A registered office is a legal requirement which every company must have. It is the address where all legal and government mail will be sent to your company from organisations such as Companies house and HMRC, but is not used for trading purposes. A POBOX address can not be used as a companies registered office.

Using a registered office service can be very beneficial to small companies which are run by sole traders from their home address as customers can not see it is a small company and it gives them a professional image. Also owners of British companies who live abroad use registered office services as a British company must have a registered office in Britain.