Privacy Package

The Companies Act (governing the conduct and obligations of companies) states that a company must always have a registered office to which all official communications and notices may be addressed. The address must be a physical address in the same jurisdiction that the company is registered.

There are four jurisdictions; England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. When you place your order, you will be asked to state the location of your registered office. So if you are using our London address, your company will be in the jurisdiction of England and Wales. It is perfectly acceptable to use your home address as your registered office. However, a company's registered office is displayed on the website of Companies House and is therefore public knowledge. This means a loss of privacy (if you are using your home address) as the website at Companies House is monitored by many agencies, advertisers and data management companies. It also gives your clients easy access to your address.

If you select to be referred to one of our banking partners, your information will be sent to them directly. We ask you to confirm that you are happy for us to send your details during the ordering process. Once the bank receives your information and contact details, they will contact you to complete your application and to carry out the usual ID checks.

Not necessarily. We are regulated and obliged to verify the ID and address of all our customers and our customers' shareholders and officers where they meet pre-defined criteria. However most of our customers are not affected by the verification process because it is automated and conducted electronically, with a 90% success rate. The information you supply on the order form is usually sufficient.

If the automated verification system fails:

If customers are not cleared by the automated electronic verification, we use the SmartSearch platform to complete our ID checks. We will send you an invitation by email asking for any additional information we require and any documents that we may need. You will be given a choice to upload the documents and information directly to the SmartSearch mobile app or send it to us. Overseas customers who are not easily verifiable may be asked for an additional fee to meet the enhanced fee levied by Sart Search.

The basic price is £39+vat per year but there are upgrades to the basic service which are set out on page.

There is also a charge for using our address as a service address for the directors of the company. This is £10 per year, which we believe is the best price in London. If you upgrade but continue to use the scanned post service, prices are fixed, and you can budget your expenditure.