virtual office for ltd company

blinko

hi guys could anyone recommend a virtual office provider this is for a ltd company so post will go to there rather than personal home address ?

thanks everyone

Marcon

Depends where you are in the country if you're planning to collect it yourself, otherwise it can be forwarded to you by post/courier, but that risks loss/delays. Would a PO Box be a possibility instead?

Is some sort of prestige location important? If not, the cheapest and most efficient solution might be to find someone living locally who wants to work from home and would be happy to be an accommodation address.

blinko

ideally the post would be scanned to me, it will probably be the usual tax reminder, just want to keep my personal address private, location unimportant to be honest

MalMonroe

blinko said:

ideally the post would be scanned to me, it will probably be the usual tax reminder, just want to keep my personal address private, location unimportant to be honest

So you are wanting a scanning and forwarding by email service rather than just a PO box? 

As far as I am aware, that will cost you. I'm a virtual assistant and that's something I will do for clients but ONLY as part of a package. Otherwise it's really not worth bothering with as the job's too fiddly to take on if it's not going to be bulk mail. The profit margin would be too small for someone who operates as I do and is self-employed. Plus of course the person scanning and forwarding would know all your private details. (Addresses on the correspondence scanned, etc.)

You could hire your own PO Box, as Marcon suggests and then simply scan in your own documents. It's easy to do, cheaper to buy a scanner as a one-off cost. And your privacy would be fully maintained.

And you could put those costs on your tax returns as business expenses of course.

Marcon

blinko said:

ideally the post would be scanned to me, it will probably be the usual tax reminder, just want to keep my personal address private, location unimportant to be honest

If you set up a PO Box with Royal Mail delivering to you (rather than you collecting from a local delivery office), that is likely to be the cheapest and safest option - and post isn't usually delayed or more at risk of loss than any other mail.

blinko

hi guys thanks for you help i went with a registered office address which was about £100 a year including post forwarding but also protects my home address