Trust · Legitimacy
Your company details are missing from the footer
The law requires UK limited companies to show their registered name, number and office on their website. Careful customers look for them too.
- Applies to
- every page
- Typical severity
- low
- Effect on conversions
- medium
- Effort to fix
- Quick to fix
What to look for
A UK business site whose footer and visible legal links show no registered company name, company number or registered office.
What good looks like
Company name, number and registered office are in the footer or a linked legal page, or the business isn't a UK limited company.
How to fix it
Add your registered company name, company number, registered office and VAT number (if you have one) to the footer.
Based on
- UK Companies Act: trading disclosures
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