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Coddan CPM Ltd. – Company Registration Agent in the UK

Review the change to your director details, establish what it affects and determine whether any further Companies House action is required.

Step 1
Identify Changed Details
Step 2
Check Record Position
Step 3
Review Verification Status
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Assess Further Requirements
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Update Relevant Records
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Confirm No Further Action
Companies Registry's e-Services Portal Identity Verification Director ID Verification Update Director Details: Quick and Instant Director ID Verification

Update Director Details: Quick and Instant Director ID Verification

Director Details Update & Identity Verification

Director Details Changed or Records Not Matching?

Coddan helps existing directors and people arranging company administration identify which record needs attention, clarify verification-related discrepancies and arrange suitable separately instructed work. A changed name, address or renewed identity document does not automatically mean buying another identity check.

Skip the paperwork headaches and get right to business with prompt Identity Verification Services for Companies House (ACSP) by Coddan CPM. Whether you’re a director with a biometric passport, a UK driving licence, or working from overseas, instant Identity Verification Services for Companies House (ACSP) make compliance a breeze. Choose swift online verification via the GOV. UK One Login Service, or choose a seamless video/photo check with Coddan CPM’s expert team. From UK photocard driving licences and BRPs to EU ID cards and standard passports, this service adapts to suit your ID. Once verified, Companies House sends your unique 11-digit Personal Code straight to your inbox—no waiting, no fuss. Coddan CPM delivers guaranteed director and PSC verification, making Companies House compliance simple and secure. When you need prompt Identity Verification Services for Companies House (ACSP), or demand the confidence of instant Identity Verification Services for Companies House (ACSP), Coddan CPM has you covered.

Your personal manager for Coddan verification. A direct contact by email or telephone explains what to provide, gives instructions and keeps you informed about your order and verification progress.

Identify the affected record · Ask before ordering

Use the instructed secure process for identity evidence and confidential codes. Please do not send them in an ordinary initial enquiry email.

Choose the record that needs attention

A name or address change, an inaccurate register entry and a verification mismatch need different actions. Coddan helps clarify the issue and the work requested. Check the record distinctions below before deciding whether you need a company update, clarification or any verification work.

Prepare the useful details

Have the company name or number, the information that changed, the relevant date and the record or stage showing a problem ready. Say whether verification and Personal Code receipt are complete. If checks remain, describe the document type, issuing country and any access difficulty; your manager explains suitable preparation.

Clarify a mismatch efficiently

An incorrect company record is different from information entered during a check or a code that will not connect. Coddan reviews questions within the selected service and explains what needs clarification. Use verification-problem guidance where appropriate; another paid check is not automatically the answer.

Personal help with the next step

Your verification manager helps with instructions, required information and order or verification progress by email or telephone during working hours. Describe what you have completed and what remains unclear. Normal assistance is distinct from paid priority, extended consultation and continuing company support; each individual completes their own required checks.

Supported verification, professionally reviewed

If verification remains necessary and you select Coddan as your Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP), you complete the supported Credas checks. Coddan reviews results, seeks clarification and submits ACSP confirmation when satisfied. Companies House issues your Personal Code. Review the service or order suitable standard UK verification.

Arrange the separate company work

Coddan can assist with separately instructed director-record work, with the information, authority, scope and charges agreed for that instruction. Updating a company record is separate from verifying an individual or submitting a code for a role. The official company-change guidance also explains the relevant filing choices.

If an applicable verification step remains, the free GOV.UK One Login route remains a legitimate choice where suitable. Accepted verification may already cover the check; changing a company record and completing verification are separate tasks.

Your Personal Code and connected company updates

Your Personal Code belongs to you. Receiving it does not amend director particulars or complete separate director or PSC submissions. For a code-access or role question, use Personal Code guidance. Any company update or correction needs its own appropriate instruction and completion check.

For pre-order help, email info@coddan.co.uk with your role, company name or number, what changed, the record or stage affected and any relevant date. Coddan explains suitable work and charges before you decide; an enquiry creates no obligation. Each verification package covers one individual, rather than each appointment or director/PSC role.

For several people or professional clients, describe who still needs verification and any coordination requested. Individual checks and authorised confidential handling remain separate. If the relevant records are correct and every applicable verification, role and filing task is complete, no further action may be needed.


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treamline your compliance with Companies House using our fast, secure ID verification for Directors and PSCs, all completed online by an authorized ACSP
£40.00
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IdentityGuard Pro™

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Buy Now Identity Verification Bundle™ (Professional Director Identity Verification) – Companies House Director Identity Verification for £40.
The Identity Verification Bundle™ provides a fast, secure and professionally managed route where examination of a director-details issue establishes that an applicable Companies House identity-verification task remains. A changed name, service address, residential address or identity document does not automatically require reverification. First identify whether the matter concerns the company's director record, information used for verification, a Companies House account, a Personal Code or director-role linkage. The standard verification route uses secure Identity Document Validation Technology for eligible documents and may suit straightforward UK or overseas applicants. Coddan reviews the resulting information and determines whether it is satisfied that the applicable verification standard has been met. Applicants requiring priority handling can compare our fast-track verification route.

For a fixed fee of £40, this package provides a simple online verification route with professional ACSP support where verification is genuinely required and the applicant's documents are suitable for the standard digital process. Completing identity verification does not itself amend or correct a director's Companies House particulars. A separate update may still be required for a legal name, service address, residential address, nationality or another registered particular. Companies House separately issues the Personal Code following successful verification, while use of that code for an applicable role remains another distinct step. If the relevant record is already accurate and verification is complete, Nothing Further Required may be the correct outcome. Review our director changes and separate-action guidance.



£65.00
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RapidVerify Pro™

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Buy Now Fast-Track Expert Director ID Verification™ (Priority Director Identity Verification Service) – Priority Companies House Director Identity Verification for £65.
The Fast-Track Expert Director ID Verification™ service provides priority handling where a director-details review identifies an outstanding verification task and the matter is time-sensitive. It may suit an applicant dealing with an appointment, corporate transaction, filing deadline or mismatch that must be addressed before a connected process can continue. The priority verification route combines secure Identity Document Validation Technology with expedited professional review through Coddan's Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) framework. Where the required information is complete, the documents are eligible and no additional enquiries arise, most applications are processed by Coddan within one business day. This timeframe concerns Coddan's verification handling; it does not guarantee when Companies House will amend a director record, process another filing or issue a Personal Code.

For £65, eligible UK and overseas applicants receive priority handling and prompt contact if further suitable information is required. Priority processing cannot turn a director-record amendment into identity verification or guarantee acceptance by the technology provider or Companies House. If the mismatch belongs to the company's registered information, the proper job may be a correction or update rather than another identity check. If the person is already verified, the remaining task may instead concern their Personal Code or its use for a relevant director or PSC role. Applicants without a priority requirement can return to the standard £40 verification route. Time-sensitive applicants can also review our fast-track verification guidance.



£125.00
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VerifyFlex Solutions™

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Buy Now Expert Director ID Verification™ (Professional Director Verification Service) – Two Companies House Director Identity Verification Pathways for £125.
The Expert Director ID Verification™ service provides two professionally managed pathways where an outstanding director-details matter includes an applicable verification task but the suitable method is not immediately clear. The two-pathway verification route combines Fast-Track Digital Verification for eligible biometric documents with an alternative professionally supervised pathway where the standard digital process is unsuitable. It may assist an applicant whose current identity information differs from an earlier record, whose previous verification attempt did not complete or whose available documents require closer consideration. Coddan distinguishes the verification evidence from the information held on the company register, reviews the resulting verification information and makes its own satisfaction decision under the applicable standard. Where individual manual assessment is required, compare the manual verification package.

For £125, eligible UK and overseas applicants receive access to two verification pathways and practical guidance concerning suitable identity evidence. The package provides useful flexibility where the available documents, personal information or earlier verification outcome requires further consideration. It does not include every amendment needed to reconcile the individual's identity information with the company's registered director particulars. A director-record correction, replacement identity document, Companies House account issue, Personal Code and role linkage are separate matters and may require different actions. Companies House independently maintains the corporate record and issues the Personal Code following successful verification. Applicants seeking help identifying which verification task remains can review our Companies House verification-support guidance.



£220.00
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FlexiVerify Option™

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Buy Now FlexiVerify Option™ (Expert Manual Director ID Verification Service) – Professional Manual Companies House Director Identity Verification for £220.
The FlexiVerify Option™ provides individual professional assessment where an applicable director identity-verification task remains but the available documents, changed personal information or technology do not support the standard biometric pathway. The manual verification route is intended for eligible UK or overseas applicants whose evidence or circumstances require closer assessment under the applicable Companies House identity-verification standard. Depending on the prescribed route, verification may be conducted remotely or in person and may require suitable photographic identification and supporting evidence. Coddan examines the information supplied and determines whether it can be satisfied that the required verification standard has been met. This is an authorised alternative route—not a back door, an automatic correction of the Companies House record or a means of directing the technology provider or Companies House to accept an application.

For £220, this package provides Coddan's highest level of individual support for an eligible applicant whose outstanding verification task requires manual assessment. It may suit a director with non-standard documents, materially changed personal information or a previous digital attempt that did not complete successfully. Payment does not guarantee that the evidence will satisfy the verification standard or that a separate director-record amendment will be accepted. Following a successful outcome, Coddan performs its applicable notification responsibility, while Companies House separately issues the Personal Code. Any correction of registered particulars, account update, role linkage, director filing or PSC amendment remains a separate process. Applicants who may be suitable for either a digital or alternative pathway should first compare the two-pathway verification package or consult our international verification guidance.





Start with the change

Begin with the Director Detail That Changed or Appears Incorrect

For an existing director, company officer or adviser, the first question is which information changed and which record needs attention. Use the choices below to distinguish a current update, an existing error, an identity mismatch and separate role or filing work.

Keeping your company compliant with Companies House just got simpler. Coddan CPM's prompt Identity Verification Services for Companies House (ACSP) remove the guesswork from director and PSC verification, handling the entire process remotely with a straightforward video or photo ID check. Whether you hold a biometric passport, a UK photocard driving licence, or a biometric residence permit, the team's got you covered. Overseas directors aren't left out either — EU ID cards and standard passports are accepted, making cross-border compliance far less of a headache. Once verified, Companies House issues your unique 11-digit Personal Code directly to your registered email address. For businesses with complex structures or directors based abroad, this expert, guaranteed service offers a reliable alternative to the standard GOV. UK route.UK route — no fuss, no uncertainty, just straightforward compliance sorted.

A genuine change to current particulars

A legal name, address or another registered particular has genuinely changed. The appropriate Companies House record may need updating.

Information already on the register is inaccurate

The issue may be an existing Companies House error rather than a new personal change. The task is then to identify the appropriate correction process.

Verification or account information does not match

The discrepancy may concern information used for identity verification, GOV.UK One Login, a Companies House account or an ACSP-supported verification process rather than the public director record itself.

The remaining issue is a role or corporate event

A Personal Code, director-role linkage, PSC role, appointment, resignation, Confirmation Statement or another corporate event may require a separate action.

Identify the Record That Actually Needs Updating

The Companies House director record, identity or account information, ACSP verification information and internal company records serve different purposes. Identify the affected record before requesting a change.

Companies House director record

Use the appropriate Companies House process when the statutory director information itself needs to be updated or corrected.

Identity or account information

A mismatch involving GOV.UK One Login, a Companies House account or verification information should not automatically be treated as a director-record amendment.

Internal company records

Statutory registers, board records and governance documentation may need separate review. Correcting one responsible record does not mean every connected record must automatically change.

Distinguish a Genuine Change from Correction of Inaccurate Information

Use a current-details update for a genuine change, such as a new legal name or address. Use the appropriate correction route where information was wrong when recorded.

Current change

The underlying information has changed. Consider the applicable Companies House director-details process and any corresponding internal record update.

Existing inaccuracy

The record does not accurately reflect the facts that should have been recorded. Identify the appropriate correction route rather than treating the correction itself as identity reverification.

Identity verification does not itself amend the Companies House director record, and updating or correcting that record does not itself perform identity verification. The two functions should remain separate.

Your Personal Code After a Details Change

Companies House issues an 11-character Personal Code after successful identity verification. It belongs to you, not to one company, and is used for the applicable director and PSC requirements.

In most cases you verify once and must not verify again unless Companies House tells you to. A changed name, address or identity document does not automatically require a new check.

Personal Code or company authentication code?

Your Personal Code connects your verified identity to the relevant roles through the applicable Companies House process. A company authentication code is a separate six-character alphanumeric code used to authorise online company filings. Neither replaces the other. Updating director particulars still requires the appropriate filing.

An existing director supplies the code through the applicable confirmation-statement process; a new director supplies it for incorporation or the appointment filing. A PSC must separately meet the PSC requirement, including where the same person is also a director. Holding both roles does not automatically mean buying two checks.

Find or manage your Personal Code
Request or manage a company authentication code

Understanding the Companies House Personal Code

Keep Details Updates Separate from Appointment, Resignation and Termination

Updating an existing director's particulars does not create a new appointment, and it does not itself resign or terminate a director. Appointment, resignation or termination remains a separate corporate event requiring its own applicable Companies House process.

Existing director

A changed particular may require an update or correction to the existing record.

Appointment

A proposed or new director follows the applicable appointment and identity-verification process.

Becoming a Director

Resignation or termination

Ending a directorship is a separate event and is not achieved by changing the director's personal details.

Director Resignation

Confirmation Statement

A Confirmation Statement remains its own Companies House filing and should not be treated as the same task as a details amendment.

Confirmation Statement and Director Verification

Choose a Verification Route Only If a Check Remains

If your identity verification is already accepted, address any outstanding code, role-linkage or record-update task instead of buying another check. Where verification genuinely remains, choose a suitable route:

Free official verification

Use GOV.UK One Login directly. The service guides you to its available methods, which may involve the app, security questions or an arranged Post Office check. Evidence and access requirements depend on the method offered.

Check the free official route

Coddan’s supported ACSP service

Choose paid verification with manager instructions, supported Credas checks, professional review and clarification. Coddan confirms verification to Companies House only when satisfied. You still complete your own required checks.

Compare published services and charges

Will your evidence meet the requirements?

Suitability depends on the selected route, checking method and Coddan’s supported service—not simply on possessing a document. Before ordering if unsure, describe the document type, issuing country and any name difference to info@coddan.co.uk. Coddan can clarify the supported work and required preparation; acceptance is not guaranteed. Do not send identity images or confidential codes in the initial email.

Resolve Inconsistencies Between Verification and Company Records

A mismatch does not mean every record should change. Identify the affected information and correct facts first; do not alter accurate details simply to make a check proceed.

Check the source of the discrepancy

Establish whether the mismatch concerns the public company record, identity information, account information, verification information or an internal governance record.

Check role linkage separately

For a director, check the applicable director requirement and date. For a PSC, follow the separate PSC code-submission guidance and its eligibility rules. A director’s confirmation statement does not fulfil the PSC requirement. Check new or existing status and what remains, rather than repeating verification.

Resolve only the remaining task

Describe the mismatch and the stage reached. Resolve that remaining issue through its responsible service without reopening completed checks.

Resolve an Identity-Verification Problem

Update the Applicable Name, Address or Registered Particular

For a genuine change, use the appropriate Companies House director-details process and consider any corresponding internal record update. Verification does not update the statutory record for you.

Name

A legally changed name may require the current director information to be updated. Earlier filings are not silently rewritten simply because the current name has changed.

Address or other particular

A changed address or another registered particular should be considered against the applicable Companies House record and filing procedure.

Historical information

Historical filings generally remain records of the information and events recorded at the time. A current amendment is not the same as rewriting corporate history.

Where the required company-record action is clear, complete that action through the appropriate Companies House route. Do not use an identity-verification route merely because a director detail has changed.

Coordinate Details Across Several Director Appointments

One personal change may affect several company records. Review each relevant appointment: an update for one company does not automatically amend another.

Review each appointment

Check each relevant company record and determine whether the same changed particular requires a separate update.

Keep the individual and company roles distinct

Each verification package covers one individual director or PSC, not one appointment. A person with several appointments or both roles does not automatically need extra verification purchases. Check accepted existing verification before ordering.

Verification for several people or professional clients

Discounted quotations are available for multi-person orders and professional intermediaries. Before ordering, email info@coddan.co.uk with the organisation’s name and legal structure, number of distinct people still requiring verification, relevant dates and coordination needs. Intermediaries should also give their firm’s name and say whether the enquiry covers one client organisation or several.

Coddan confirms suitable work and discounted charges before you decide whether to order; an enquiry creates no obligation. Confirm who instructs, pays and may receive progress information. Each person supplies their own evidence and completes their required checks through the secure process. Payment or coordination does not confer access to someone else’s evidence, code or accounts, or authority for company filings.

Legal Name Changes and Historical Companies House Records

A current legal name can differ from earlier filings without making those filings incorrect. Consider what was true when the information was submitted.

Current accuracy and historical continuity

Keep current information accurate while distinguishing it from historical filings. A current update does not itself rewrite earlier documents.

Where a name difference affects verification or role linkage, use the relevant correction guidance for that specific issue.

Choose the Help You Need Next

Once the discrepancy has been identified, take only the route that corresponds to the unresolved task. If no applicable task remains, do not create one.

Update or correct the director record

Where the Companies House particulars are the issue, use the appropriate record-update or correction process.

GOV.UK company-change guidance

Complete an applicable verification step

Use the free GOV.UK One Login route only where an applicable Companies House identity-verification task genuinely remains.

Verify your identity through GOV.UK

Use optional professional support

Choose suitable supported verification directly, or enquire before ordering if the scope is unclear. Record-update or other company work must be separately instructed and charged as agreed. Available support does not make another check necessary.

Companies House Director Identity-Verification Support
Order standard UK-resident verification
Ask about suitability or separately instructed work

Nothing Further Required

If the relevant director information is accurate, the applicable verification stage is complete, role linkage is complete and no separate corporate event remains, the correct outcome may simply be Nothing Further Required.

What makes supported verification straightforward?

For the individual being verified, Coddan reviews the order, creates the Credas case and provides instructions and an email/SMS invitation. The individual supplies the requested personal details, including name, date of birth, residential address, email and telephone details, through the instructed process and completes their own supported document and identity checks, including liveness where required. Coddan reviews the results and seeks clarification. Suitable preparation and clear instructions keep attention on the outstanding work.

Coddan manually submits ACSP confirmation when satisfied that the Companies House standard is met. Companies House then emails the Personal Code to the address supplied for the individual. Finishing the Credas checks is not the same as that outcome, and neither stage automatically updates a company record or completes director or PSC linkage.

Companies House identity verification

Purpose: establish the individual’s identity to the Companies House standard. Work: supported evidence and identity checks, followed by Coddan’s review and conditional confirmation. Outcome: Companies House issues the Personal Code; role submissions remain separate.

AML / KYC / customer due diligence

Checks serve separate anti-money-laundering and customer due-diligence purposes. Completing them is not itself Companies House verification and does not issue a Personal Code. Evidence may overlap, but reuse depends on the requirements and supported procedure; it is not automatic.

Personal help before, during and after your checks

Before ordering, contact info@coddan.co.uk; an enquiry creates no obligation. Coddan confirms suitable work and charges before you decide whether to order. During your selected verification service, your personal manager helps by email or telephone with instructions, required information, clarification, progress and order or verification status. This normal assistance is distinct from paid priority handling, extended consultation or continuing company support.

Describe your role, current verification position, relevant date and the difficulty: for example, a missing invitation, the last step reached, an error message, a name difference or an access limitation. You need not diagnose the cause. Your manager explains the supported next step. If an ACSP completed your verification but the Personal Code email is missing, contact that ACSP to check the email address supplied to Companies House; do not order another check simply to obtain the code. Identity evidence and confidential codes follow the instructed secure process, not an ordinary initial email.

Recognise completion at the relevant stage: Companies House code issue after verification, the applicable role-linkage outcome, or confirmation that the director-record filing has been accepted. Check what remains rather than treating one as completion of all three. If the records are accurate and all applicable checks, role actions and company work are complete, Nothing Further Required is a valid outcome.