Home Knowledge Hong Kong Hong Kong Company Registration private limited company Hong Kong Private Company Incorporation Guide Part 10 - Address of Registered Office
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Introduction
In accordance with the requirements of the Company Ordinance, every company registered in Hong Kong must have a street address as its registered office. |
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Requirements of the Registered Office
By law, every company must have a registered office - its the companys address for formal communications. The registered office must be a real address, but it doesnt have to be the place where you do business. For example, some companies use their accountants for company secretarial services, and the accountants?address as their registered office. PO Box numbers alone are not acceptable. |
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Purpose of Registered Office
You must be able to deal promptly with any mail sent there. Companies Registry and the Inland Revenue Department will write to you at your registered office and someone you owe money to might send a legal demand for payment to that address. If you dont reply quickly, they might push your company into insolvency. Unless you have notified an alternative location to Companies Registry, you must keep the company's register of members and register of directors available for inspection at the registered office. If any person you deal with in the course of your business requests in writing the address of your registered office or the location where they can inspect your company records or details of the records that you keep at your registered office, you must respond within five working days. By law, the name of your company must always be clearly visible to any visitors to the registered office and any other place where you do business. You are responsible for ensuring that the companys name appears on all its documentation and that all its business letters and order forms also carry its name, registered number, place of registration and registered address. If the company has a website, you will also have to ensure that the website displays the company name and company number, details of the registered office and place of registration somewhere prominent. |
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How Kaizen Can Help
In any case that you wish to set up a Hong Kong company for investment holding or international trading purpose and they do wish to rent a physical office, you can make use of Kaizen's registered office services so as to meet the registration requirements.
In most cases, the address provided by Kaizen to be used as registered office is as follows: As to our fees and services, please contact us and talk to our professional consultants. |
Disclaimer All information in this article is only for the purpose of information sharing, instead of professional suggestion. Kaizen will not assume any responsibility for loss or damage. |