Your home address is not shown on the public Companies House register by default – but it becomes visible if you use it as your registered office address or as your director’s service address, both of which are published. Companies House holds your residential address on a separate, protected register that is not accessible to the public and is only released to specified public authorities such as HMRC and the police for legal purposes.
Address privacy refers to the practice of keeping your residential address confidential and limiting unnecessary public exposure. The goal is to prevent your home address from being easily accessible through public databases, websites, marketing lists, or other online sources.
Protecting your address helps ensure that your home remains a private space rather than information that can be easily discovered by strangers, marketers, scammers, or individuals with malicious intent.
Address privacy solutions allow individuals to maintain a separation between their personal residence and the addresses they use for business, mailing, or public-facing purposes.
Every director must supply two addresses when a company is formed: a residential address (private) and a service address (public). If a director simply enters their home address in both fields – which many do by default when self-incorporating – it ends up on the public register under a different label, defeating the protection the system was designed to offer. Once published, that address can be indexed, copied, and archived by third-party sites even if it’s later changed on Companies House itself.
Companies House publishes director names, dates of birth (month and year only), service addresses, and the registered office address of the company. Anyone can search this data free of charge – the Companies House register receives over 2.2 billion searches a year – which means a home address entered incorrectly is not just theoretically exposed, it’s actively searchable by customers, competitors, or anyone with an internet connection.
The fix is straightforward: use a professional service address for the director’s service address field, and a registered office address service for the company’s registered office, rather than a home address for either. Both can be the same provider and, in many cases, the same address – keeping the residential address exclusively on the protected register where it belongs.
Your home address is more than just a location—it is a key piece of personal information that deserves protection.
As online data collection continues to expand, maintaining control over where and how your address is shared has become increasingly important. Whether your goal is enhanced security, reduced exposure, professional separation, or greater peace of mind, address privacy offers meaningful benefits.
At Staylo, we are committed to helping individuals and businesses take control of their privacy and protect what matters most.
Because privacy isn’t about having something to hide—it’s about having the freedom to choose what you share.
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