A limited company shall disclose: -
(a) The address of its registered office;
(b) Any inspection place; and
(c) The type of company' records which are kept at that office or place, to any person it deals with in the course of business who makes a written request to the company for that information.
The limited company shall send a written response to that person within five working days of the receipt of that request.
Where can you keep these records?
You may keep all or any of these records at the company's registered office. The company may choose an alternative location to make these records available for inspection.
The company can only have one alternative location to the registered office at any given time. That location must be in the same part of the UK as the registered office, e.g. a company registered in England and Wales can have an alternative inspection location in England and Wales only, but not in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
The company may choose to keep some records at its registered office and some at its alternative inspection location provided that all the records of a type are kept together.
Offence
Where a company fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any requirement in regulations, an offence is committed by: -
(a) The company; and
(b) Every member and officer of the company who is in default.
A person guilty of an offence is liable on summary conviction to: -
(a) A fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale; and
(b) For continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.
For the purposes of this regulation a shadow director is to be treated as an officer of the company.
Requirement to display registered name at registered office and inspection place
3. (1) A company shall display its registered name at
(a) Its registered office; and
(b) Any inspection place.
(2) But paragraph (1) does not apply to any company which has at all times since its incorporation been dormant.
Requirement to display registered name at other business locations
4. (1) This regulation applies to a location other than a company's registered office or any inspection place.
(2) A company shall display its registered name at any such location at which it carries on business.
Manner of display of registered name
5. (1) This regulation applies where a company is required to display its registered name at any office, place or location.
(2) The registered name shall be so positioned that it may be easily seen by any visitor to that office, place, or location.
Registered name to appear in communications
6. (1) Every company shall disclose its registered name on: -
(a) Its business letters, notices and other official publications;
(b) Its bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements and order forms;
(c) Cheques purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the company;
(d) Orders for money, goods, or services purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the company;
(e) Its bills of parcels, invoices and other demands for payment, receipts and letters of credit;
(f) Its applications for licences to carry on a trade or activity; and
(g) All other forms of its business correspondence and documentation.
(2) Every company shall disclose its registered name on its websites.
Offence: -
10. (1) Where a company fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any requirement in regulations 2 to 9, an offence is committed by: -
(a) The company; and
(b) Every officer of the company who is in default.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to: -
(a) A fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale; and
(b) For continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation a shadow director is to be treated as an officer of the company.
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