Send us your details and we'll arrange your Companies House identity check. You can use this service on its own or alongside our accountancy services.
We confirm the fee and arrangements with you before the check starts.
Use it to photograph your original ID and complete the face check.
We review the evidence and report successful verification to Companies House.
We'll review your application and contact you to confirm the fee and arrange your secure identity check.
Your application reference
Your identity check is the next step. Please keep your original ID ready for the secure link we send you.
Read the document checklistKeep your original documents ready for the secure identity-check link we send you. Your website application gets the process started; the identity check follows separately.
The usual document options for our digital check are:
If you have a different type of ID, an expired document or need help with the digital check, tell us when we contact you. We will confirm which documents and checking route are suitable for you.
When your secure link arrives:
Take the photographs within the secure check. Please keep ID images out of your website application and ordinary email.
You will be asked to take a photograph of your face and follow the on-screen instructions.
If you need assistance or cannot complete this step, contact us so we can discuss the next step with you.
We may need more evidence to complete your check, particularly if your name or address cannot be confirmed.
Supporting evidence does not automatically replace photo ID. We will explain what is needed for your circumstances and how to provide it securely.
Companies House requires your home address and address history for the last 12 months. Start with your current address. If you moved during that time, include your previous addresses so every month is covered.
After you complete the secure check, we review the evidence and report successful identity verification to Companies House. Sending the form or finishing the digital check does not, by itself, complete that reporting step.
UK company directors and People with Significant Control (PSCs) now have to complete Companies House identity verification, with deadlines depending on their role and circumstances. Existing directors generally provide their personal code with the company's next confirmation statement during the transition period.
The change comes from the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA). Companies House has moved from being a register that accepted whatever was filed to one that checks who is filing, and can reject filings and pursue penalties where the verification is not in place.
The main change is mandatory identity verification. New directors need to verify as part of incorporation or appointment, while existing directors and PSCs follow the Companies House timing rules for their role.
As a regulated Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP), Blue Jay Accountants is regulated by CIMA and authorised by Companies House to verify client identities and report completed verifications to Companies House.
The verification rule is enforced, not encouraged. Where it is missing, three things follow in practice, and they apply whether the omission was deliberate or simply overlooked during the transition.
An individual who continues to act as a director after their verification deadline may be committing an offence, and the company and other directors may also be exposed to consequences under the Companies House rules.
Companies House identity verification is now built into new incorporations, new director appointments and confirmation-statement filings. If the required personal codes are not provided, the filing may not be accepted.
Acting as a director without verification, or submitting false statements to the registrar, can be an offence and may carry penalties.
Under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, UK company directors and People with Significant Control must complete identity verification, with timing set by their role and Companies House guidance. As a regulated Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP), we conduct the identity checks securely and submit the verification directly to Companies House on your behalf, so the company is ready for the new rules from the outset.
You can verify through the government's portal directly, but it runs as a separate process from your accounts.
Because we already manage your year-end statutory accounts and tax affairs, appointing us as your ACSP means identity checks, confirmation statements and the wider compliance calendar are handled together. Your Companies House record stays in step with your financial record without you managing two separate processes.
We confirm the directors and PSCs on the Companies House register, then tell you which details and identity evidence we need. This normally includes your full name, home address, email address and acceptable identity evidence.
Once we have completed the check, we report the successful verification to Companies House. Companies House then sends your personal code to the email address supplied for the verification, ready to use where it is required for your company record.
Our ACSP status lets us verify directors and PSCs for limited companies across the UK, from clients local to Sheffield and Mansfield to companies operating anywhere in the United Kingdom. Your identity verification under the new Companies House regime is handled through the same compliance calendar as your company filings.
See the onboarding stepsACSP stands for Authorised Corporate Service Provider. It is the Companies House status for regulated firms that can verify director and PSC identities for Companies House and tell Companies House when the verification has been completed. Blue Jay Accountants holds ACSP status and is regulated by CIMA, whose anti-money-laundering supervision applies the Money Laundering Regulations stringently.
Only if they hold ACSP status with Companies House and are supervised for anti-money laundering, either by their professional body (such as CIMA, ICAEW, or ACCA) or directly by HMRC. Identity verification under the new rules can only be carried out by registered ACSPs or directly through the Companies House portal.
Failure to complete identity verification under the ECCTA can put the director, PSC and company in breach of the rules. Companies House guidance should be followed for the exact deadline and filing consequences, including how personal codes are provided for each role.
Yes. Companies House offers a direct verification route via GOV.UK. The practical advantage of using an ACSP is that we handle the verification alongside your existing compliance obligations, so your identity checks, annual filings, and statutory accounts are all coordinated under one firm. This reduces the risk of something falling through the cracks during the transition to the new rules.
Identity verification itself is a one-off check per individual. Your company's ongoing obligations under ECCTA, however, are continuous: annual confirmation statements, registered office compliance, and PSC registers all need keeping up to date. As your ACSP, we monitor these requirements throughout the year alongside your statutory accounts and Corporation Tax filings.
Companies House guidance explains who needs to verify their identity, when personal codes are required and how an Authorised Corporate Service Provider can complete identity verification on a client's behalf.
A short call with a Chartered Management Accountant is enough to check the directors and PSCs on the register, plan the verification order, and bring it alongside your statutory accounts and Corporation Tax filings.
Book an ACSP reviewAuthorised Corporate Service Provider for UK limited companies in South Yorkshire, the East Midlands and across the UK, with the work run through secure cloud records and scheduled calls.
Existing directors provide their personal code with the next confirmation statement during the transition that began on 18 November 2025. A director of several companies must do this for each one. If you are also a person with significant control (PSC), send the same code separately through the PSC service during the 14 days starting the day after the confirmation statement date. Filing the statement early does not move that PSC window.
An existing PSC who is not a director of that company uses the first 14 days of their birth month under the transition rules. A new PSC can provide the code when added to the register or within 14 days afterwards. Check your dates on the register. New directors verify for incorporation or appointment. Verification itself and providing the code for each role are separate steps.
Presenter verification and mandatory authorised-agent registration for filing on behalf of clients are planned for a later date, no earlier than November 2026. That is not a confirmed November start date. Existing director and PSC duties still apply now.
See Companies House role deadlines and its presenter timetable notice.
