Removing your home address and birth date from Companies House

You can remove your home address, the day of your birth date, your signature and your business occupation from documents on the Companies House register. You apply on form SR01 and pay £34 for each document. Your current home address and full date of birth are already private for directors, so this is mainly about older filings that still show them.

What is public and what is private?

Directors’ names, nationality, month and year of birth and service address are public. Companies House’s guidance on your personal information on the register, updated 12 May 2026, says your usual residential address and full date of birth are kept on a private register.

The private register is open only to credit reference agencies and specified public authorities, such as the police. Company secretaries do not give a home address or date of birth at all.

What can you remove?

Companies House lets you remove four kinds of personal detail from filed documents, according to its removal guidance, updated 23 February 2026.

• Home address, where it was used as a service address, correspondence address or registered office.
• Day of birth, on documents filed before 10 October 2015.
• Signature, though not your printed name.
• Business occupation, where giving it was a requirement, such as on a director appointment form AP01.

The day of birth, signature and occupation options were added on 21 July 2025. Removing a home address used as a former registered office has been possible since 27 January 2025.

What you cannot remove

Some details stay on the register whatever you do. Companies House lists these limits:

• your printed name,
• any part of a charge document, such as a debenture or mortgage deed,
• a home address that is the company’s current registered office (change it first),
• a home address used as part of a company name,
• the day of birth on documents filed on or after 10 October 2015, as these already show only month and year.

Companies House also says it does not have to comply with UK GDPR erasure requests for the register.

How to apply with form SR01

Individuals use form SR01. The SR01 completion guide, updated 28 April 2026, sets out the steps.

1. Fix the source. If your home is still the registered office, file a change of registered office first. If you are a serving director, give a replacement service address.
2. List the documents. Note each document on your filing history that shows the detail, with its registration date. Our guide to looking up a company shows how to find them.
3. Pay the fee. Pay £34 per document through GOV.UK Pay before sending the form.
4. Send the form. Post SR01 to the Registrar of Companies, PO Box 4082, Cardiff, CF14 3WE.
5. Wait for the decision. Companies House tells you once it has processed the application.

Applications without the correct fee or supporting evidence are rejected. For a dissolved company, wait 6 months after dissolution before applying to remove a registered office address.

How much does it cost?

Removing details costs £34 for each document, according to the Companies House fee schedule. Five old filings showing your address would cost £170.

See our full list of Companies House fees for 2026.

What if you are at risk of violence?

A section 243 application goes further than SR01. It also hides your home address from credit reference agencies. Companies House’s protection guidance, updated 11 August 2026, says you must be at serious risk of violence or intimidation because of your company’s activities.

• Directors and LLP members apply under section 243 of the Companies Act 2006.
• People with significant control apply under section 790ZF (address) or 790ZG (all PSC information).
• Each type costs £100, paid by cheque or postal order to “Companies House”.
• Applications are by post only, on coloured paper forms you request.
• Evidence can include a police incident number or photos and recordings of threats.
• Processing takes at least 30 days and complex cases can take up to a year.

Which applies to you?

• If an old filing shows your home address, use SR01.
• If your home is the current registered office, move the registered office first, then use SR01.
• If an old filing shows your full date of birth, use SR01 if it was filed before 10 October 2015.
• If you face threats because of the company’s work, apply for section 243 or PSC protection.
• If you are setting up a new company, use a service address and a separate registered office from the start. See how to set up a limited company.

Frequently asked questions

Can I remove my home address from Companies House?

Yes, from documents where it was used as a service address or registered office. You apply on form SR01 and pay £34 per document.

Can I remove my date of birth from Companies House?

You can remove the day of birth from documents filed before 10 October 2015. Later filings already show only the month and year.

Is my home address public if I am a director?

Not if you gave a separate service address. Your usual residential address is kept on a private register.

How long does Companies House take to process SR01?

Companies House does not publish a time for SR01. It says the time depends on how many documents you want suppressed.

Can my company apply on my behalf?

Yes, for section 243 and PSC protection. Companies can also apply to remove details on risk grounds using forms SR02 or SR03, requested from dsr@companieshouse.gov.uk.