England and Wales
England and Wales are treated as a single entity (companies may be "Registered in England and Wales") with a unified register, separate from those of Scotland or Northern Ireland. Companies must advise Companies House of their intended registered office (the official address of the company), which may be in England and Wales, in Scotland, or in Wales. Consequently, on incorporation, companies will be either 'Registered in England and Wales', 'Registered in Scotland', or 'Registered in Wales'. Effectively, companies in England must register in England and Wales, companies in Scotland must register in Scotland, while companies in Wales may choose to register in either England and Wales, or in Wales.
Although actual legal registration is in either England and Wales, or in Wales, according to Companies House companies must display company details in one of the following formats:
"On all company’s business letters, order forms (in hard copy, electronic or any other form) and its websites, the company must show in legible lettering: (a) the part of the United Kingdom in which the company is registered which is: For Companies registered in England and Wales either:
- Registered in England and Wales; or
- Registered in England; or
- Registered in Wales; or
- Registered in London; or
- Registered in Cardiff."
The Companies House office in Cardiff handles companies incorporated in England and Wales. These companies are subject to English law. There was another office at Nantgarw, Wales, but that closed in 2011.
The London office at Bloomsbury Street is purely a facility to file and view documents, which are then processed in Cardiff.
The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales is the Chief Executive Gareth Jones. The role of Chief Registrar is not a political one and the incumbent is a civil servant. The previous Chief Executive, Claire Clancy, stepped down from the post to take office as the Chief Executive of the National Assembly for Wales in 2006/07.
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