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Subject: Verify your identity for Companies House now
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 14:54:12 +0100
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This is an official email from Companies House, sent to all registered email 
addresses. 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). 
Identity verification All comp…




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This is an official email from Companies House, sent to all registered email 
addresses. 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).

  _____


Identity verification


All company directors and people with significant control (PSCs) need to 
verify their identity to prove who they are. This is a new legal requirement 
under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 to help prevent 
people using companies for illegal purposes.

Identity verification will become mandatory in autumn 2025.

Act now and verify your identity before it becomes a requirement.

Early action will help you to avoid delays or complications. If your company 
has multiple officers, allow plenty of time for each one to verify their 
identity. Directors based outside of the UK may also need extra time if they 
plan to use an authorised agent, also known as an Authorised Corporate 
Service Provider (ACSP) to verify their identity.

  _____


How to verify your identity


You can verify:


*
online using GOV.UK One Login 
<https://www.gov.uk/guidance/verify-your-identity-for-companies-house>  – if 
you have the identity documents or information required

*
in person at selected Post Offices 
<https://www.gov.uk/guidance/verify-your-identity-for-companies-house>  – 
you must live in the UK and will need to use the ‘Verify your identity for 
Companies House’ service first to find out if you can verify this way

*
using an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) – for example, an 
accountant or solicitor who has registered as a Companies House authorised 
agent (you’ll need to provide suitable identity documents)

  _____


What happens when you verify


Identity verification is a two-step process.

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

This code is personal to you, not the company. Keep this information secure 
until you need to use it.

Step 2: From autumn 2025, link your verified identity to our records.

You’ll need to provide your personal code and a verification statement for 
each company role you hold. We’ll provide more information on how to do this 
in the coming months.

Read guidance on verifying your identity for Companies House 
<https://www.gov.uk/guidance/verifying-your-identity-for-companies-house>

If you or any other directors do not comply with identity verification 
requirements on time, you will not be able to file your company’s 
confirmation statement or other filings.

You’ll also be committing an offence and there are a range of consequences, 
including a financial penalty and being unable to start a new company.

  _____


Check the register


It’s important to make sure we hold the correct details for each director 
and PSC of your company.

You will not be able to complete identity verification if the personal 
information on your identity documents, such as your date of birth, does not 
match the information held on our register.

Check the details we hold for you and your company 
<https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/> .

You can tell us about some changes online 
<https://www.gov.uk/file-changes-to-a-company-with-companies-house> . For 
other changes, such as incorrect or missing information about directors or 
people with significant control (PSCs) on your incorporation documents, you’ll 
need to file a paper form 
<https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/companies-house-forms-for-limited-companies> 
.

  _____


How to keep 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> 
.

Please email enquiries@companieshouse.gov.uk 
<mailto:enquiries%40companieshouse.gov.uk>  if you did not provide this 
email address as a registered email address.






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line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">Identity verification is a two-step =
process.</p><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; =
line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">Step 1: Verify your identity and get =
your Companies House personal code.</p><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; =
font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">This code is =
personal to you, not the company. Keep this information secure until you =
need to use it.</p><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; =
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to provide your personal code and a verification statement for each =
company role you hold. We=E2=80=99ll provide more information on how to =
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19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">If you or any other directors =
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not be able to file your company=E2=80=99s confirmation statement or =
other filings. </p><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; =
line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">You=E2=80=99ll also be committing an =
offence and there are a range of consequences, including a financial =
penalty and being unable to start a new company. =
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padding: 10px 0 0 0; font-size: 27px; line-height: 35px; font-weight: =
bold; color: #0B0C0C;">Check the register</h2><p style=3D"Margin: 0 0 =
20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: =
#0B0C0C;">It=E2=80=99s important to make sure we hold the correct =
details for each director and PSC of your company.  </p><p =
style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: =
#0B0C0C;">You will not be able to complete identity verification if the =
personal information on your identity documents, such as your date of =
birth, does not match the information held on our register. </p><p =
style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: =
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style=3D"Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: =
#0B0C0C;">You can <a style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; color: #1D70B8;" =
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significant control (PSCs) on your incorporation documents, =
you=E2=80=99ll need to <a style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; color: =
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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 keep up to =
date</h2><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://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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#0B0C0C;">You=E2=80=99ve received this email because you provided this =
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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 =
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