Removing your personal details from the Companies House register

This guidance applies to:

• companies
• limited liability partnerships (LLPs)

Removing a home address

You can apply to remove your home address if it was used as your service or ‘correspondence’ address, or as the company’s registered office.

If your home address was used as a correspondence address

If you hold an active position in the company and the address is your current address, you will need to provide a replacement address.

If your home address was used as a registered office address

If the company is active (not dissolved), you must change the company’s registered office address before you can apply.

If the company is dissolved, you must wait 6 months before applying to remove an address used as a registered office.

Removing an occupation

You can only apply to remove an occupation where it was a requirement to provide the occupation. For example, on the appointment of a director (form AP01).

Removing a signature

You can apply to remove a signature from certain documents on the register.

It does not include any part of a copy of an order imposing a charge, instrument, deed or debenture delivered under mortgage provisions.

It does not include a printed name.

Removing a day of date of birth

You can apply to remove the day of your date of birth, if it was given on a document filed before 10 October 2015.

We only show the month and year of birth for a director (or equivalent) on the public register.

How to apply

It costs £30 to remove your personal details from each document. You’ll need to pay for each document listed in your application.

Post your application to:

The form has full instructions on how to send your application and how to pay the fee.

You must pay the correct fee and include supporting evidence (if needed), or we’ll reject your application.

Apply as an individual for a UK company

You can apply to remove:

• your home address
• the day of your date of birth (for documents filed before 10 October 2015)
• your signature
• your business occupation

Complete an application form – Apply to remove your personal details from the Companies House register (SR01).

Apply as a company, or as a person who registers a charge

You can only apply if the company’s activities mean the person, or anyone else at the address, is at risk of serious violence or intimidation. For example, if the company is involved in a certain sector of business.

Request a form SR02 or SR03 by email – dsr@companieshouse.gov.uk.

Our team will advise you about the process and send you the correct form. We will only accept the original forms on the coloured paper.

If you’re applying as a company or person who registers a charge, you must also send a statement to explain the grounds for applying.

You should also include either:

• evidence to support the statement
• a copy of the court order – if the court has made an order under section 117(3)

When we receive your application

Applying as an individual for a UK company

We’ll let you know once we’ve processed your application.

Applying as a company, or as a person who registers a charge

We’ll check the information you’ve given and review your grounds for applying.

It will take at least 30 days to process your application. Complex applications can take up to a year. Your information will be protected while we process your application.

We may ask you for more evidence to support your application, if we do not have enough information. To help us reach a decision, we’ll also ask for an assessment from a relevant authority about the nature and level of risk.

Once we’ve processed your application, we’ll send you a notice with our decision within 7 days.

If your application is accepted

We’ll remove your personal details from the documents listed in your application.

You’ll need to give an alternative address if you’re a serving officer, such as a:

• director
• secretary
• person with significant control (PSC)
• LLP member

We’ll hide part of your address if:

• you’re no longer an officer
• the company has been dissolved
• it was used previously as a company’s registered office

For a UK address, we’ll only show the first half of the post code. For an overseas address (not in the UK), we’ll only show the state or province and country.

The time this will take depends on the number of documents you want to suppress.

If your application is refused (SR02 and SR03 only)

It will take at least 30 days to process your application. Complex applications can take up to a year.  

Once we’ve processed your application, we’ll send you a notice with our decision within 7 days.

You have the right to appeal if your SR02 or SR03 application is refused.

How to appeal

You can appeal to the High Court on the grounds that the decision is unlawful, irrational or unreasonable, has been made on the basis of a procedural impropriety or otherwise contravenes the rules of natural justice.

You must appeal within 28 days of the Companies House notice date. If you appeal after 28 days, the court will need to be satisfied there was good reason why you did not appeal within this period.