Dissolved Companies Puzzle

[hc4361]

Can anyone explain why so many companies were registered at this address in a very short space of time and are now dissolved, or about to be. Is it some sort of scam?

http://www.historical-matters.com/a/e3-eagle-house-the-point-business-park-weaver-road-lincoln-lincolnshire-england-ln6-3qn-1616832678?page=4

[Buenchico]

Every limited company needs to have a registered address (where legal documents can be served) but that's frequently not the actual trading address of the business. Business owners simply pay a registration company (or an accountancy firm, etc) to use their address, with the actual firm located at that address simply agreeing to forward any mail received to the relevant company. When, in the past, I've been delivering Yellow Pages and Phone Books, I've been to some addresses that have had many hundreds of small name plates outside stating "Registered office of XYZ Ltd, etc", despite the fact the there was simply one small office at that address. (In one case I estimated that there were over 1000 companies all registered to a single address).

Since the companies which use such services are often small, one-man businesses (or even just company names registered in the hope that a business might get off the ground eventually), it's unsurprising that many of them quickly close down.

[hc4361]

Thanks, I hope you can advise a bit more on this.
I found a company there registered to a relative who lives about 200 miles from Lincoln. His full name, home address and trade matches but his surname is incorrect, there is one letter missing.
I am concerned his details have been harvested for some sort of scam.

[Buenchico]

Have you asked the relative about it? It sounds as if he might have registered the business himself, through a Lincoln-based company which sells 'off the peg' limited companies and simply have accepted the option to use that firm's address as the registered address for the business.

[hc4361]

I will ask him when he comes back from his cruise - he left strict instructions that he doesn't want to be bothered by anything whilst he is away.

Thanks again for your time