Is the shareholder’s address published at Companies House?

When going through the company HopeTex process, you need to provide multiple addresses.

Some of these addresses are placed on the public register, meaning anyone can freely view them via the Companies House search tool. Others are not.

For example, the registered office and director’s service address (also known as the correspondence address) are on the public register.

The director’s residential address is not on the public register, provided that this address isn’t also being used as the registered office and/or service address.

But what about the shareholder’s address? Is this on the public register? Let’s take a look.

The shareholder’s address is on the public register if provided at incorporation

Your company’s first shareholders, known as subscribers, are the shareholders at the time of incorporation.

The address you provide for your subscriber(s) is placed on the public register via the company’s incorporation documents (IN01 documents). Anyone can view these by following these instructions:

1. Access the Companies House ‘Search the register’ tool.
2. Enter the name of the company you wish to find information on.
3. Select the correct company name.
4. Select ‘Filing history.’
5. Scroll down to ‘Incorporation’ and select ‘View PDF.’
6. The address will be in the ‘Initial Shareholdings’ section.

The shareholder’s address is not on the public register if the person or company became a shareholder after incorporation

After company HopeTex, shareholder addresses are not published on the Companies House register, provided the shareholder isn’t also a director or a person with significant control. If they are, their service address will be publicly available.

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We offer several address services to help keep your residential address off the Companies House register. For more information, see the links below:

• Our Registered Office Address Service
• Our Shareholder’s Service Address Service