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This is an official email from Companies House, sent to all registered email 
addresses. The information in this email is relevant to all companies 
registered in the UK. If you’re a third-party agent who has received this 
email on behalf of a company, pleas…




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This is an official email from Companies House, sent to all registered email 
addresses. The information in this email is relevant to all companies 
registered in the UK. If you’re a third-party agent who has received this 
email on behalf of a company, please forward this message to the company 
director(s) of all companies you work with.

  _____

From 18 November 2025, if you’re a company director or a person with 
significant control (PSC), you must verify your identity by your due date.

The Companies House register 
<https://www.gov.uk/get-information-about-a-company>  will be updated on 18 
November 2025 to show the due dates for each role you hold.


What you need to do


Identity verification is a 2-step process:

1. Verify your identity and get your Companies House personal code.

2. Provide your personal code to confirm you are verified for each role you 
hold.

Watch our understanding identity verification video 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0qU_y1WUT0>  and read our guidance for 
more information on when you need to verify and provide your personal code 
<https://www.gov.uk/guidance/when-you-need-to-verify-your-identity-for-companies-house> 
.

If you’ve already verified your identity for Companies House, you do not 
need to do it again but you will need to provide us with your personal code 
for each role you hold.

  _____


How to verify your identity


There are 2 ways to verify your identity for Companies House

1. Using the ‘Verify your identity for Companies House 
<https://www.gov.uk/guidance/verify-your-identity-for-companies-house> ’ 
service

This service uses GOV.UK One Login to verify your identity.

GOV.UK One Login will ask you a few simple questions to work out the best 
way for you to verify your identity online. The options available may depend 
on your device, whether you have photo ID, and the type of ID you have.

Find out more about proving your identity with GOV.UK One Login 
<https://www.gov.uk/using-your-gov-uk-one-login/proving-your-identity> .

2. Using an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP)

You can ask an ACSP to verify your identity on your behalf – for example, an 
accountant or solicitor. Find out more about ACSPs 
<https://identity.company-information.service.gov.uk/identity-verification/verifying-with-authorised-corporate-service-provider> 
.

When an agent has agreed to verify your identity, you’ll need to give them 
documents from an approved list as evidence of your identity. They may 
charge a fee for their services.

  _____


Filing your next confirmation statement after 18 November


You will not be able to file your company’s confirmation statement after 18 
November unless all directors have verified their identity.

You must include the personal code of every company director in the 
confirmation statement. Your filing will be rejected if you do not include 
this information.

If someone else files the confirmation statement for your company, all 
directors must share their personal code with them.

Find out more about your Companies House personal code 
<https://www.gov.uk/guidance/companies-house-personal-codes-for-identity-verification> 
and where to find it.

  _____


Why this matters for you and your business


Economic crime costs the UK billions each year and creates unfair 
competition for legitimate businesses like yours. Identity verification 
protects honest business owners from being impersonated by criminals and 
creates a cleaner, more trustworthy business environment.

For most people, verification takes just a few minutes and only needs to be 
done once.

  _____


Consequences of not verifying your identity


Any director who continues to act without verifying their identity will be 
committing an offence. The company is also committing an offence if they 
fail to rectify this.

If you do not comply with the verification requirements 
<https://www.gov.uk/guidance/verifying-your-identity-for-companies-house#what-happens-if-you-do-not-verify> 
, Companies House may take enforcement action. This may include prosecution 
and financial penalties for the company and its directors.

The company and its directors may also be committing an offence for failing 
to file a confirmation statement.

  _____

Please forward this message to any company directors or PSCs who need to 
verify their identity.

Identity verification requirements for limited partnerships, corporate 
directors of companies, corporate members of limited liability partnerships 
(LLPs), and officers of corporate PSCs, will be introduced at a later date.

  _____


How to stay up to date


Read all the latest updates on our Changes to UK company law website 
<https://changestoukcompanylaw.campaign.gov.uk/?utm_source=notify>  and sign 
up for our regular email newsletters 
<https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKCH/subscriber/new> .

  _____

You’ve received this email because you provided this registered email 
address to Companies House. You cannot unsubscribe from emails to the 
registered email address as this is a legal requirement under the Companies 
Act 2006. We will only use this email address to communicate about your 
company. The registered email address will not appear on the public 
register.

To change the company’s registered email address, go to: Update a registered 
email address 
<https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/registered-email-address> 
.

This is a no-reply email. If you need to contact us because you did not 
provide this email address as a registered email address, please email 
enquiries@companieshouse.gov.uk <mailto:enquiries%40companieshouse.gov.uk> .






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line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">This is an official email from =
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you=E2=80=99ve already verified your identity for Companies House, you =
do not need to do it again but you will need to provide us with your =
personal code for each role you hold.</p></blockquote></div><hr =
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the =E2=80=98<a style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; color: #1D70B8;" =
href=3D"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/verify-your-identity-for-companies-ho=
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style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: =
#0B0C0C;">This service uses GOV.=E2=80=8BUK One Login to verify your =
identity.</p><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; =
line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">GOV.=E2=80=8BUK One Login will ask =
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your identity online. The options available may depend on your device, =
whether you have photo ID, and the type of ID you have.</p><p =
style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: =
#0B0C0C;">Find out more about <a style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; color: =
#1D70B8;" =
href=3D"https://www.gov.uk/using-your-gov-uk-one-login/proving-your-ident=
ity">proving your identity with GOV.=E2=80=8BUK One Login</a>.</p><p =
style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: =
#0B0C0C;">2. Using an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP)</p><p =
style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: =
#0B0C0C;">You can ask an ACSP to verify your identity on your behalf =
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href=3D"https://identity.company-information.service.gov.uk/identity-veri=
fication/verifying-with-authorised-corporate-service-provider">Find out =
more about ACSPs</a>.</p><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: =
19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">When an agent has agreed to =
verify your identity, you=E2=80=99ll need to give them documents from an =
approved list as evidence of your identity. They may charge a fee for =
their services.</p><hr style=3D"border: 0; height: 1px; background: =
#B1B4B6; Margin: 30px 0 30px 0;"><h2 style=3D"Margin: 0 0 15px 0; =
padding: 10px 0 0 0; font-size: 27px; line-height: 35px; font-weight: =
bold; color: #0B0C0C;">Filing your next confirmation statement after 18 =
November</h2><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; =
line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">You will not be able to file your =
company=E2=80=99s confirmation statement after 18 November unless all =
directors have verified their identity.</p><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px =
0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">You must include =
the personal code of every company director in the confirmation =
statement. Your filing will be rejected if you do not include this =
information.</p><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; =
line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">If someone else files the =
confirmation statement for your company, all directors must share their =
personal code with them.</p><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: =
19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">Find out more about your <a =
style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; color: #1D70B8;" =
href=3D"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/companies-house-personal-codes-for-id=
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it.</p><hr style=3D"border: 0; height: 1px; background: #B1B4B6; Margin: =
30px 0 30px 0;"><h2 style=3D"Margin: 0 0 15px 0; padding: 10px 0 0 0; =
font-size: 27px; line-height: 35px; font-weight: bold; color: =
#0B0C0C;">Why this matters for you and your business</h2><p =
style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: =
#0B0C0C;">Economic crime costs the UK billions each year and creates =
unfair competition for legitimate businesses like yours. Identity =
verification protects honest business owners from being impersonated by =
criminals and creates a cleaner, more trustworthy business environment. =
</p><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; =
color: #0B0C0C;">For most people, verification takes just a few minutes =
and only needs to be done once.</p><hr style=3D"border: 0; height: 1px; =
background: #B1B4B6; Margin: 30px 0 30px 0;"><h2 style=3D"Margin: 0 0 =
15px 0; padding: 10px 0 0 0; font-size: 27px; line-height: 35px; =
font-weight: bold; color: #0B0C0C;">Consequences of not verifying your =
identity</h2><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; =
line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">Any director who continues to act =
without verifying their identity will be committing an offence. The =
company is also committing an offence if they fail to rectify this. =
</p><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; =
color: #0B0C0C;"><a style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; color: #1D70B8;" =
href=3D"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/verifying-your-identity-for-companies=
-house#what-happens-if-you-do-not-verify">If you do not comply with the =
verification requirements</a>, Companies House may take enforcement =
action. This may include prosecution and financial penalties for the =
company and its directors.</p><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: =
19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">The company and its directors =
may also be committing an offence for failing to file a confirmation =
statement.</p><hr style=3D"border: 0; height: 1px; background: #B1B4B6; =
Margin: 30px 0 30px 0;"><div style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0;"><blockquote =
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0.1px 15px; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px;"><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 =
20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">Please =
forward this message to any company directors or PSCs who need to verify =
their identity.</p><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; =
line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">Identity verification requirements =
for limited partnerships, corporate directors of companies, corporate =
members of limited liability partnerships (LLPs), and officers of =
corporate PSCs, will be introduced at a later =
date.</p></blockquote></div><hr style=3D"border: 0; height: 1px; =
background: #B1B4B6; Margin: 30px 0 30px 0;"><h2 style=3D"Margin: 0 0 =
15px 0; padding: 10px 0 0 0; font-size: 27px; line-height: 35px; =
font-weight: bold; color: #0B0C0C;">How to stay up to date</h2><p =
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#0B0C0C;"><a style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; color: #1D70B8;" =
href=3D"https://changestoukcompanylaw.campaign.gov.uk/?utm_source=3Dnotif=
y">Read all the latest updates on our Changes to UK company law =
website</a> and <a style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; color: #1D70B8;" =
href=3D"https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKCH/subscriber/new">sign=
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