Karen Bowley
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Having secured the company name of your choice for your limited company, you need to be aware of your obligations to display that company name
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Every trading company must display its registered name at its registered office and at any other ‘inspection place'. This would be any location where the company keeps its statutory documents available for inspection. The registered name also has to be displayed at any location where the company carries on business. There are some exceptions:
The company name must be displayed in characters that can be read with the naked eye and must be positioned so that they can easily be seen by any visitor to the premises. The name must be displayed continuously unless the premises are shared by six or more companies, in which case:
The company must disclose its registered name on:
The registered name need not appear on every page of the website but should be displayed where it can be easily seen..
Every company also has to disclose the part of the United Kingdom in which it is registered, its registered number and its registered office address on:
If a company is exempt from the obligation to use the word ‘limited' in its name, or is a private limited community interest company, it must also state that it is a limited company. If it is an investment company, it must state that fact.
There is no requirement to state the names of the directors, but if any director is named (other than as signatory to a communication or in the text), they must all be named.
If the company is registered for VAT, its VAT registration number must be shown on VAT invoices and receipts.
About the author: Helen Goose is Corporate Law Manager, Jordans Corporate Law Limited
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