Stop Companies House from providing your home address

If you used your home address as your service address (or ‘correspondence’ address), you can ask Companies House to:

remove it from the register
withhold it from credit reference agencies - you can only do this in certain circumstances

You’ll need to apply and pay for each of these separately.

You cannot ask to remove your company’s registered office address, even if it’s your home address.

Ask to remove your address from the public register

You can ask Companies House to remove your home address from publicly available documents, such as a form to appoint a director.

You’ll need to know which documents contain your home address. Check this by finding your company on the Companies House register.

Download an application form. It costs £30 to remove your address from each document.

Payment details are on the form.

Send your application form and fee to the Registrar of Companies.

The Registrar of Companies
PO Box 4082
Cardiff
CF14 3WE

You can only do this if you’re at risk of violence or intimidation because of your company’s work. You need to provide proof such as:

a police incident number if you’ve been attacked
documentary evidence of a threat or attack, such as photos or recordings
evidence of possible disruption or targeting, such as by animal rights or other activists
evidence that you work for an organisation whose activities put you at risk

Request an application form by emailing [email protected]. It costs £100 to apply.

You can also request a form by phone.

Companies House
Telephone: 0303 1234 500
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 6pm
Find out about call charges

The return address and payment details are on the form.