Companies House will use the registered email address to communicate about the company, for example to send reminders or to query or challenge information held on the public record.
The legislation ensures that the email address provided will remain private. In the same way as the residential address of directors and PSCs, it will not be published on the public register or otherwise shown to unauthorised users. You will, however, be able to see the registered email address for each of your companies when logged into Inform Direct.
Until the email has been reported, much of this communication is via post, or by email to the presenter of submissions. In time, we can expect more messages to be delivered by email – which will be quicker and more convenient for many companies – with only limited information sent via post.