printed on every page.

• Everything in the free company summary
• Current and former officers, with appointment and resignation dates where recorded
• Persons with significant control recorded on the register
• Accounts and confirmation statement dates and filing position
• Registered charges, and whether they are outstanding or satisfied
• Insolvency information where it exists
• A filing history summary
• A dated, formatted A4 PDF you can download, print, email and keep

Free website search compared with the paid PDF report

Searching this site and viewing a company summary is free. The optional PDF report is paid, and what you are paying for is convenience: retrieval, formatting, a dated snapshot and a document you can download and keep. The underlying information is public and is also available directly from Companies House at no charge.

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