Companies House Confirms Identity Verification Roll-Out

Written By Lucinda Lucey

From the 18th November 2025, all company directors and people with significant control (PSCs) will be legally required to verify their identity under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.

Directors

If you are currently a Director, you will need to provide your personal code in your company's next confirmation statement filing from 18th November 2025. If you become a Director after 18th November 2025, you will need to provide it as a part of your appointment filing or when you incorporate a company.

People with Significant Control (PSCs)

You will need to provide your personal code to Companies House for your role as a PSC. Every PSC will have a 14 day period during which they must provide their personal code.

There will be an online service to do this when the requirement comes into force on 18th November 2025.

If you are a Director and a PSC you will need to provide your code for both:-

  • As a Director you must provide the code when filing the Company’s confirmation statement.

  • As a PSC you must provide it using a separate service within 14 days of your company's confirmation statement date (service available from 18th November 2025).

The easiest way for Directors and PSC's to verify their identity and receive a personal code is to use GOV.UK One. If you do not have a GOV.UK One account you can easily create a new account, both can be accessed by following the below link:

https://signin.account.gov.uk/sign-in-or-create

Once you have verified your Identification via your GOV.UK One account, you will be sent a unique identifier known as a Companies House Personal Code, which can then be used to file online at Companies House.

Misc

Companies House will send the code to the individual, regardless of who has applied for it. That means a personal email address for the individual will need to be provided even when the identity check has been undertaken by an accountant registered as an ACSP.

Companies House are treating the personal code as a secure piece of information, similar to a password. Individuals are encouraged to only share it with people they trust to file on their behalf

Lucinda Lucey
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