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Coddan CPM Ltd. – Company Registration Agent in the UK

Prepare for your director appointment by confirming your verification position, completing any outstanding identity requirements and progressing to the role itself.

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Plan Your Appointment
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Check Verification Status
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Prepare Identity Information
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Choose Verification Route
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Complete Director Verification
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Progress Your Appointment
Companies Registry's e-Services Portal Identity Verification Director ID Verification Becoming a Director: Express Companies House IDVT & Personal Code

Becoming a Director: Express Companies House IDVT & Personal Code

Choose only the work you need

Already verified through an accepted route? Use your existing Personal Code for the proposed appointment; another directorship does not itself require another check. If verification remains outstanding, consider the free official route or optional Coddan support. Check which support fits before choosing additional work.

Start with suitable preparation

For Coddan-supported verification, your manager explains the information and suitable identity evidence needed for your case. You complete your own requested checks through the supported Credas process, including liveness where applicable. See the preparation guide if you need more detail. UK or overseas location alone does not determine document suitability.

Keep your appointment preparation moving

Provide the requested details consistently and tell your manager about any missing information or document concern. Coddan reviews the results and explains omissions or inconsistencies that need clarification. This gives you a practical next step instead of repeated attempts without understanding the problem. Find help with an incomplete check.

Reach the person helping you

Your personal manager is your contact for instructions, questions and order or verification progress during working hours. Explain which stage you reached, what remains unclear and any relevant appointment date. If a company or professional adviser is coordinating the instruction, each individual still completes their own required checks.

Professional review before confirmation

Coddan acts as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP): the technology performs the applicable identity and document checks, and Coddan reviews the results and any clarification. When satisfied that the required standard has been met, Coddan submits its confirmation. Companies House emails the Personal Code to the individual; completing the checks alone is not the final stage.

Connect verification with the appointment

Coddan can also help with separately instructed company administration, including director appointment filing. The company or authorised filer must still complete the appointment process using the required information. The selected work and charges are agreed separately. Forming a new company instead? Use the formation-specific route.

Your Personal Code and the next company step

After successful verification, your Personal Code belongs to you. Understand or locate your code and check how it is used for the director role. Receiving it does not complete the appointment filing. A separate PSC role also has its own next action.

To ask about verification or connected appointment support, info@coddan.co.uk. Describe your proposed role, the existing company’s name or number, whether you have verified, the difficulty and any relevant date. For evidence questions, describe the document type and issuing country. An enquiry does not commit you to an order; Coddan explains suitable work and charges before you decide.

Arranging checks for several proposed directors or a client? Describe who needs help and the company task so the coordination required can be assessed. Each person’s evidence and checks remain individual.

For location-specific questions, see routine overseas guidance or complex international guidance where relevant. If verification and code readiness are complete, proceed to the separate appointment task; nothing further may be required for identity verification.


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IdentityGuard Pro™

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Buy Now Identity Verification Bundle™ – Standard Companies House Verification for a Proposed Director for £40 + VAT.
The Identity Verification Bundle™ provides a fast, secure and professionally supported standard verification route for an individual preparing to become a director who has not yet completed the required Companies House identity verification. It is suitable for a first-time director or someone preparing to join the board of an existing UK company where identity verification genuinely remains outstanding. Delivered through Coddan CPM's registered Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) framework, the service uses secure Identity Document Validation Technology (IDVT) where appropriate. The applicable technology performs its checks, while Coddan reviews the information, identity evidence and results before deciding whether it is satisfied that the Companies House identity-verification standard has been met.

The service is available to prospective UK and overseas directors using identity evidence suitable for the applicable route. If further information or documents are required, Coddan explains what is needed and helps the Participant continue. The fixed £40 + VAT price is Coddan's professional ACSP fee; the free GOV.UK One Login route may instead be suitable. Following successful verification and Coddan's notification, Companies House separately provides the Personal Code needed for the relevant appointment. The appointment filing itself is not included in identity verification. If priority handling is required, compare the £65 fast-track package. Learn how to use the Personal Code for a director role. Ideal for a straightforward proposed-director application.



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RapidVerify Pro™

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Buy Now Fast-Track Expert Director ID Verification™ – Priority Verification for a Proposed Director for £65 + VAT.
The Fast-Track Expert Director ID Verification™ service provides fast-track handling where a proposed director's appointment timetable requires the identity-verification stage to receive priority attention. Delivered through Coddan CPM's registered Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) framework, it combines secure Identity Document Validation Technology (IDVT), where suitable, with priority professional review of the Participant's information, identity evidence and resulting checks. Priority handling begins when the required information and suitable documents have been received. Where the standard route applies and no further evidence or enquiry is required, Coddan targets processing within one business day. This package concerns identity verification only; the Personal Code and appointment filing remain separate stages.

If further evidence or clarification is required, Coddan contacts the proposed director promptly and explains the next step. The service is available to UK and overseas Participants using suitable UK or non-UK identity documents. The fixed £65 + VAT price covers Coddan's priority professional ACSP work. Fast-track handling applies to Coddan's verification work and does not control Companies House's Personal Code or appointment-processing timetable. Where priority is unnecessary, compare the standard £40 package. Further details are available on Coddan's fast-track director-verification page. Fast professional support where the proposed appointment is time-sensitive.



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VerifyFlex Solutions™

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Buy Now Expert Director ID Verification™ – Flexible Two-Route Verification for a Proposed Director for £125 + VAT.
The Expert Director ID Verification™ service provides a professionally managed two-route assessment where a proposed director's documents or circumstances may not fit the standard digital journey. Coddan considers the identity evidence and appointment position before determining which applicable verification route is suitable. Depending on the evidence and included service scope, this may involve an IDVT-supported route using eligible photographic identification or a person-checked evidence route using the document combination required by the Companies House standard. Coddan determines the appropriate route from the available evidence; the proposed director is not invited to select a lower verification standard. Coddan reviews the information, evidence and resulting checks before making its own satisfaction decision as the registered Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP).

This package is suitable for prospective UK or overseas directors where document compatibility is uncertain, a non-UK identity document needs closer consideration or a straightforward digital route may not fit. The £125 + VAT price includes route assessment, document guidance and supported verification within the stated evidence scope. It does not bypass the required checks, overturn an earlier result or guarantee verification or appointment. If more extensive individual handling is required, compare the £220 FlexiVerify Option™. A proposed director whose earlier attempt did not complete can also review Coddan's identity-verification support route. Flexible support where the standard route may not be the complete answer.



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FlexiVerify Option™

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Buy Now FlexiVerify Option™ – Individually Supported Verification for a Proposed Director for £220 + VAT.
The FlexiVerify Option™ is Coddan's highest-support complex-evidence route for a proposed director whose identity verification cannot be progressed appropriately through a straightforward digital journey. It is intended for circumstances involving non-standard identity evidence, document compatibility difficulties, relevant name or address-history evidence, or an earlier attempt that did not complete successfully. Coddan first considers whether an acceptable verification route is available. Where appropriate, the package includes enhanced individual review, guidance on the evidence required and coordination of additional documents through the applicable process. Checks may be completed remotely or in person where the selected route and circumstances permit. Additional professional support does not reduce or replace the full Companies House identity-verification standard.

The £220 + VAT price reflects the additional work required by a more complex proposed-director case. Technology or the applicable platform performs its assigned checks; Coddan reviews the information, evidence and results and decides whether the required standard has been met. Coddan cannot direct a platform to return a particular result or require Companies House to issue a Personal Code. Where Coddan becomes satisfied, it submits the verification notification; the Personal Code and appointment filing remain separate. Where the case only needs flexible route assessment, compare the £125 two-route package. Overseas Participants with more complex circumstances can review the international director-verification route. Individual attention for a proposed director with more complex evidence.





Proposed Director: Establish Your Verification and Appointment Readiness

Use this guide to establish what remains before appointment to an existing UK company: accepted verification, your Personal Code and the separate appointment filing. If you are arranging the work for someone else, distinguish the proposed director’s personal checks from the company information and filing you are authorised to arrange.

Your starting position

Begin by establishing where you are now:

  • Have you already completed Companies House identity verification?
  • If so, have you received your Personal Code?
  • If verification remains outstanding, which available route is appropriate?
  • Is the proposed appointment to an existing company, rather than part of incorporation?

Keep the jobs separate

Identity verification does not itself appoint you as a director. Verification, the successful verification outcome, receipt of the Personal Code, providing the required information for the director role and the company's appointment filing are related but distinct steps.

Before Appointment: Establish Your Identity-Verification Position

Before appointment, complete any outstanding identity verification. Supply your Companies House Personal Code as part of the appointment filing. The mandatory requirement has applied since 18 November 2025. If your identity has already been verified through an accepted route, another company appointment does not itself require another verification purchase. Read the official appointment and code guidance.

Already verified

Check that you have received your Personal Code and that the details associated with it are correct. The same individual code is used for relevant appointments; the company or authorised filer still needs to submit the appointment information.

Understand and locate your Personal Code

Verification outstanding

Consider the free official route or an appropriate Coddan-supported service. If you want help, describe your document type, issuing country and any access difficulty so Coddan can explain the supported work before you choose.

Prepare for guided director identity verification

What Makes Supported Verification Straightforward?

Clear preparation and an identifiable contact make it easier to progress the work that is actually needed. For Coddan-supported verification, the following responsibilities remain distinct:

1. Prepare and start

Coddan reviews the order, creates the Credas case and sends the email/SMS invitation. Your manager explains the requested information, suitable evidence and applicable checks. You supply accurate personal details and complete your own checks; the person paying or arranging the order may be someone else.

2. Checks and professional review

Credas performs the applicable technology checks, including liveness where required. Coddan reviews the results, asks about missing or inconsistent information and explains what is needed next. Replying to a clear request helps the case progress without unnecessary back-and-forth. A completed scan alone does not complete verification.

3. Confirmation and completion

When satisfied that the required standard has been met, Coddan manually submits its ACSP confirmation. Companies House emails the Personal Code to the individual. Any remaining role submission and appointment filing are separate. Order receipt, completion of the checks and code issue are different stages.

Preparation and included manager assistance provide practical value without promising an end-to-end deadline. Paid priority concerns Coddan’s work under the selected service; it does not control Companies House code delivery or appointment acceptance. No new check is automatically needed merely because clarification is requested.

KYC/AML checks and Companies House verification: different purposes

Customer due diligence: KYC/AML

Coddan obtains and reviews relevant customer, ownership/control and instruction information for its anti-money-laundering responsibilities. This work helps establish whom Coddan acts for and the nature of the instruction. Completing it does not itself produce a Companies House Personal Code.

Companies House identity verification

This verifies the individual for applicable Companies House requirements through the supported checks, Coddan’s review and confirmation when satisfied. Companies House issues the Personal Code; role submissions may still remain. Holding that code does not by itself complete all due diligence for a new instruction.

Some information may overlap, but earlier customer checks do not automatically satisfy Companies House verification, and evidence cannot be assumed reusable. Tell your manager what has already been completed so Coddan can establish what remains. This comparison does not mean you must purchase two verification packages. Read the official customer-due-diligence explanation.

Already Verified? Check Your Personal Code and Appointment Readiness

If verification is accepted and your Personal Code is available, concentrate on the information needed for the appointment. The Personal Code and the company’s authentication code have different jobs; neither is the company registration number, your GOV.UK One Login password or an agent’s presenter credentials.

Your Companies House Personal Code

The 11-character code belongs to the verified individual. For a new directorship it is supplied with the appointment filing; an individual PSC supplies it separately for that role. It does not authorise every company filing or automatically attach your identity to every appointment.

How your Personal Code is used for your director role

The company authentication code

This 6-character alphanumeric code, sometimes called the WebFiling code, belongs to the company and authorises relevant electronic filings. It does not verify a director or PSC. The information needed depends on the filing route; the company code does not replace the individual’s Personal Code.

Request, manage or replace a company authentication code

Use the official Personal Code access and security guidance if your code is missing or compromised. After ACSP verification, first check the email address provided and speak to the ACSP if the code email has not arrived. Keep both codes confidential and use agreed secure arrangements with an authorised filer; do not send them in an ordinary pre-order enquiry.

Ready to Proceed With Your Director Appointment?

Once verification and your Personal Code are ready, the company or authorised filer must complete the director appointment filing using the required information. Receiving the code is not confirmation that the appointment has been filed or accepted.

Appointment assistance through Coddan

If you separately instruct Coddan, the agreed director appointment service can help with the appointment work. Coddan confirms the selected scope and charges; the company’s authorised person supplies and approves the relevant information. A verification order alone does not authorise or pay for that filing.

Director Identity Verification: Standalone or Alongside Company Formation

You can arrange Coddan-supported director identity verification on its own or alongside separately instructed company formation. Choose according to the company task and what each individual has already completed.

Joining an existing company

Standalone verification suits a proposed director who still needs to complete the identity checks before appointment. Coddan arranges the supported checks, reviews results, clarifies outstanding information and submits its ACSP confirmation when satisfied. Any director-appointment filing is separately instructed.

Review the standalone verification service or director appointment assistance.

Forming a new company

Coddan can arrange verification alongside formation of private companies limited by shares, companies limited by guarantee, public limited companies and unlimited companies. Use the relevant formation service to select the company work, information and approvals required.

Continue to company-formation director identity verification for the connection between verification and incorporation.

Your personal manager explains what each person needs to provide, assists with questions and progress, and helps coordinate the verification instruction with the selected formation or appointment work. Each individual completes their own required checks; Companies House issues their Personal Code. Formation and appointment filings remain distinct from verification.

Available alongside formation does not mean included in every formation price. Your selected package or agreed quotation sets out the work, individuals covered, verification charges and separately payable formation or filing fees. Accepted existing verification may remove the need for another check. Ask us to confirm what remains before adding verification you may not need.

Will Your Evidence Meet the Requirements?

Suitable evidence depends on the route, checking method and documents supported for your case. A document category or completed scan is not a promise of acceptance. Companies House has one ACSP verification standard with two document-checking options; legal permission for a method does not mean that every option is available through Coddan’s Credas service.

What you provide

Prepare your full and former names, date of birth, home address, address history for the previous 12 months and an email address you can access. Coddan also needs the contact details used for the supported case, including your telephone number. Supply the requested evidence through the instructed process, and explain relevant name or address differences.

Open the guided simplified director identity-verification route

What Coddan reviews

Your manager explains the evidence and individual checks supported for your case. Coddan reviews the resulting information, seeks clarification and submits its ACSP confirmation only when satisfied. The supported checks remain within the Credas process, followed by Coddan’s professional review. Companies House issues the code after successful verification.

Before ordering, ask about document suitability using the document type and issuing country, without attaching sensitive evidence. Mention any device, camera or access difficulty so the available supported arrangements can be explained. Ask your manager what supported arrangements are available for your situation before choosing the service. Read the Companies House ACSP standard.

Identity evidence is handled through the instructed process and retained for the applicable obligations; this is separate from Companies House displaying a verification statement after your identity is connected to its records. Read the privacy information and ask your manager about any information-handling question.

Choose Your Director Verification Route

Choose the route that fits the individual and the work remaining. Residence abroad does not itself exclude the free route or make a higher-priced package necessary.

Free GOV.UK One Login route

Companies House’s direct service is free. Depending on eligibility, documents and answers, available methods can include the app, security questions or a participating Post Office. UK-resident alternatives have their own conditions, and a Post Office visit requires online preparation first. Follow the current GOV.UK instructions rather than assuming one document/device rule covers every method.

Coddan’s Credas-supported service

Choose professional help with case setup, instructions, applicable individual checks, results review, clarification and conditional ACSP confirmation. Normal personal-manager assistance is included. Evidence suitability and any additional document work follow the selected service. Assess whether professional director identity-verification support fits your situation.

One person, one verification-package scope. The standard UK-customer service is £40.00 + £8.00 VAT at 20% = £48.00 payable. It covers one individual’s one-off supported verification, professional review and normal manager assistance. Director/PSC roles or several appointments do not themselves multiply the purchase. Priority and additional document work follow the selected package; formation, role linkage and filings are separately instructed.

Order standard UK-customer verification if the scope fits, or ask before ordering. Coddan’s confirmed policy is that overseas ID-verification customers are not charged UK VAT; review the supported service and appropriate order route for your customer position. This treatment does not automatically apply to separately instructed company services.

Check the selected inclusions, total and any proposed further work before committing. If attempts, a new check or cancellation could affect your choice, ask your manager to explain the applicable scope, terms and charges before ordering. Additional work and charges are agreed before proceeding. Read the service terms.

See the routine overseas director identity-verification route or review the international director identity-verification route where those circumstances need further guidance.

Verification for several people or professional clients

Discounted quotations are available for several individuals and professional intermediaries. Email info@coddan.co.uk before ordering with the organisation’s name and legal structure, the number of distinct people who still need verification, relevant dates and coordination required. If you are an intermediary, include your firm’s name and whether this concerns one client organisation or several.

Coddan confirms suitable work and discounted charges before you decide; an enquiry creates no obligation. Each person completes their own checks. Payment or coordination alone does not authorise access to someone else’s evidence, code or account, or approval of later filings.

Your Personal Code: Director and PSC Next Actions

The same Personal Code can be used for relevant roles and companies through separate required submissions. If you are arranging work for someone else, identify the individual concerned and who is authorised to submit the company information. A dual director/PSC role does not automatically require two verification purchases.

Directors: appointment or an existing role

For appointment to an existing UK company, supply the Personal Code as part of the appointment filing. Incorporation uses its separate formation route. If you already direct another company and still have an outstanding transitional requirement, check the applicable confirmation statement for that company; do not postpone an overdue requirement to another year. Completed submissions do not create annual re-verification.

PSCs: a separate code submission

If you also become an individual PSC, the code can be provided when first added to the register or within 14 days. An existing PSC must check the applicable transitional period shown on the Companies House register. Director filing alone does not complete the PSC submission. Use the official PSC submission guidance for the appropriate service and role-specific period.

These are separate role actions, not different standards of verified identity. Code receipt does not automatically complete either role submission or the underlying company filing. Keep your code secure and establish the authorised instruction before another person uses it.

Confirm Your Personal Code and Appointment Readiness

Identify the completed stage and the remaining action; do not begin another verification purchase merely because company work remains.

Nothing further for identity verification

Accepted verification is complete and your Personal Code is available. Proceed with the company’s separate appointment process. If its applicable role submission and filing are also complete, no further action may be needed for this instruction.

Verification still outstanding

Complete the suitable free or optional supported route. Continue with the practical verification route for preparation guidance. Your manager explains the review and confirmation position; finishing your checks alone is not the final stage.

An exception needs attention

For a failed or incomplete attempt, use the identity-verification issues resolution route. If records appear inconsistent, use the director-details and identity-verification correction route. Ask whether the existing case can continue and what any additional work would cost.

Personal Help Before, During and After Your Checks

Before ordering, email info@coddan.co.uk to explain your proposed role, company, existing verification/code position and question. Once you order verification, your personal manager gives instructions, answers questions and updates order/verification progress by email or telephone during working hours. Normal help is separate from paid priority and continuing company support.

If an invitation is missing, doubtful or will not open, or checks are interrupted, contact Coddan using the known contact route. Describe the last step reached, the message shown and any relevant document/name or access issue. Do not send sensitive evidence or codes in an initial enquiry, and do not assume a new paid attempt is required. Coddan reviews the position and explains the supported next step and any further charge before it proceeds.

After the checks, your manager can explain the review/confirmation position and what remains. Companies House sends the code to the individual’s supplied email address. If it has not arrived, check junk/spam and ask Coddan to check the submitted email details; use official support where required. Detailed ACSP code-delivery guidance explains the official process.

Confirm the remaining appointment work

Ask Coddan about separately instructed appointment assistance if you want help after verification. Describe the company task and who can authorise it; Coddan confirms suitable scope and charges. For a new company, use the formation-specific director identity-verification route.

Becoming a UK company director is a big deal—but your appointment isn't legally complete until Companies House verifies your identity. It sounds straightforward, until a tech glitch or an automated app delay throws a spanner in the works. That's where Coddan CPM steps in. As an ACSP-approved provider, Coddan offers fast-track Companies House ID verification, securing your 11-character Personal Code without the faff. No queuing behind a buggy app, no unnecessary hold-ups — just a smooth, priority Companies House identity verification process that gets your directorship properly formalised. Your privacy is protected throughout, and your company setup stays firmly on schedule. Whether you're launching your first venture or adding another directorship to your portfolio, this is the no-nonsense way to get it done right.


Stuck on GOV.UK One Login?

If the app will not complete your identity check, or you cannot access or use your Companies House Personal Code, review the identity-verification issues resolution route. If your identity details or Companies House records appear inconsistent, use the director-details and identity-verification correction route. Coddan can help you understand the appropriate next step and whether an alternative supported verification route may be suitable. Ask whether your existing case can continue and whether additional work would incur a fee.