Companies house have introduced changes on 4th March 2024 under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCT Act) .
The changes are:
- greater powers to query information and request supporting evidence
- stronger checks on company names
- new rules for registered office addresses
- a requirement for all companies to supply a registered email address
- a requirement for all companies to confirm they’re forming the company for a lawful purpose when they incorporate, and to confirm its intended future activities will be lawful on their confirmation statement
- the ability to annotate the register when information appears confusing or misleading
- taking steps to clean up the register, using data matching to identify and remove inaccurate information
- sharing data with other government departments and law enforcement agencies
From 4 March 2024, there’ll be new rules for registered office addresses which mean companies must have an ‘appropriate address’ as their registered office at all times. An appropriate address is one where:
- any documents sent to the registered office should be expected to come to the attention of a person acting on behalf of the company
- any documents sent to that address can be recorded by an acknowledgement of delivery
These changes mean you will not be able to use a PO Box as your registered office address from 4 March 2024. You can still use a third-party agent’s address if they meet the conditions for an appropriate address.
The good news is, Expost meets this requirement as all our addresses are physical buildings and not PO Boxes. Your documents can be accepted and passed on to you, our staff are on hand to acknowledge delivery. Expost’s allows 5 companies on a single account, this is a strict limit, however more can be added for £40.00 per company per year.