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Getting your details off the register
Written by accountants who file these applications. Pick the one closest to your situation.
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- How to remove your home address from Companies HouseWho can apply, what you can remove, what it costs and how long it takes. A plain-English guide to taking your home address off the Companies House register.8 min
- Is my address on Companies House? How to check every documentYour home address can sit in filings you've forgotten about. Where it tends to appear, how to check the register yourself and what a full scan looks at.6 min
- What information does Companies House show about directors?Name, month and year of birth, nationality, service address and more. Exactly what anyone can see about a director today, and what older filings can still show.6 min
- SR01 form explained: what it is, who can use it and what it costsThe SR01 is how you ask Companies House to remove personal details from documents on the register. What it covers, the £34 fee per document and the rules that trip people up.6 min
- How to complete form SR01, part by partA part-by-part walkthrough of form SR01, including continuation pages, which documents to list and the mistakes that get applications rejected.9 min
What you can remove
- How to remove your date of birth from Companies HouseYou can remove the day of your birth from documents filed before 10 October 2015. Which documents qualify, what stays public and how to apply.5 min
- How to remove your signature from Companies House documentsWet signatures on old paper filings can be removed from the public register. Which forms qualify, the charge-document exception and how to apply.5 min
- How to remove your occupation from Companies HouseBusiness occupation can be removed from documents where stating it was required, such as appointments and annual returns. Which documents qualify and how to apply.5 min
- How to remove a shareholder's address from Companies HouseOlder annual returns and incorporation documents listed shareholders with addresses. How to find them and remove your address as a current or former shareholder.6 min
- Old annual returns (363 and AR01): the personal details they put on the registerBefore confirmation statements, annual returns listed officers and shareholders in detail. What forms 363 and AR01 show and how to get your details removed.6 min
- Incorporation documents: the personal details filed when your company was set upForm IN01 (and form 10 before it) can show subscribers' and directors' addresses, signatures and more. What's in your company's founding documents and what you can remove.6 min
- Your details on Endole, Company Check and other company data sitesSites that copy the Companies House register can keep showing old details after you've removed them at source. How these sites get the data and how to ask them to update it.6 min
Registered office and addresses
- Used your home address as your registered office? How to get it off the registerIf your home was ever your company's registered office, it's on the public record. How to move the registered office, which filing to list and the mistake that gets applications rejected.7 min
- Director service address vs residential address: what's public and what isn'tThe difference between a service address and a usual residential address, which one Companies House shows, and why older filings may still show your home.6 min
- Registered office address services: what they are and when they're worth itA registered office service gives your company a separate address for the public register. What you get, what to check before signing up and how it ties in with removing your home address.7 min
- Should you use your home address for your limited company?Setting up a company asks for a registered office, a service address and a residential address. Which ones go public, the real trade-offs and what we'd do.6 min
- Can you use a PO box as your registered office?Since March 2024 a registered office has to be an appropriate address. What that means for PO boxes, what counts instead and what happens if Companies House objects.5 min
- What is a SAIL address, and can it be your home?A single alternative inspection location (SAIL) is where a company keeps its registers for inspection. Why a home SAIL address matters if you want your address off the register.5 min
- People with significant control: which of your details are public?PSCs give Companies House a service address and a residential address. What's on the public register, what's protected and how older PSC filings can show more than you'd expect.6 min
- Section 243 applications: stopping credit agencies seeing your home addressCompanies House can share directors' residential addresses with credit reference agencies. Who can apply under section 243 to stop that, and how it differs from SR01.6 min
Your situation
- Landlords with a limited company: keeping your home address off Companies HouseBuy-to-let SPV directors often have their home address on years of filings. Where it shows up, what you can remove and how to keep it off future filings.7 min
- Contractors: your home address and your limited company's Companies House recordMost contractor companies are registered at home. What that puts on the public record, what you can remove later and what to do before your next filing.6 min
- Resigned as a director? Your address is still on Companies HouseResigning doesn't take your old filings off the register. What stays public after you resign, what you can remove and why you won't need a replacement address.6 min
- Removing your address from a dissolved company's recordsA company being dissolved doesn't take its filings off the register. How to remove your home address from a dissolved company's documents, including the 6-month wait.6 min
- Dormant company, live address: tidying up a company you don't useA dormant company still files every year, and each filing can repeat your address. What to change, what to remove and when closing the company makes more sense.5 min
- LLP members: removing your address from Companies HouseMembers of limited liability partnerships have their details on the register too. Which LLP filings show personal details and how the removal rules apply to members.5 min
- Overseas directors: your address on the UK Companies House registerDirectors living outside the UK face the same public register. Which address goes public, how overseas addresses appear on old filings and how to apply for removal from abroad.5 min
- Worried about your safety? Protecting your address on Companies HouseIf you're at risk of harassment, violence or abuse, there are routes to protect your address on the register. What they are, who they're for and where to get support.6 min
The rules
- Companies House privacy changes under ECCTA: what changed and whenWhat the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act changed at Companies House, including identity verification and the wider rules on removing personal details.7 min
- Verifying your identity with Companies House as a directorIdentity verification is now part of being a director or PSC. Who needs to do it, the routes available, what happens to your information and what stays private.6 min