A letterhead is the heading at the top of a sheet of letter paper (stationery). That heading usually consists of a name and an address, and a logo or corporate design, and sometimes a background pattern. The term "letterhead" is often used to refer to the whole sheet imprinted with such a heading.
The majority of company letterheads are printed A4 in size (210mm x 297mm) although occasionally A5 (148mm x 210mm) and other bespoke sizes are sometimes used. There are certain pieces of information that are required to be displayed by law if you are a UK based limited company. The company name must be included, the place of registration, the registered number and the address of the registered office. For example, if your company name is F. Bloggs & Sons Limited but you trade or are mainly known as Bloggs, or your logo only shows part of the name then you must include the full registered name on the letterhead. There is no need to include the names of the directors on the letterhead, however, if you choose to name the directors you must ensure all the directors are named.
If you are trading as a sole trader or partnership under a name other than that of the owner(s), you must display the names of the owner(s) and an address for each. If you use your letterhead as an order form or invoice and you are VAT registered it is also advisable to put your VAT registration number on as well. All this information is typically added in fairly small print at the foot of the letterhead.[1]
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Letterheads are generally printed by either the offset or letterpress methods.