Company position
Confirm the company's next Confirmation Statement position, review the information that must be current, and establish whether the filing itself remains outstanding.
Confirmation Statement identity route
If your company is preparing its Confirmation Statement, first establish the director's present position. The relevant question may be whether identity verification is complete, whether Companies House has issued the director's Personal Code, whether that verified identity has been connected to the director appointment, or whether the remaining task is simply the company's Confirmation Statement filing.
Position 1
The director should first complete an applicable Companies House identity-verification route. The free GOV.UK One Login service is available for eligible applicants.
Use the official GOV.UK identity-verification servicePosition 2
Companies House issues the 11-character Personal Code after successful identity verification. The code belongs to the individual, not the company. An existing director uses the code through the applicable Confirmation Statement process to connect the verified identity to that director appointment.
Position 3
A person who is both a director and a Person with Significant Control holds two separate roles. The director-related Personal Code requirement and the PSC-related requirement must be treated separately; completing the director step does not itself complete the PSC step.
Position 4
If identity verification is complete, the Personal Code has been issued, applicable director and PSC role linkage is complete and no identity or record discrepancy remains, Nothing Further Required may apply to identity verification.
Identity verification is an individual process. Companies House then issues the Personal Code. The applicable Confirmation Statement process uses the director's code to establish the relevant director position, while preparation and filing of the Confirmation Statement remain separate company activities.
Identity verification does not itself file the Confirmation Statement, and the Confirmation Statement does not itself perform the identity check. A successful ACSP verification also does not by itself complete director or PSC role linkage.
Free route
Eligible directors can use the official Companies House identity-verification service. The available verification method depends on the applicant's circumstances and the official service instructions.
Optional support
Where selected, suitable and professionally relevant, an ACSP can verify the director's identity on the applicant's behalf. Support being available does not mean support is required.
Where Coddan-supported verification is used, technology performs the applicable identity and document checks within the route; Coddan reviews the resulting information; Coddan determines whether it is satisfied that the Companies House identity-verification standard has been met; and, following a successful outcome, Coddan performs its applicable notification responsibility.
The Personal Code is personal to the director and is not created or issued by Coddan. A director with more than one company uses the same Personal Code for each applicable appointment; holding several directorships does not ordinarily mean repeating identity verification simply because there are several appointments.
Check the director's verification status, Personal Code, applicable role linkage and any record discrepancy first. If those identity-related steps are complete, the remaining task may simply be preparation or filing of the company's Confirmation Statement. Nothing Further Required for identity verification does not remove the company's ordinary Confirmation Statement filing obligation.


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Confirmation Statement position
Before treating identity verification as the remaining task, establish which company is filing, whether its next Confirmation Statement is applicable, who its current directors are and what has already been completed for each director.
For each relevant director, check whether identity verification is complete, whether Companies House has issued the individual's Personal Code, whether the verified identity has already been connected to that particular appointment, and whether any personal or company record needs correction.
A Confirmation Statement is a company filing. Identity verification is an individual requirement. One does not automatically complete the other, so review the company's filing position and every relevant director separately.
Confirm the company's next Confirmation Statement position, review the information that must be current, and establish whether the filing itself remains outstanding.
For each current director, establish whether verification has not started, is incomplete, has succeeded without an accessible Personal Code, has produced a code that is not yet connected, is already connected, or is affected by a record mismatch.
Each director has their own Companies House identity and Personal Code. One director cannot use another director's code. The same individual Personal Code can, however, be used for the individual's applicable appointments across more than one company.
If a director has not completed the applicable identity-verification requirement, the free GOV.UK One Login route remains a legitimate option where available.
Use the official Companies House identity-verification guidance
Successful verification and receipt or retrieval of the Personal Code are separate stages. Companies House issues the code; it is not created by the company or its filing provider.
The director may have completed verification and received the code while the relevant company appointment still requires the code to be provided through the applicable Confirmation Statement process.
If the director's verified identity is already connected to the relevant appointment and no discrepancy remains, do not begin another identity-verification attempt. In most cases, the individual verifies only once and must not verify again unless Companies House tells them to.
Where identity verification remains incomplete, the free Companies House route should remain visible and legitimate. An appropriate Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) route may be selected where suitable and professionally relevant.
Support being available does not mean support is required.
Where Coddan-supported verification is selected, technology performs the applicable identity and document checks within the described route. Coddan reviews the resulting information, determines whether it is satisfied that the Companies House identity-verification standard has been met and, following a successful outcome, performs its applicable notification responsibility.
Registration with Companies House as an ACSP and registration with a UK anti-money-laundering supervisory body are distinct requirements. Companies House identity verification is also separate from AML, KYC and CDD checks.
See when optional director identity-verification support may be useful
Companies House issues the Personal Code after successful identity verification. The 11-character code belongs to the individual, not to the company. For an existing director, the code is provided through the applicable Confirmation Statement process to connect the verified identity to that company appointment.
A director of more than one company uses the same Personal Code for each applicable appointment. Holding several directorships does not ordinarily require the individual to repeat identity verification simply because another company is involved.
Identity verification establishes the verified individual. It does not itself connect every director appointment or complete the company's Confirmation Statement.
Companies House issues the code following verification. A missing, inaccessible or mismatched code should be diagnosed separately rather than automatically treated as failed identity verification.
Do not assume that the Personal Code must be resubmitted through every future annual Confirmation Statement after the relevant director appointment has already been connected, unless current Companies House guidance requires a further action.
A person who is both a director and a person with significant control (PSC) holds two separate Companies House roles. Completion of the director requirement does not automatically complete the PSC requirement.
The director provides the Personal Code through the applicable Confirmation Statement process for the relevant company appointment.
The PSC-related requirement is handled separately through the applicable Companies House PSC process. Its timing is role-dependent and should not be treated as the company's Confirmation Statement filing period.
A failure at role-linkage stage is not automatically a failure of identity verification. Establish which role remains unresolved before taking another identity-verification action.
When a Personal Code or director linkage does not reconcile, identify which source contains the inaccurate information. Do not change every record or repeat identity verification simply because two records do not agree.
Check the code, the Companies House account or the relevant email/access position before assuming that verification must be repeated.
Where a date of birth, name or other registered director particular is incorrect, use the process applicable to the responsible Companies House record rather than altering accurate identity evidence to match an error.
If the Confirmation Statement contains inaccurate company information, correct the responsible company record through the applicable filing process.
Where registered director particulars are responsible for the mismatch, use the director-details correction guidance. Where identity verification or code-to-record linkage remains unresolved, use the identity-verification reconciliation destination.
The Confirmation Statement remains a company filing. Identity verification does not itself review the company's registered information, correct the company record, prepare the Confirmation Statement, submit it or guarantee filing acceptance.
Companies House guidance requires the company to review its information and update applicable records before confirming that the information is correct. This includes relevant director and PSC information where changes need to be reported.
For the identity-verification element of the next Confirmation Statement, establish that each current director has completed the applicable verification requirement and that the required Personal Code and verification confirmation can be provided through the filing process.
Confirm that every relevant director's identity-verification and Personal Code position is ready for the applicable filing process.
Prepare and submit the Confirmation Statement separately. The Participant may continue using an existing accountant, solicitor, company secretary or other filing provider.
Finish by matching the remaining professional job to the correct route. Do not create another identity-verification task where the applicable identity stages have already been completed.
Use the free Companies House route where applicable, or consider an appropriate optional ACSP route. Support being available does not mean support is required.
Retrieve or reconcile the individual's Personal Code using the applicable Companies House process.
Connect the verified identity to the relevant director appointment, complete a separate PSC requirement, or correct the responsible record.
Prepare or file the Confirmation Statement as a separate company event, or proceed to another corporate event if that is the actual outstanding job.