What is a company's registered office?
By CA 1985, sec287 a company must at all times have a registered office to
which all communications and notices may be addressed. When a new company is
registered the address is specified on the form 10. Any change in the address
must be notified on form 287. The change takes effect on the date the notice
is registered, but any document may be served on the company at the old address
until 14 days after that date (sec287(4)).
By CA 1985, sec725 (1) a document may be served on a company by leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the company's registered office.
The registered office must be in the country in which the company is registered:
a Scottish company may not have its registered office in England or vice versa.
There is, of course, nothing to stop a Scottish company having a place of business
in England (or an English company having one in Scotland), but it must maintain
a registered office within the country of its situation. See sec725(2) for service
on a Scottish company in these circumstances.
The address of the registered office must appear on all business letters, etc.:
CA 1985, sec351
Incorporation Services Limited provides an expert service
for all your company formation and company law requirements, including a registered
office service.
Related topics
|
