Every company must, by law, have a registered office in the country of its incorporation and keep Companies House notified of where that registered office is. A company need not trade from its registered office but every company is required to keep certain information at the registered office - see the question "What are the company registers?" on the CoSec Services page.

The only post that, by law, must go to a company's registered office is post from HMRC and Companies House. Our registered office service will ensure that all such post is forwarded to you by email in PDF format. Want the original? Not a problem, we will keep all original post for at least three months and should you want it sent on to you, for a small handling fee of £2 per item, we will do just that.

All other post is also included in the £175 fee, although we will charge £2 per item to forward all non-governmental post.

Company directors must provide Companies House with an address to send all official correspondence intended for them. Directors often do not wish this to be their residential address and Companies House permits the registered office to be used for this purpose. If you choose our registered office service, we can also register each director as having their service address at the registered office for no extra cost.

Your trading address is where your business is conducted from and is often, for smaller companies, a home address. If you would like us to handle all your business post, we can provide a trading address which creates a professional image for your business and protects your privacy at your home or your place of work.

ProSec are obliged by law to carry out AML (anti-money laundering) checks on any new client by running KYC checks on the company, the PSCs and any Director we are dealing with directly who is not a PSC. We use an e-verification tool to carry out all of our AML checks which makes it much quicker and simpler for you. For each individual, we need photo ID (passport or driving licence) and proof of address from the last 3 months.

We also offer bespoke services including digitising your company registers; creating board minutes, shareholder resolutions, share certificates, articles of association, a cap table and shareholder agreements; dissolving your company; VAT registration; data protection registration with the ICO; being your agent for service of process and nominee/trust arrangements, registering your company on the Register of Overseas Entities or just running a CoSec MOT to check whether everything is in order. If you need any of these services, please Contact Us for a quote.