The details a UK limited company website must show

For an ordinary UK limited company, check that your website shows the following information. Use your Companies House record rather than an old invoice or a remembered address.

• Your full registered company name, including Limited or Ltd as registered. A brand or trading name does not replace it.
• Your registered company number. This is not your VAT number or a trade association membership number.
• Your registered office address. This may differ from the shop, workshop or office where customers visit you.
• The part of the UK where the company is registered, such as England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. This is not your trading town.

Section 82 of the Companies Act 2006 gives the power to make trading disclosure regulations. The website requirements come from the Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2015.

Regulation 24 requires companies to disclose their registered name on their websites. Regulation 25 requires the registered number, registered office address and part of the UK in which they are registered. Regulation 20 says the disclosures must be readable with the naked eye. GOV.UK gives a plain-English summary of the requirements.

A readable footer on every page is a practical approach. That is our recommendation, not a claim that the regulations prescribe a footer or particular layout. Keep the text large enough to read on a phone, with enough contrast against the background.

Do not hide the details in an image, behind an account login or in pale, tiny text. If your trading address is different, label it separately so visitors do not mistake it for the registered office. Check the footer on service pages and booking pages as well as the homepage.

Here is example wording. Replace every bracketed field with the correct registered details; Acme Ltd is fictional.

Acme Ltd. Registered in [part of the UK]. Company number [registered number]. Registered office: [registered office address].

A company can change its registered office without changing its trading address. Update the website when the registered record changes. If you use several domains or a separate booking website, review the company information there too. The regulations also cover authorised parts of another website relating to your company.

Saying only that a business is registered in Berkshire does not give its legal place of registration. A link to Companies House is useful, but put the required details on the website itself rather than expecting visitors to search elsewhere.

The rules also cover business letters and order forms. Regulation 29 includes electronic documents. Adding the same details to your business email signature is a practical way to avoid missing them when you send a business letter by email.

Invoices have separate requirements. If you choose to show directors' names on business letters, GOV.UK says you must list all of them. If you state share capital, the disclosure must be of paid-up share capital. These are not reasons to add directors or share capital to a basic website footer.

This guide covers ordinary limited-company trading disclosures. Sole traders, partnerships, LLPs and special company types need advice relevant to their legal form. Some companies have extra disclosure requirements.

Company details alone do not settle privacy, cookies, online selling or regulated-profession obligations. This is general information, not legal advice or a complete compliance audit. Use the official sources below and ask a solicitor if your business has an unusual structure or you are unsure what applies.