{"id":69127,"date":"2023-12-19T13:44:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T05:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/?page_id=69127"},"modified":"2026-11-14T22:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T14:15:53","slug":"registered-office-address","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/resources\/business-compendium\/registered-office-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Registered Office Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Registered Office Address<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-68798\" title=\"Registered Office Address\" src=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-business-compendium-registered-office-address-400x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Registered Office Address\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-business-compendium-registered-office-address-400x300-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-business-compendium-registered-office-address-400x300-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Every company and Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) needs to provide a registered office address when setting up their business with ACRA \u2013 Singapore&#8217;s companies&#8217; registrar \u2013 according to Section 142(1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50. This address is essential as it&#8217;s where governmental and statutory bodies send all official communication and notices. It&#8217;s also where a company has to store all its registers and records.<\/p>\n<p>So, what makes a suitable registered office address? Here are some guidelines:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>It must be a physical address located in Singapore.<\/li>\n<li>Since 20 October 2026 there are no minimum public opening hours, but company records must be available for inspection for at least two hours on each relevant business day after reasonable notice.<\/li>\n<li>The address doesn&#8217;t need to be your actual business venue \u2013 it just needs to be a place where your company can receive mail and keep official records.<\/li>\n<li>It can&#8217;t be a PO box address.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>But what if you&#8217;re just starting up, or you&#8217;re a foreign entrepreneur without a local office address? You can lean on Registered Address Services provided by corporate service providers. For a modest fee, these providers manage all your post, sending you digital scans via email so that you never miss out on important communication.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Why Might You Choose Such a Service? Here Are a Couple of Benefits<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cost-Effective:<\/strong> You&#8217;ll save on costs, skipping rent, maintenance, and staffing expenses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional Appearance:<\/strong> Some service providers have offices in notable locations \u2013 so your registered office can impress clients and investors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Convenient Access:<\/strong> You&#8217;ll receive soft copies of your mail directly in your inbox, which you can view whenever, wherever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registered Office Address Every company and Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) needs to provide a registered office address when setting up their business with ACRA \u2013 Singapore&#8217;s companies&#8217; registrar \u2013 according to Section 142(1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50. This address is essential as it&#8217;s where governmental and statutory bodies send all official communication and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":68798,"parent":70083,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-69127","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69127"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110288,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69127\/revisions\/110288"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.3ecpa.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}