By law, every company registered in the UK must have a Registered Office. In addition to this, the Registered Office must be in the UK itself, and must have someone located there to take care of and deal with mail and other important documents that arrive at the business’ Registered Office. Each UK business must have exactly one Registered Office.

Many organisations, be they governmental or not, will want to send official documents, correspondence, notices and other important pieces of data to the Registered Office of a business. As an example, Inland Revenue and the Registrar of Companies will use this address. Also, relevant courts will use this address. Whenever this address is utilised, the sender assumes that the data has been successfully received by the business.

Members of the general public are also welcome to the address, for example potential business partners may wish to examine legally available documents relating to your business. These members of the public may also wish to deliver documents and data of their own.

One important thing to note about the Registered Office of a company is that it is merely a place for documents to be received. You are under no obligation whatsoever to run your business from this ‘central point’. You can run your business from any other point in the UK, or even any other point in the world if this is more suitable to you. No administration or business activities must occur from your Registered Office.

Clearly it is important that someone is on hand to process documents and data at the Registered Office. It is not sufficient to allow the mail to pile up with no one on hand to check it. Not only must the documents be checked – also someone must be available to provide documents that people are legally allowed to view at their leisure.

For some entrepreneurs, provided a fixed address for the Registered Office is difficult. Some may not want their home address on records. Some simply may not be allowed to have their address on records due to their lease. Many businesses just do not have a UK property.

Novik Ltd. provides the cheapest service available for a registered address for small businesses in the UK. The price is a low £35 per year. You are welcome to check other companies, but this price is as affordable as you will find.