How to Remove Your Home Address from Companies House

When you register a limited company in the UK, your registered office address and director details are published on the Companies House public register. If you used your home address when setting up your company, that address is visible to anyone who searches for your business online.

This guide explains how to remove your home address from Companies House and what steps you can take to protect your privacy going forward.

Why Is Your Home Address on Companies House?

Companies House requires every limited company to have a registered office address and every director to provide a service address. When companies are first formed, many directors use their home address for one or both of these, often without realising the information will be publicly visible.

The Companies House register is free to search online, which means your home address can be found by clients, competitors, or anyone else who looks up your company.

The Difference Between a Registered Office Address and a Service Address

It is important to understand the two types of address that may appear on the Companies House register:

• Registered office address: The official address of your limited company. All statutory correspondence from Companies House and HMRC is sent here. It must be a physical address in the same country where your company is registered.
• Director service address: The address listed for each director on the public register. This is where correspondence addressed to you as a director is sent. It does not have to be the same as the registered office address.

Both addresses are publicly visible on the Companies House register unless you take steps to change them.

How to Change Your Registered Office Address

To remove your home address as the registered office, you need to update it to a new address. You can do this through your Companies House online account:

1. Log in to your Companies House WebFiling account at find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
2. Select your company
3. Choose to file a change of registered office address (form AD01)
4. Enter the new address and submit

The change takes effect immediately once accepted by Companies House. The new address must be in the same country as your company's registration (England and Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland).

How to Change Your Director Service Address

To remove your home address as your director service address, you need to file a change of director's details:

1. Log in to your Companies House WebFiling account
2. Select your company and navigate to director details
3. File a change of director's details (form CH01)
4. Enter the new service address and submit

You can use a different address for your service address than your registered office, giving you flexibility in how you manage your privacy.

Can You Remove Your Home Address from Historical Records?

Companies House introduced a process that allows individuals to apply to suppress their home address from historical documents on the register, where it was used as a service address. This is separate from simply updating your current address. You can find details of the suppression process on the GOV.UK website.

Using a Professional Address Service

The most effective way to keep your home address off the Companies House register is to use a professional registered office address and director service address from the outset — or to switch to one as soon as possible.

A professional address service provides a recognised business address that can be used for both your registered office and your director service address. Your home address remains private, and all official correspondence is received and handled on your behalf.

Spectre Offices provides registered office addresses and director service addresses across the UK, including London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, and many other cities. View our registered office address services →

Summary

Removing your home address from Companies House involves updating your registered office address and your director service address through your Companies House online account. Once updated, your new address will appear on the public register in place of your home address.

Using a professional address service going forward ensures your home address stays private and all official correspondence is handled reliably.