Registered Office Address Service in Birmingham

The official legal address of your UK limited company on record at Companies House. Every limited company must have one from the moment of incorporation. Unlike your trading address, it exists purely for statutory correspondence — confirmation statements, HMRC notices, Companies House filings. It must be a genuine physical address in the same UK jurisdiction as your incorporation, and it is permanently visible to the public on the Companies House register.

Yes. Our Registered Office, Director Service Address and Virtual Office are three separate services, and purchasing one does not automatically include the others. The Registered Office is for your company's official Companies House address and the relevant company government/statutory correspondence covered by that service. The Director Service Address is for a director's Companies House service address and the relevant official correspondence associated with that service. The Virtual Office is for general business correspondence and business-address use, such as customer and supplier mail, website use, marketing materials and stationery. If you require more than one of these functions, the relevant services must be purchased separately.

No. Our Registered Office, Director Service Address and Virtual Office are three separate services. A Registered Office allows a limited company to use our address as its official Registered Office at Companies House and covers the relevant company government/statutory correspondence included within that service. A Director Service Address allows a company director to use our address as their service address at Companies House and covers the relevant official correspondence included within that service. A Virtual Office is for general business correspondence, such as customer and supplier mail, and allows the address to be used for business purposes such as your website, marketing materials and stationery. If you need us to handle both official government mail and general business mail, you will need to purchase the relevant services separately.

No. The Virtual Office is a separate service for general business correspondence and business-address use. It does not include a Registered Office or Director Service Address. If your limited company wants to use our address as its Registered Office at Companies House, the Registered Office service must be purchased separately. If a director wants to use our address as their Director Service Address at Companies House, the Director Service Address must also be purchased separately.

Yes. Our address services can be purchased together depending on your requirements. For example, a limited company that wants us to receive both its relevant government correspondence and its general business mail may purchase both the Registered Office and Virtual Office services. If a director also wants to use our address as their service address at Companies House, the Director Service Address can be added separately.

General business mail can include correspondence from customers, suppliers and other commercial organisations. This type of mail is handled under our Virtual Office service. Our Registered Office and Director Service Address services are for the relevant official/government correspondence associated with those services and do not include general business mail.

No. A registered office is specifically for official government correspondence and is listed on the public Companies House register. A business or trading address is where you actually conduct day-to-day business and what you put on your website and invoices. They can be the same address, but they don't have to be.

Legally yes, but think carefully before doing so. Your registered office address is publicly visible on the Companies House register, meaning anyone can search online and find it. Using your home address means your personal address is permanently on public record. Many directors prefer to use a professional registered office service like ours at Companies999 to keep their home address private.

You cannot form a UK limited company without one — Companies House will reject your application. If your existing registered office becomes invalid (for example, if you move and don't update it), Companies House can begin proceedings to strike your company off the register.

No. Companies House requires a registered office to be a full physical street address where post can be delivered and acknowledged. PO Boxes, virtual mailboxes, and similar services that don't have a real physical location are not acceptable.

No. Your registered office is purely a legal correspondence address. You can trade from anywhere — your home, a co-working space, a client's site — while your registered office handles the official paperwork. This is exactly what services like Companies999 are designed for.

Official correspondence from Companies House (confirmation statements, reminders, filing notices), HMRC (Corporation Tax notices, VAT correspondence), and occasionally from other government bodies. Legal notices and court documents may also be served at this address.

File form AD01 with Companies House. This can be done online through Companies House WebFiling and takes effect immediately. Your new address must be in the same UK jurisdiction as your current one (England and Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland). If you switch to Companies999, we handle this process for you.

Yes. Your registered office address is displayed on the Companies House public register and can be seen by anyone who searches for your company. This is a legal transparency requirement. It's one of the main reasons directors choose a professional registered office service rather than using their home address.

Since March 2024, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act requires all registered offices to be an "appropriate address." This means someone acting on behalf of the company must be aware of any post delivered there, and delivery can be acknowledged. Companies House can reject or change addresses that don't meet this standard.

Yes. There's no limit on how many companies can use the same registered office address. This is standard practice — thousands of companies are registered at professional address service locations. Our Jewellery Quarter address at Companies999 serves multiple businesses, which is completely normal and fully legal.

Costs vary but typically range from around £30 to £100 per year depending on the provider and what's included (mail forwarding, scanning, etc.). At Companies999, our registered office service costs from £40+VAT/year, including government mail scanning and same-day email delivery.

A registered office is the company's official address. A director's service address is the individual director's correspondence address. Both appear on the public register, but they serve different people — the company versus the director personally. Companies999 offers both services and they can use the same physical address.

No. Registered office addresses are only required for limited companies and LLPs. Sole traders are not registered at Companies House and therefore don't need one. However, sole traders may still benefit from a virtual office address for privacy.

No. A UK limited company's registered office must be in the same part of the UK where it was incorporated. A company registered in England and Wales must have its registered office in England or Wales. It cannot be in Scotland, Northern Ireland, or overseas.

Your service remains active until the end of your paid period. Before it expires, you must update your registered office with a new address by filing form AD01 with Companies House — this can be done online through Companies House WebFiling in a few minutes and takes effect immediately. We will remind you ahead of your renewal date. If you are switching to a different provider, we will guide you through the change process so your company record is always up to date.