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Our systems are electronically linked
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the order is placed, all company documentation, including
the certificate of incorporation, transfers, share certificates,
minutes and company registers are forwarded to you within
a few hours.
Q. Will directors still have to provide their residential
address to Companies House?
A.
Yes. Every director must provide both their usual residential
address and, for each directorship, a service address.
The service address will be on the public record; the
residential address will be protected information. A
director may choose to use his residential address as
his service address; if this is the case the service
address will still appear on the public record, but
the fact that the two addresses are the same will be
protected information.
Q. What does the introduction of service address
mean for directors?
A.
Directors will still need to file their residential
address with Companies House but they will also have
the choice of filing a service address. The service
address can be the same as the residential address,
or the registered office address, or it can be somewhere
different. The residential address will be held on a
private register only available to predetermined organisations.
This will be introduced from October 2009.
Q. Will a payment be required for directors
who wish to file a service address?
A.
No. When service addresses are introduced they will
be free.
Q. Who will be able to obtain a directors' residential
address from Companies House and why?
A.
The following will be able to directors residential
addresses:
Specified
public bodies for carrying out their public functions.
Credit
reference agencies for vetting applications for
credit and associated work and to meet the obligations
in the Money Laundering Regulations.
Vulnerable
directors will be able to apply to the Registrar for
their addresses not to be provided to credit reference
agencies.
Q.
Which directors' addresses will not be provided to credit
reference agencies?
A.
Credit Reference agencies will not be able to obtain
the usual residential address of any director who is
the beneficiary of a valid Confidentiality Order on
30 September 2009 or who has made a successful application
to the Registrar on the grounds that he is:
at
serious risk of violence or intimidation as a result
of the activities of a company of which he is a director;
or
has been, employed by the police or security services;
providing,
or has provided, goods or services to the police or
security services.
Q. Does the legislation relating to service
addressed allow a ban of up to 5 years if the address
was found to be ineffective?
A.
Yes, if the service address is ineffective the Registrar
does have the power to ban the use of this address and
place the usual residential address on the public register.
Q.
If a company is in default, will any letter addressed
to the directors go to the Service Address or residential
address?
A.
Letters will be sent to the Service Address.
Q.
Will Companies House still register 'Confidentiality
Order' for directors under severe threat, as well as
the service address option?
A.
Confidentiality Orders will cease on implementation
of the Act on 1st October 2009. Section 243(5) will
allow for Directors at risk to apply for their usual
residential address not to be disclosed to Credit Reference
Agencies. All directors will be required to have a service
address for the public record and provide their usual
residential address which will only be provided to Public
Authorities and Credit Reference Agencies.
Q.
As residential addresses are no longer required, will
confidentiality orders need to be renewed?
A.
Only directors whose confidentiality order expires before
1st October will need to renew their order. From 1st
October 2009 if a director is at risk of harm they will
be able to apply under Section 243(5) for their usual
residential address not to be disclosed to Credit Reference
Agencies.
