From the 18 November 2025, Companies House are introducing identify verification checks for both company directors and the persons of significant control (someone who owns 25% or more of a company).
The checks are due to be done when next confirmation statement is submitted to Companies House and going forward these checks will happen automatically for new companies. The checks can also be done anytime ahead of the confirmation statement.
As we are an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (or better known as a ACSP) we are able to verify a director’s or person of significant control’s identity for Companies House and assist in completing the checks.
For the checks to be completed a director or person of significant control must provide their full name, a note of any previous names, date of birth, home address including previous addresses from the last 12 months if applicable and a unique email address that has not been used previously for identity checks along with a form of identification.
Once we have been provided with this and completed the checks, a personal code will be sent to the email Companies House have been provided with. This code can be submitted and confirms the identity of the person has been checked.
The good news is, if you are a director or person of significant control for multiple companies the code provided for one company can be used again however the form will still need to be completed in full as with the first one.
These checks can be completed by us as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider. Companies House have advised these checks can take anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes per person therefore a small fee per form will be charged. Included below is our anticipated fee guide, these are based on how many identity verification checks are needed per company.
|
Number of Checks |
Cost (net of VAT) |
|
1 – 2 |
£25 |
|
3 – 4 |
£45 |
|
5 – 6 |
£60 |
|
7 or more |
£75 |
Please note that the cost is only indicative of completing the form itself, it does not include any disbursement for ID capture.
If you would like to find out more, please contact us at Office@msactax.co.uk
Evie Tait, M&S Accountancy and Taxation Ltd.
