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You may have recently received an email from Companies House regarding the updates that are coming in to force in Autumn 2025 in respect of Identity Verification under The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA)
You only need to verify your identity once, and the code that Companies House issue you with can be used on all Companies that you are linked to. If you verify your own identity, please provide us with the code you are provided with so that we can continue to file documents at Companies House on your behalf.
Once these new regulations become mandatory, we will be unable to file any documents with Companies House without the personal code Companies House will issue you with once your identity is verified. This will be required for all Directors and Persons with Significant Control (PSC’s). A PSC is generally any shareholder who owns more than 25% shareholding in a company.
If you do not verify your identity you’ll be committing an offence and there are a range of consequences, including a financial penalty and being unable to start a new company.
Next steps:
The IDV does not become mandatory until Autumn 2025 but you can get ahead of the game and verify your identity in advance to ensure there will be no delays that could then impact the filing of documents with Companies House.
You can verify your identity using the following methods:
– online using GOV.UK One Login – if you have the identity documents or information required
– in person at selected Post Offices – 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)
Infinity Financial Solutions Limited has registered as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) and will be able to undertake the identity verification process should you so wish.
Verification Process
If you would like Infinity to verify your identification then the person being verified will need to provide 2 documents in total. They must provide either:
- 2 documents from group A
- 1 document from group A, and 1 document from group B
If the person you’re verifying does not live in the UK, they must provide at least one government issued document.
Group A documents they can provide are:
- passport or Irish passport card – these can be up to 18 months expired
- identity card with biometric information from the EU, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein
- UK biometric residence permit (BRP) – these can be up to 18 months expired
- UK biometric residence card (BRC)
- UK accredited PASS card
- UK or EU driver digital tachograph card
- UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and EU photocard driving licence (full or provisional)
- UK HM Forces ID Card
- UK HM Armed Forces Veteran Card
- UK Frontier Worker permit
- photographic work permit (government issued)
- photographic immigration document
- photographic visa
- UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man firearms licence
- another type of photographic ID listed on PRADO (opens in a new tab) – such as a National Identity Card (Pakistan), crew member certificate (South Africa), or Permanent Resident Card (USA)
Group B documents they can provide are:
- birth or adoption certificate
- marriage or civil partnership certificate
- non-photographic immigration document
- non-photographic visa
- non-photographic work permit
- bank or building society statement
- UK local authority or social housing rental agreement – this must be for the person’s current address
- mortgage statement – this must be for the person’s current address
- UK council tax statement – this must be for the person’s current address
- utility bill – this must be for the person’s current address
We will charge an administration fee to do the Identification Verification on your behalf.
