Clarification of Answer by
answerfinder-ga
on
30 Dec 2005 07:35 PST
Thank you for your clarification, You are quite right to point out
that only looked at the Companies Act legislation.
The Business Names Act 1985 applies to LLPs and you must list the
members of the partnership IF YOU DO NOT TRADE UNDER THE LLP NAME (I
do not know if this is the case with your example).
Business Names Act 1985 (half way down the page on this link)
Person subject to this Act
?in the case of a limited liability partnership, does not consist of
its corporate name without any addition other than one so permitted.?
If that is the case then under Section 4. 1. a. you are required to
list the corporate name and the name of each member (unless more than
20). Not only on documents but at the place of business.
?display in a prominent position so that it may easily be read by such
customers or suppliers a notice containing such names and addresses.
http://www.ukcorporator.co.uk/business_names.php
The Surrey County Council web site on Trading Standards Business
Advice has some suggest layouts for this information but they do state
that ?there are no rules governing the way you display on your
premises the business name with the owner's name and address.?
http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Business+Names+Act+1985?opendocument
Additional information from Companies House.
?Who does the Business Names Act apply to?
It applies to:
a company which trades under a name which is not its corporate name,
for example, 'XYZ Limited' trading as 'Fish Antiques';
What details must be disclosed about a business?
You will need to disclose (as appropriate):
* the corporate name; or
* the name of each partner; or
* the individual person's name; and
* in relation to each person named, an address at which documents
can be served.
3. Where must this information be shown?
You will need to show the information clearly in all:
* the places where you carry on your business and where you deal
with customers or suppliers;
* business letters;
* written orders for the supply of goods or services;
* invoices and receipts;
* written demands for the payment of business debts.?
http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/gbhtml/gbf3.shtml
This booklet is about how to incorporate your practice as a limited
liability partnership from the English Law Society
?Section 348 of the Companies Act (as applied by the Limited Liability
Partnership Regulations 2001) requires an LLP to paint or affix its
name on the outside of every office or place in which its business is
carried on, in a conspicuous position and in letters reasonably
legible. If the LLP uses a trading name, it must also comply with the
Business Names Act 1985 (as applied by the Limited Liability
Partnership Regulations 2001), under which the full corporate name of
the LLP, and a list of the members if there are 20 or fewer members,
must be included on the notepaper and invoices.?
?Business Names Act 1985
If the LLP is using a trading name other than the LLP?s full corporate
name, section 4 of the Business Names Act 1985 (as applied by the
Limited Liability Partnership Regulations 2001) requires the LLP to
put the following particulars on its business letters, orders for
goods and services, invoices, receipts and demands for payment: . the
LLP?s full corporate name;
the LLP?s principal place of business; and
a list of the LLP?s members (or, where there are more than 20 members,
a statement that the list is open to inspection at that place).
http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/documents/downloads/Profethics_RecBodies_LLPs.pdf
I believe that I have now found all the relevant information but do
not hesitate to ask for any further clarification.
answerfinder-ga
