Companies House Identity Verification Step by Step

We have created a step by step guide on how to complete the Companies House Verification to help you with this task.

Why you need to verify your identity

Identity verification is a new legal requirement. It will help to deter people intending to use companies for illegal purposes.

By law, you will need to verify your identity to confirm you are who you claim to be.

This will:

reduce the risk of fraud
improve transparency, trust and accuracy of information on the Companies House register

Who needs to verify

You’ll need to verify your identity if you are:

a director
the equivalent of a director – this includes members, general partners and managing officers
a person with significant control
an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) - also known as a Companies House authorised agent
someone who files for a company - for example, a company secretary

In most cases, you’ll only need to verify your identity once. You must not verify again unless Companies House tell you to.

Companies House will introduce identity verification at a later date for:

Please click below to see our detailed step by step.

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