Re: FN-FORUM: legal pre-requisites on web sites - what does the law say?

date posted 1st September 2003 21:34

Jon Ambrose wrote:
> Good afternoon,
>
> Can anyone advise, or point me in the direction, of what information needs
> to be provided about a limited company in terms of contact details
> etc.........the customer does not want to provide their address as they work
> from home and do not want to give out that information but just provide a
> contact number!!
>
> Is there any legal requirements that they provide a full address? and can
> that be their accountants/solicitors/PO Box etc????

For the purposes of registering a limited company, you must supply a
real address, which can (unfortunatly) be looked up on the Companies
House site. This can be either your location, or if you have an
arrangement with one of those multiplex office affairs, it can be there.
Note that it *is* a legal requirement to have a plaque outside the
registered office.

For advertising purposes (including web sites) you can use any address
you see fit, although it would help if the address meant stuff could
actually get to you! A PO box is fine for this, although if they were
to visit you, they'll probably want a real location.

If you only want to show a 'phone number, that's up to you. Just make
sure that you supply an address for them to send cheques your way! :-)

Matt