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Apply to remove your personal details from the Companies House register (SR01)

Use this form to apply, as an individual, to remove your personal details from the public Companies House register.

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From:
Companies House
Published:
27 February 2019
Last updated:
28 April 2026
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  1. Guidance added to 'How to complete your form SR01' - Section 1: Home address to be removed. If the address is also the company’s single alternative inspection location (SAIL), you will need to change your SAIL address before completing the SR01.

  2. Fee updated.

  3. Updated the example on the form and continuation pages.

  4. From Monday 21 July 2025, you can also apply to remove your day of date of birth, signatures or business occupation from the register. Form SR01 updated and new version 8.0 published. Updated list of documents Companies House can suppress.

  5. Overseas entities forms added to list of documents Companies House can suppress.

  6. Guidance added for how to complete SR01 - Part 3: document details. You must list the original filing which gave your home address as the registered office. Do not list the filing that changed the registered office from your home address to a different address.

  7. You can now apply to suppress a home address where it has been used as a former registered office address. SR01 form and guidance updated. List of documents updated to include AD01 and LL AD01.

  8. Upcoming changes to suppressing residential addresses from the public register – from 27 January 2025, you'll be able to apply to hide your residential address from the public register if it's been used as your company’s registered office address.

  9. Fee updated.

  10. Added guidance on how to complete your form SR01.

  11. Fee to remove an address from the public register reduced from £55 to £32. The new fee takes effect from 1 June 2020.

  12. Link added to GOV.UK Pay service for users to pay application fee online.

  13. How to send applications during COVID-19 outbreak.

  14. First published.

Documents

SR01 Application to remove personal details from the public register

PDF, 791 KB, 6 pages

SR01 continuation pages

PDF, 589 KB, 1 page

How to complete your form SR01

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List of documents Companies House can suppress

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Details

You can use this form to remove:

  • your home address, or part of it
  • signatures
  • the day from your date of birth 
  • your business occupation    

It costs £34 for each document listed in your application.

Before you apply

You’ll need to know which documents contain your personal details. Search for your company on the Companies House register.

Read the guidance on removing your personal details from the Companies House register.

Any reference to ‘company’ also applies to limited liability partnerships (LLPs).

How to pay the fee

You must pay the correct fee using GOV.UK Pay before sending your SR01 application. It costs £34 for each document listed in your application.

Pay the fee for your SR01 application.

Once the payment is complete, you’ll get a payment reference. You must include the payment reference with your SR01 application.

How to send your application

Email your completed SR01 application and the payment reference to dsr@companieshouse.gov.uk

This is the quickest way to register your SR01 application. Our teams will aim to process your application without delay.

We will reject your application if you do not provide the payment reference.

Applying by post

You can also post your completed SR01 application with a cheque or postal order. It usually takes longer to process paper applications sent by post.

Help us improve this service

We would like to find out your experience of the process to help us improve it. 

If you are willing for our user research team to contact you, send your name and company number to surveys@companieshouse.gov.uk.

If you have a query about your application, you must contact dsr@companieshouse.gov.uk.

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