Keep your home address private with a virtual office address & mailbox
Present a registered office address in London on the Companies House register and various company directories, while gaining the ability to access all your official correspondence in a Virtual mailbox from any location. Simply search for the company you intend to utilize as the Registered Office.
- Same day mail scanning
- All your official mails accessible from your virtual mailbox
- Stops junk mails and unwanted visitors arriving at your home
How does the virtual office address service work?
1. Select a Virtual Office Address plan
Choose between monthly payments or save on costs with our annual plan. Regardless of your selection, you'll receive a London registered office address and access to a virtual mailbox to handle all your business's official correspondence.
2. We update Companies House register with your new London address
Our address will be listed as your registered office address and director service address on the Companies House register. This address will serve as your official correspondence address for government entities such as HMRC, Companies House, ICO, HM Courts, and others.
3. We digitise your mail
Access your mail from anywhere you are. We'll scan, upload, and neatly organize all statutory letters into your virtual mailbox.
4. Enjoy peace of mind
Stay informed with email and text notifications whenever a new letter is uploaded to your virtual mailbox. This ensures you never overlook an important filing deadline.
5. Manage your business admin with Accountant Services software-as-a-service filing platform
All subscribers to our virtual office address service have access to the Accountant Services software. We provide support to entrepreneurs at every stage of their business journey, whether it's for tasks like registering with PAYE and hiring their initial employee, filing quarterly VAT returns, or submitting annual self-assessment tax returns.
Streamline your paper workflow with a Virtual mailbox
- Go paperless: we digitise your important document for you
- All your official mails sorted and organised by folders in one place
- Go remote: View and manage your important mail anywhere from any device
- Unlimited Digital Mail Archiving: your documents are stored for as long as you have an active mail account with us.
Maintain your privacy with a Virtual Office Address Service
- When you use your home address as your company registered office address, it becomes public information
- Keeping your home address separate from your business protects you from minor inconveniences such as junk mail to more serious breaches such as identity theft
- Using your home address can make you seem unreliable and unprofessional to customers
- Angry customers can find your home address and may threaten you
How to change your registered office address in a few clicks
Select a Registered Office Package
This service is accessible to both entrepreneurs who already own a limited company and those who are in the process of starting a new one.
Fill out our short simplified application in less than 5 min No need to fill multiple time consuming forms, our process is 100% online.
We handle all the paperwork electronically and submit it to Companies House.
Your registered office and director service address change is completed
Companies House typically takes an average of 48 hours to process the changes. Once they are approved, you will receive a notification via email. Additionally, we will send you a VAT invoice and provide a copy of your digital documents.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your registered office address serves as the designated location for official communications, including letters from entities like Companies House, HMRC, or other government agencies. It must meet the following criteria:
– It must be a physical address within the UK.
– It must be situated in the same country where your company is registered. For instance, a company registered in Scotland must have a registered office address within Scotland.
The registered office address of a company is publicly available on the register, accessible to everyone. Companies are legally obligated to display this registered office address on their business correspondence, including letters and on their business websites.
According to Section 86 of the Companies Act 2006, every company must maintain a registered office in the UK, even if it conducts its business primarily from abroad or operates solely online without a physical location.
Upon a company’s incorporation, a director is required to furnish both their residential address and a service address. While directors are not mandated to reside in the UK, they must provide a service address (often referred to as a ‘correspondence’ address) within the UK, which is publicly accessible. However, a director’s residential address remains confidential.
Many of our clients opt for our professional director service address, enabling them to utilize our prestigious London address as their director’s service address. This choice prevents their home address from being disclosed in the public record, maintaining its confidentiality, and presents a professional image to potential clients. Additionally, all statutory correspondence from entities such as Companies House and HMRC will be scanned and forwarded to them at no additional cost.
Numerous directors, company secretaries, and shareholders have only one address available—their residential address. Consequently, they end up using their residential address as their service address when registering with Companies House. Consequently, their residential address becomes publicly accessible on the Companies House register and various online platforms.
Through Accountant Services’ Registered and Service Address service, directors, company secretaries, and shareholders have the opportunity to maintain the confidentiality of their residential address. Instead of displaying their residential address, safeguarding their privacy.
This service is exclusively available to companies incorporated in England & Wales or those in the process of planning to incorporate a company within this jurisdiction. Companies formed in Scotland (SC) or Northern Ireland (NI) must maintain a registered office in the same country as their registration.
