Start with Your Present Position

Use this hub for an existing directorship, a proposed appointment or the next task after verification. It also helps people arranging checks for directors. If checks remain, Coddan explains suitable evidence, arranges the Credas case and reviews the results. Your personal manager gives instructions and progress updates by email or telephone.

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Need help choosing the next step? Email info@coddan.co.uk with whether you are enquiring for yourself or someone else, the role, completed verification/code steps, relevant company details, remaining difficulty and date. If document suitability is unclear, give the document type and issuing country. We explain suitable work and charges before you decide. An enquiry creates no obligation; identity evidence and confidential codes follow the appropriate secure process.

Choose the next step that applies to you

You may need verification, a code or a separate company action. If everything required is complete, no further verification purchase is needed.

Already verified for Companies House through GOV.UK One Login or an ACSP?

You do not need to buy a duplicate check when your Companies House verification is already accepted. In most cases, you verify once; do not verify again unless Companies House tells you to. Companies House issues your personal 11-character code, which you reuse for relevant appointments and roles. A general GOV.UK One Login identity check or an earlier AML/KYC check does not by itself establish completed Companies House verification.

Nothing outstanding? If your verification and all applicable role submissions and company filings are complete, no further action or verification purchase is needed for those completed tasks. Receiving a code does not automatically link roles or complete filings.

Need help? Existing Coddan customers can contact their personal manager. Before ordering, email info@coddan.co.uk with your role, company details, completed steps and question; say if you are arranging work for someone else. We explain suitable next steps and confirm scope and charges for any separately instructed work. An enquiry creates no obligation.

Do not send identity documents or confidential codes in your initial enquiry email. If needed for agreed work, we explain the appropriate secure process.

Director ID verification for Companies House, with personal-manager support

Need to verify your identity as a director or person with significant control (PSC)? Coddan arranges your supported checks, explains what to provide and professionally reviews the results. Choose verification on its own, with company formation or filing work separately instructed if needed.

• ✓ Normal manager help included
• ✓ Pre-order enquiries without obligation

Describe your role, verification position, document type, issuing country and relevant date. Keep identity documents and confidential codes out of an ordinary initial email; follow the instructed secure process.

Choose the verification service that fits your position

Each one-off verification package covers one individual director or PSC. Several appointments, or holding both roles, do not automatically require several purchases. Normal personal-manager assistance and professional review are included in all four options.

The prices below are for UK customers and show VAT at 20%. Under Coddan's agreed ID-verification policy, overseas customers are not charged UK VAT; confirm the applicable total with Coddan before payment. Residence alone does not determine which service you need.

Your 11-character Personal Code after successful verification

After Coddan is satisfied and submits its ACSP confirmation, Companies House emails the 11-character Personal Code to the individual. Companies House guidance says the email should arrive within a few hours after ACSP verification. This is its post-verification delivery estimate, rather than a turnaround measured from ordering. Your manager can help clarify your verification and code-receipt position.

Verification first, coordinated company work where needed. Tell Coddan whether a director or PSC submission or company filing also remains. We confirm the supported next work, authority and charges. You can arrange separately instructed confirmation-statement filing through Coddan or retain your existing provider. Code receipt, role submissions and filing remain distinct steps; they are not completed automatically by buying verification.

Already verified? Do not purchase another check simply because you have another company or role. Companies House says not to verify again unless instructed. If only code use, a role submission or the company filing remains, address that task. No further verification action may be needed.

Prefer the free official route? Use GOV.UK One Login for Companies House verification. The service identifies the available method and requirements from your answers.

Coordinated verification for directors, PSCs and boards

Arrange supported verification for several individuals, with each person's checks, review and Personal Code treated separately. Discuss any related director or PSC submission or confirmation-statement work with Coddan so the quotation identifies the supported services, responsibilities and charges. A single per-person package does not cover an entire board.

Ask about a discounted multi-person or intermediary quotation. Give the organisation's name and legal structure, number of distinct individuals and relevant dates. Professional intermediaries should also identify their firm and whether one or several client organisations are involved. Each individual still completes their own checks; permitted communication contacts must be agreed.

Do I Need Companies House Identity Verification?

The timing depends on your role and when it began. Check the current Companies House timing guidance and the relevant company record before deciding what remains.

Already complete?

Do not verify again unless Companies House tells you to. If accepted verification, required role connections and any relevant filing are complete, no further verification purchase is needed.

Will your evidence meet the requirements?

Suitable evidence depends on the route, checking method and documents supported by Coddan’s service. Have your full and former names, date of birth, home address, the previous 12 months’ address history and contact details ready. If suitability is unclear, describe the document type and issuing country before ordering. Your manager explains what to provide through the supported process; do not email identity documents in an ordinary initial enquiry.

Coddan reviews the results and any clarification against the Companies House verification standard and submits ACSP confirmation only when satisfied. Owning a listed document or completing a scan does not by itself establish successful verification. For practical preparation, read the director-check guidance.

What makes supported verification straightforward?

Start with what remains: choose the free official route or a suitable published Coddan service, or ask an optional question before ordering. For a Coddan order, clear evidence instructions and personal-manager guidance help you prepare for your own supported document and liveness checks. Coddan creates the Credas case and sends the email/SMS invitation, reviews the results and seeks clarification where needed. Suitable preparation helps limit avoidable back-and-forth; you are not left to interpret the results alone.

Coddan manually submits confirmation through its Companies House ACSP account when satisfied that the required standard has been met. Companies House then emails the Personal Code to the individual at the supplied address. An order receipt or completed Credas check is not that completion point. If the code is missing, check the address and spam/junk folder, then follow the official code-delivery guidance. Director/PSC submissions and company filings remain separate; where every applicable task is complete, no further purchase is needed.

Verification for several people or professional clients

Each verification package covers one individual director or PSC. Count the distinct people who still need verification, not their appointments. Discounted quotations are available for several individuals and professional intermediaries; charges are confirmed for the agreed work before you decide whether to order.

Email info@coddan.co.uk with the organisation’s name and legal structure, number of people, relevant dates and requested coordination. Intermediaries can use the professional-client verification quotation form; include your firm’s name and whether one client organisation or several are involved. An enquiry creates no obligation to order.

Identify who is instructing and paying, who will complete the checks and the proposed communication contacts. Agree authority for progress information; arranging or paying for a check does not itself authorise access to another person’s evidence or Personal Code. Each individual completes their own required checks.

Companies House ID verification for directors and PSCs living overseas

Coddan helps directors and individual PSCs of UK companies complete supported verification remotely through Credas. Your personal manager explains what to prepare, answers questions and keeps you informed by email or telephone. The service is available independently of company formation. Each package covers one individual; overseas residence alone does not require a specialist package.

You complete the applicable identity and liveness checks. Coddan reviews the results, seeks clarification and manually submits ACSP confirmation when satisfied. Companies House emails your Personal Code; role submissions and company filings remain separate tasks.

A published service already fits your needs? You can order it through the service options; an enquiry is optional. You can also consider the free official verification route, subject to its available methods and requirements.

Accepted existing verification may mean no new check is needed. If your applicable verification, role submissions and filings are complete, no further action is needed for those completed tasks.

Understand what is complete and what remains

Your manager explains order and verification progress, outstanding information and the relevant completion point. After successful verification, check whether a Personal Code, role submission or company filing still needs attention. Normal manager assistance is distinct from paid priority handling, extended consultation and continuing company support. Further attempts, additional work and charges follow the agreed service; ask before proceeding if the scope is unclear.

Your Personal Code and company authentication code

Personal Code: Companies House issues this 11-character code to the verified individual. It is used for identity-verification requirements, including director appointments, confirmation statements and separate PSC details. Understand or locate your Personal Code.

Company authentication code: this six-character alphanumeric code belongs to the company and authorises relevant electronic filings. It does not verify a director or PSC. Some filings may require both codes for different purposes; follow the requirements of the particular filing route. Read the official company-code guidance.

Neither code replaces the other, the company registration number, a One Login password or an agent’s presenter credentials. For using your Personal Code for a director role or Personal Code management and recovery, follow the relevant guidance. Keep both codes secure; a pre-order enquiry need only describe the task, not disclose the code.

Received your 11-character Companies House personal code? What happens next

Companies House issues your code after successful verification. Receiving it does not automatically connect your roles or complete company filings. Check what remains for each company, whether you are the individual concerned or authorised to arrange work for them. Both cards may apply: a director who is also a PSC supplies the same code separately for each role.

Already completed the relevant submissions? No further action is needed for those completed tasks. A remaining filing does not itself require another verification purchase.

Becoming a director: verification and the appointment

New directors provide their Personal Code with the appointment filing or incorporation. If you already have accepted verification, use the existing code; completing an identity check alone does not appoint you or register a company.

Recognise what is complete

Verification confirmation, Companies House issuing the code, connecting each role and recording a company event are separate stages. Check the relevant confirmation or company record for the task you have instructed; do not treat an order receipt or completed Credas check as proof that every stage is complete.

Later implementation phases

Companies House currently lists corporate directors, corporate LLP members, officers of corporate PSCs, limited partnerships and filers for later identity-verification phases. Check the current commencement guidance before applying an individual-director requirement to another role.

Secure evidence and clear responsibilities

Follow your personal manager’s evidence-submission instructions. Do not attach identity documents or confidential codes to an ordinary initial enquiry. If an invitation is unexpected or doubtful, check with Coddan through your established contact before using it. An email or SMS displaying a familiar name is not sufficient proof of authenticity.

Companies House displays a verification statement after your verified identity is connected to its records. This is distinct from your confidential evidence and the verification records that must be retained. Read Coddan’s privacy information and the official ACSP guidance for context.