Irish Company Letterheads

The following particulars must be appear on all business letters:

• The full name of the Company (note that the only permissible abbreviations are ‘Ltd’ for Limited, ‘Teo’ for Teoranta, PLC for Public Limited Company, CLG for Company Limited by Guarantee, DAC for Designated Activity Company).
• The names and any former names of the directors and their nationality if not Irish
• Place of registration e.g. Registered in Dublin, Ireland
• Registered number for the company from the certificate of incorporation
• Registered Office Address (where this is already shown, the fact that it is the registered office must be indicated)

If the share capital of a company is mentioned on business letters and order forms, the reference must be to paid up share capital.

If a company carries on business under a business name, the name of the proprietor of the business name i.e. the name of the company must be shown on all business letters. The business name should of course be registered in the Companies Registration Office if you are trading with a name other than your own personal name.

The company name, in legible characters, must be shown in all notices and other official publications of the company, and in all bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements, cheque’s and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the company and on all invoices, receipts and letters of credit of the company.

Every company is required to paint or affix, and keep painted or affixed, its name on the outside of every office or place in which its business is carried on.

The above publication and disclosure requirements apply to all Irish registered companies, irrespective of whether they are carrying on business under a business name. The fact that a company may be carrying on business under a business name does not exempt it from any of the above requirements.