Companies Act 1985

305 Directors' names on company correspondence, etc.

(1) A company to which this section applies shall not state, in any form, the name of any of its directors (otherwise than in the text or as a signatory) on any business letter on which the company's name appears unless it states on the letter in legible characters the Christian name (or its initials) and surname of every director of the company who is an individual and the corporate name of every corporate director.

(2) This section applies to—

(a) every company registered under this Act or under the former Companies Acts (except a company registered before 23rd November 1916); and

(b) every company incorporated outside Great Britain which has an established place of business within Great Britain, unless it had established such a place of business before that date.

(3) If a company makes default in complying with this section, every officer of the company who is in default is liable for each offence to a fine; and for this purpose, where a corporation is an officer of the company, any officer of the corporation is deemed an officer of the company.

(4) For purposes of this section—

(a) " director " includes shadow director, and " officer " is to be construed accordingly ;

(b) " Christian name " includes a forename;

(c) " initials " includes a recognised abbreviation of a Christian name; and

(d) in the case of a peer or a person usually known by a title different from his surname, " surname" means that tide.