Companies House Identity Verification Checker

What is Companies House identity verification?

Companies House identity verification is part of the UK's reforms to improve the reliability of information on the companies register and make it harder to use companies for unlawful activity. The changes affect people who form, manage or control companies, including directors and persons with significant control (PSCs). They also affect people who file information on behalf of a company.

Verification connects a real person to a verified identity. It does not replace the company's existing filing duties, and it is not the same as filing annual accounts or a confirmation statement. A company can therefore be up to date with its accounts while one or more people still have a verification action or status recorded against their appointment.

The transition began in November 2025, but that does not create one identical deadline for every director and PSC. Requirements can be triggered by incorporation, appointment, a confirmation statement cycle or another official process. That is why Statutrak puts the public API record first. If Companies House provides an official due date for a person, we show it. If the API provides only a status or verification statement date, we show that status and do not calculate a substitute.

How to verify your identity

Verify directly using GOV.UK One Login

Most people can use the official GOV.UK service. You will be asked for information and evidence that can confirm who you are. The exact checks may vary depending on the documents or information available to you. Start only from the official GOV.UK identity-verification guidance and follow the route it provides.

Use an Authorised Corporate Service Provider

An Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) can verify identity for a client. ACSPs can include suitably supervised accountants, solicitors and company formation agents that have registered with Companies House. This can be useful when direct online verification is not suitable, but the provider may charge and will perform its own checks.

Official dates you need to know

Directors

A director's requirement depends on when they became a director and how Companies House applies the transition to their appointment. A newly incorporated company or a new appointment can follow a different path from an existing director. The public director record may include an appointment verification statement due date, the date a statement was supplied, or a date on which identity was verified. Statutrak reads those fields exactly as provided.

Persons with significant control

Individual PSCs also need to follow the identity-verification requirements that apply to their notification and role. Their timing is not safely inferred from a date of birth, the company's accounts date or a generic transition date. The Companies House record can show an official due date, a period in which a statement applies, or verified status. Corporate and legal-person PSCs are different record types and are not mixed into the individual PSC check.

When no official due date appears

A missing due date is not presented as “no action required”. It means only that the current public API response does not contain that particular official date. Statutrak still reports any available verification status and links to the official route. This distinction matters: a responsible compliance monitor should expose uncertainty instead of manufacturing a confident but potentially wrong deadline.

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