Registered office, sales office or factory: label the address correctly

An address on a filing may be a registered office. Printing it as a factory location implies production activity that the filing did not establish.

What the primary source can establish

The UK Companies House search is the first-party reference for this guide. Companies House offers company search and access to company information and filing images. It does not investigate or endorse any named supplier on Source Ledger. The steps below are our editorial method for making a buyer-facing field more precise.

A field-level check

Store each address with an address type and source. Compare the registered office from the official record with a supplier's claimed production site. Request a site-specific document or a scoped visit record before using a factory label.

Write down the exact field, the party that supplied the information, the original document or page, the date seen and the scope of the check. If a reviewer took an action, record that action rather than a general “verified” label. Reopen the source when the transaction or underlying document changes.

Where the inference stops

Mail receipt, registration and production are different activities. A map pin or photograph without an entity and date can add colour but not resolve the relationship between site and operator.

A missing answer is a question to resolve, not permission to substitute a guess. Separate a statement by the supplier from a public record and from a documented human review. No source in this article proves a quality ranking or an existing buyer relationship.

What to record before deciding

In a public profile, show “registered office” only when that is what the source says. Keep a separate unconfirmed production-site question rather than upgrading the address.

This entry describes how to evaluate evidence. It is not a dossier for a real company, an approval decision or a substitute for transaction-specific professional review.

Common question

Can a registered office be a factory?

It might be, but the register field alone does not prove manufacturing occurs there.

Related guide

Continue with How to read a UK Companies House result for supplier research for another field-level check.