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Directors’ Addresses and The Companies Act 2006

From 1st October 2009 directors must provide Companies House with both their usual residential address, and for each directorship they hold, a service address. The service address will be on the public record and will be public information but the residential address will be protected information. A director can choose any address as the service address including the registered office address of the company. The address must be where documents can be delivered and an acknowledgement or receipt can be provided if required. The address cannot be a PO Box or a DX number. If the director chooses to use his residential address as the service address the fact that the two addresses are the same would not be apparent from the public record.

The residential address will only be available to prescribed regulatory authorities such as the police and HMRC, and it may also be made available to credit reference agencies. In extreme cases Companies House may withhold the address.

This has an implication on customer credit references as the service address may be of little use in assessing credit worthiness. The application form for businesses applying for credit should include a request for the private address of directors and consent to check this information.

For more information on the Companies Act 2006 go to:
http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/companiesAct/implementations/oct2009.shtml#directorsserviceaddresses