PARTLY

As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly change your Companies House registered office.

This still needs a person who signs their name to it.

Can you do it?

5 minutesto a draft.

30 minutesto something you’d act on.

Cost, all in£0

Skill neededchat-fluent

Who has to check ityou

What the alternative costsThe supplied tool data gives no price for a solicitor or a Companies House filing service.

If this goes wrong: Companies House may not have the correct address for notices and you remain responsible for correcting the filing and dealing with any resulting consequences.

What to actually do

  1. Hand it to a person

    The route this page recommends

    A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

  2. Use a tool built for this

    Second choice

  3. Do it yourself

    The distant third

    A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

    How to actually do it

    1. Open the official GOV.UK or Companies House guidance for changing a company's registered office and keep it beside the chatbot.
    2. Gather the company number, the complete proposed UK address, the name of the person authorised to file, and access to the company's Companies House filing account.
    3. Paste the prompt into a chatbot, adding the company number and proposed address, and attach or paste the relevant official guidance if the chatbot cannot browse.
    4. Compare the chatbot's checklist and stated address requirements against the official guidance, removing any instruction it cannot support from that source.
    5. Use the official Companies House online service or the verified official form identified in the guidance, enter the company number and new address, and submit the change yourself.
    6. Save the submission confirmation and compare the updated registered office shown on the company's public Companies House record with the address you submitted.
    7. Ask a UK company solicitor to check the position if the address is disputed, access to the company account is unclear, or the change affects service of legal documents.

    Prompt

    I need to change a UK company's registered office with Companies House. Use only current official GOV.UK or Companies House guidance if you can access it, and say clearly when you cannot confirm something. Company number: [COMPANY NUMBER]. Proposed registered office: [FULL UK ADDRESS].

Give me:
1. A step-by-step checklist for making the change.
2. The information and access I need before starting.
3. The official online route or form I should use, without inventing a form name if you cannot verify it.
4. The requirements the proposed address must meet, clearly separated from practical suggestions.
5. A list of every detail I must check before submitting.
6. How to confirm that Companies House has recorded the change after submission.

Do not submit anything, claim to have accessed my Companies House account, or give legal advice. Do not guess. Flag any point that needs checking with a UK company solicitor.

    Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

What it gets wrong

What caps this at PARTLY: legal accountability, verification cost and context depth.

How we scored this

Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.

AxisScore (0–2)
Output1
Inputs1
Verification1
Liability1
Effort delta1
Total5 / 10

The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.

FAQ

Can AI change my registered office with Companies House?
Partly. AI can explain the process and prepare a checklist, but you must use the official Companies House service, authenticate the filing and submit it yourself. As at 2026-08-13, the filing responsibility remains with the company and its officers.
Can ChatGPT file a change of registered office for me?
No, not directly. ChatGPT can help you identify the information to enter, but it cannot access your Companies House account or take responsibility for the submitted details.
What do I need to change my registered office?
You need the company's number, the complete proposed address, appropriate filing access and confirmation that the address meets the current Companies House requirements. Check the official GOV.UK or Companies House guidance before submitting because AI may omit a requirement or describe an outdated route.
Do I need a solicitor to change my registered office?
Not necessarily for a straightforward administrative change that you can verify against official guidance. This is not professional advice, and you should use a UK company solicitor if the address is disputed, the filing is connected to legal proceedings or you are unsure who is responsible for the company.

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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.

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