Company Registration Name: Restricting The Disclosure Of Your Address

According to rules, as laid down by the Companies Act, 2006, details regarding the address of the registered office of the LLP as well as the residential addresses of the director of the LLP, members of the LLP, and other permanent representatives of the LLP must be furnished to the Companies House. The Companies House will display the official address on the online searchable public record; however, the personal addresses are not made public. The residential addresses fall under the category of protected information is only divulged to credit reference agencies and a few specified governmental authorities.

In cases, where individuals are at a serious risk of facing violence or confrontation due to the activities of an LLP they are engaged with, then, they can apply that their protected information not be divulged to credit reference agencies. Official addresses that are made public can often be the same as the residential addresses of some members, in which case, an individual may apply for that information to be made unavailable for public searches. Often, an LLP can place their employees at danger for being actively involved in the activities of a certain industry. The instances of such an occurrence cannot be listed; however, you as an individual can make an application to the Companies House for the restriction of the disclosure of your address citing your circumstances. The application requires you to state:

1. Your name, address, residential address, and date of birth
2. The name and registration number of the company, LLP, or overseas company of which you are a part
3. The name and registration number of the company, LLP, or overseas company, that is placing you danger
4. A statement of your circumstances
   

You will also have to furnish proof supporting your declaration, like a police incident number of an earlier attack, documentary evidence of threat or attack, proof of any kind of violence, turmoil, or confrontation. The application must be sent with a fee of £100.00 to The Registrar of Companies, PO Box 4082, Cardiff CF14 3WE. In certain cases, the registrar may ask for further information when he feels that the information enclosed is not sufficient.

The same process is applicable in cases of application by a company, LLP or overseas company to restrict the disclosure of its officers’ addresses, application by a subscriber of a proposed company or a proposed member of a proposed LLP, application by an individual to make an address unavailable for public inspection, application by a company to make the addresses of its members unavailable for public inspection, application by a person who registers a charge to make an address unavailable for public inspection.

If, the Registrar rejects such an application, you may appeal to the High Court, or in Scotland to the Court of Session within 21 days. The decision to restrict the disclosure of address is usually for an indefinite period of time and is only reversed because of an application made by the beneficiary of the decision or if the registrar revokes the decision himself. The registrar reserves the right to revoke the decision, and does so if the beneficiary is found guilty of providing false information. Before revocation, though, the registrar serves a notice. The beneficiary has 28 days in which to respond to the notice representing his cause. Be aware that the Companies House publishes online scanned copies of every document and forms submitted by you.