GIBRALTAR REGISTERED OFFICE & REGISTERED AGENT FACILITY
What is a Registered Office?
All Companies Registered on the territory of Gibraltar (as well as all other offshore jurisdiction) are legally required to have a Registered Office & Registered Agent in the country of origin. It is the address of a company to which Registrar of Companies letters and reminders will be sent. The registered office address must always be an effective address for delivering documents to the company.
For the purposes of the official lodgement of papers (matters concerning the corporate entity, legal actions, notices, etc.) and to comply with the principle that people have a right to know with whom they are dealing, every company registered in Gibraltar must have a local registered address and registered agent. The address of such office on registration and all changes thereafter must be notified to the Registrar (although it is not necessary to state the actual address as opposed to the country of registration in the Memorandum).
Any alteration in location of the registered office must be filed with the Registrar. A fourteen-day period during which both old and new offices are valid for the service of notices is allowed. If a company is required to move without notice (for example, because of a fire or other disaster, or the unexpected action of a landlord), the penalties for failure to notify the change of registered office to the Registrar are waived provided notification of the new office is made within fourteen days of the enforced move being known.
Distinction From Trading Address
A company may have a registered office at some place other than its trading address where, for instance, the trading address is a factory which is not suited for the receipt of official documents or communications addressed to the company. There is no real correlation between a company's registered office and the office from which the company actually trades. Thus, a company with a registered office in Gibraltar can trade anywhere it wishes, whether that be in EU, England or any other place.
We would emphasise that the facility is intended solely as an address for service of routine mail only and must not be used as a trading address or for collection and forwarding of general mail. Your stationery must not indicate this to be so. The registered address must be included on your business stationery but we ask that you do not display our telephone number. If necessary, we can also provide a more extensive general mail forwarding service.
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