What it is
Every company has one, in its own jurisdiction. It need not be where the work happens; it is where the company can always be reached.
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Registered office
The company’s official address, where letters and legal notices reach it.
What it is not
Not where the work has to happen — just where the company can always be reached. In the UK it cannot be a PO Box.
Place by place
- Jersey
In Jersey at all times, with the occupier’s authority (form C14b where the occupier is not you). Shown on business letters and order forms.
- Guernsey
In Guernsey; the company’s name is displayed there and its register of members kept there.
- Alderney
In Alderney; a corporate services provider can provide one.
- United Kingdom
In the nation the company is registered in; no PO Box; public.
