Privacy Package

You would like to form a limited company and would prefer not to display your home address on the public register at Companies House - thereby retaining privacy for you and your family.

The Privacy Package provides the three company addresses - the registered office address, the service address, and the business address.

The registered office is the official address of a UK limited company or LLP. It is used by government agencies, such as Companies House and HMRC, as the contact address for the delivery of official communications, documents, reminders and notices. Every UK registered company must always have a registered office in the UK.

The registered office address is publicly available on the company register at Companies House and it must also be displayed on a company's website and business stationery. Many business owners choose not to use their residential address for this purpose.

A service address is the official address of a UK company director, PSC (person with significant control), company secretary and LLP member, and is used to receive official mail from Companies House, HMRC, and other government agencies, addressed to those individuals.

The service address is displayed on the public register at Companies House and is one of the required addresses for the purpose of registering a limited company.

There are no mail forwarding charges applicable to our registered office and service address services. Mail is forwarded free of charge by either scan and email (the default delivery method) or Royal Mail post.

General business mail is forwarded by scan and email at a cost of £1 per item. Any items of value are forwarded by First Class Royal mail post, and charged at the Royal Mail rate plus 15%.

We will scan and email all mail from government agencies including Companies House, HMRC, and the ICO (this is not a comprehensive list), plus Court documents. However, it does not include the forwarding of general business mail.

If you want to receive all mail, you should purchase our Business Address Service. This can be added as an additional extra to your order, alternatively, it is also available in our Privacy Plus or Fully Inclusive Package.

All company formation agents have a legal obligation to verify the identity of all customers, directors and PSCs of the companies we incorporate.

Once your order has been submitted we will send personalised links to your email for you where you and any other directors or PSCs will be able to provide your ID. The process should only take a couple of minutes and is free of charge.

UK customers

As soon as your company is formed, the bank you have chosen will contact you directly with instructions on how to open your account. Our banking partners include Barclays, NatWest, Tide, Monzo and others.

You will then receive your account number and sort code within minutes; however, some banks may take up to 5 days. If your bank account includes a business debit card, you should receive this within 3 to 5 days of opening your account. Account openings are subject to approval.

International customers

For non-UK residents, we can provide a referral to a WorldFirst business banking account, which will provide you with a UK bank account number and sort code. You can add this to your order at the end of the application form. Account openings are subject to approval.

As soon as your company has been registered at Companies House, we will email you the certificate of incorporation, memorandum & articles of association, share certificates, company registers, and your company’s Webfiling authentication code.

Immediately upon incorporation of your new limited company, we will send you an email which will include your digital company documents and also a voucher code and instructions on how to redeem and set up your free domain name.

No. Companies House will let HM Revenue & Customs know when your company has been formed. HMRC will then send you instructions on what you need to do regarding registering for Corporation Tax.

The Registered Office Service can be renewed annually at a cost of £39.00 +VAT, the Service Address at £26.00 +VAT and the Business Address Service at £96.00 +VAT.