Policy
trading-disclosures
Trading Disclosures (Companies Act 2006 / 2015 Regulations)
Effective date: 2026-04-27
Version: 1.0.0
This page contains the disclosures required by the **Companies
(Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2015** for any business
communication, website footer, or commercial document. The text
in §1 must appear in legible form on every page of
https://alpha-gen.ai, on the customer portal, in invoices, in
order confirmations, in email signatures, and in any other
business correspondence.
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1. Required footer text (verbatim)
> AlphaGen Holdings Limited is a private company limited by
> shares incorporated in England and Wales under company number
> 17084844. Registered office: [TO BE INSERTED — registered
> office address], United Kingdom.
>
> VAT registration number: [TO BE INSERTED if registered].
This text — with the registered office address and VAT number
filled in — is the canonical footer. It must be readable
without scrolling on the marketing site footer (it can be
formatted compactly but must not be hidden behind a "more"
toggle).
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2. Where the disclosure must appear
| Location | Form | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing website (alpha-gen.ai) footer | Full text in §1 | Visible on every page including legal sub-pages |
| Customer portal (portal.alpha-gen.ai) footer | Full text in §1 | Visible on every authenticated page |
| Email signatures (sales, support, legal, billing) | Full text in §1, formatted compactly | Plain-text fallback included |
| Invoices and order forms | Full text in §1 | Plus VAT registration number where applicable |
| Business letters | Full text in §1 | Plus directors' names if directors are named in body of the letter (see §3) |
| Mobile app About screen | Full text in §1 | Plus app build / version number |
| API responses (root GET / and GET /healthz) | Short form: company name + number + jurisdiction + URL link | Machine-readable in legal_disclosures JSON field |
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3. Directors' names
Under the 2015 Regulations, if a business letter names any
director (other than as part of the address block of a director
to whom the letter is addressed), all directors must be named.
Practical rule for AlphaGen drafters:
- Default: business letters do not name individual directors
in the body. The footer requires only the company-level
disclosure in §1.
- Where a director is named (e.g. a letter signed by the CEO
with their name in the body), the letter must list every
director. The current list is at
https://alpha-gen.ai/legal/directors and is reproduced in
the appendix to this document.
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4. Place of business and registered office
- Place of registration: England and Wales
- Registered office: [TO BE INSERTED]
- Trading address: [TO BE INSERTED if different from registered office]
If the registered office and trading address differ, both must
appear on business letters.
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5. Tax disclosures
- VAT: Once registered, the VAT number must appear:
- On every invoice;
- In the website footer;
- On any quotation / order acknowledgement issued to a UK or
EU buyer;
- In email signatures of sales / billing staff.
- Corporation tax: No public footer disclosure required;
filed annually with HMRC.
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6. Jurisdiction-specific addenda
| Jurisdiction | Additional disclosure |
|---|---|
| France (B2C sales) | "AlphaGen Holdings Limited — Société à responsabilité limitée selon le droit anglais" plus French registration of the website if applicable. |
| Germany (Impressum) | Full §1 text plus a German-language Impressum on /de/impressum, including responsible person under §55 RStV. |
| California (USA) consumers (CCPA / CPRA) | "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link on alpha-gen.ai if AlphaGen meets the CCPA threshold and serves California consumers. Currently below threshold; reviewed annually. |
These addenda are activated only when AlphaGen sells to
consumers in the relevant jurisdiction.
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7. Implementation note for engineers
The footer disclosure is sourced from a single config file at
config/legal/trading-disclosures.json:
`json
{
"company_name": "AlphaGen Holdings Limited",
"company_number": "17084844",
"place_of_registration": "England and Wales",
"registered_office": "[TO BE INSERTED]",
"vat_number": null,
"domain": "alpha-gen.ai",
"directors_url": "https://alpha-gen.ai/legal/directors"
}
`
Marketing website, customer portal, and mobile app fetch this
config at build time (or render-time for the API endpoint) so
any update propagates to every surface from a single change.
The legal-docs API (see
docs/legal/README.md §5) returns this data alongside the
canonical legal documents.
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8. Updates
This page is reviewed whenever:
- The registered office moves;
- A director is appointed or resigns;
- VAT registration is filed;
- AlphaGen begins selling to consumers in a new
jurisdiction-specific regime;
- The Companies Act / Trading Disclosures Regulations are
updated.
Material changes are recorded below and announced in the master
legal CHANGELOG.
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Appendix A — Current directors
[TO BE COMPLETED — list of current directors with names and
appointment dates, refreshed from Companies House.]
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Document control
| Version | Date | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | 2026-04-27 | AlphaGen Legal | Initial publication. Registered office address, VAT number, and directors list to be completed before first external publication. |