The second, third, fourth and fifth largest number of limited companies registered to a single address in the UK are: Ranking Number of Companies Registered 2 43,184 3 20,269 4 17,232 5 16,601 Provisions in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2002 currently before Parliament will give the Registrar of Companies new powers to verify the identity of those incorporating all companies and to require evidence that the address at which they propose to register the company is an appropriate one.