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Director ID verification by entity type
Arranging checks for a company, LLP or overseas company registered in the UK? Start with the organisation and the individual's registered or proposed legal role. This guide helps you identify the relevant position and next step. Where verification is needed, Coddan offers supported checks, personal-manager assistance and professional review as a standalone service.
International directors and non-UK passport holders: fast-track your director ID verification online. Coddan CPM’s flat-rate ACSP portal is tailored for those edge cases where the GOV.UK One Login just isn’t enough. For £40 + VAT, you get a straightforward way to verify a new director ID for Companies House, complete with digital or physical document submission and expert support from an authorised provider. Skip the hassle—this paid, assisted route removes the guesswork from sufficient director ID verification online and keeps you out of admin limbo. Whether you’re registering from overseas or need an extra helping hand, our service helps you verify a new director ID for Companies House so that you can focus on business, not bureaucracy. Get it sorted swiftly, securely, and with zero fuss.
Your personal manager is included with 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. Normal assistance is separate from paid priority handling, extended consultation or continuing support.
Enquiries create no obligation. Describe the entity, your role, completed verification and relevant date; for suitability questions, add the document type and issuing country. Do not send identity documents or confidential codes in an ordinary initial email; use the instructed secure process when required.
A private company, PLC, CLG or CIC does not create a different verification standard for its individual directors. Establish the legal role and what remains before choosing support. If suitable verification is already your choice, view Coddan's services, charges and ordering options.
Provide the organisation type and the person's actual role, not just a title such as trustee or committee member. Your manager explains the information and suitable evidence needed for supported checks. An overseas-resident director of a UK company is not the same position as a director of a registered overseas company.
Consistent details and clear instructions help reduce unnecessary back-and-forth. Distinguish individual and corporate roles and check the applicable timing; there is no universal deadline for every category. Coddan reviews results and seeks clarification without treating every uncertainty as another paid check.
Unsure about a document, role or interrupted stage? Describe your position to Coddan before ordering. Existing verification customers can contact their personal manager about instructions and progress. Residence abroad alone does not make a case complex or require paid verification; the appropriate next step depends on the actual circumstances.
With Coddan's Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) service, the individual completes the applicable Credas checks. Coddan sets up the case, reviews the results, seeks clarification and manually submits confirmation when satisfied. Companies House issues the Personal Code. The organisation's label does not replace the individual's participation or Coddan's review.
Where needed, ask Coddan about supported formation, appointment or company administration, including for a company formed elsewhere. The appropriate destination follows the actual entity and task. Scope, authority and charges are agreed separately. Coddan's AML/KYC customer checks serve a separate purpose from Companies House identity verification.
The 11-character Companies House Personal Code belongs to the verified individual, not one entity. Accepted verification through the official route or another ACSP is recognised: do not buy another check merely because you hold several appointments or both director and PSC roles. Separate role submissions and company filings may still remain.
Use the code, role and next-destination guidance below, or ask Coddan about suitable separately instructed assistance and charges. If all applicable tasks are complete, no further action or purchase may be needed.
Choose the route that fits. The free GOV.UK One Login route remains available subject to its methods and requirements. In most cases you verify once; do not repeat accepted Companies House verification unless Companies House tells you to.
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For a fixed fee of £40, this package provides a simple online route for an eligible UK or overseas individual whose documents support standard digital verification. It may apply to a natural-person director, PSC or another currently relevant legal capacity, depending on the entity and current Companies House rules. A commercial title such as founder, trustee, secretary, employee or adviser does not by itself establish a verification requirement. Companies House separately issues the Personal Code following successful verification, while role linkage and the organisation's corporate filing remain distinct stages. Where the relevant category is not yet in force or all applicable work is complete, verification should not be ordered unnecessarily. Review our UK verification route guidance. |
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For £65, eligible UK and overseas applicants receive priority handling and prompt contact if further suitable information is required. The package does not create a different verification standard for a particular entity type or legal role. Priority service cannot bring a later-phase category into force or allow Coddan to control a technology provider or Companies House decision. The person's legal capacity and current Companies House requirements must therefore be confirmed before purchase. Applicants without an urgent timetable can return to the standard £40 verification route. Where the individual is a proposed natural-person director of an existing company, our new-director verification and appointment guidance explains the separate stages. |
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For £125, eligible applicants receive access to two verification pathways and practical guidance concerning suitable identity evidence. The package provides useful flexibility without treating every company officer, LLP participant, partner or overseas participant as if they held the same legal role. Classification must follow the registered or proposed legal capacity, not an informal business title. A person who is both a director and PSC holds two roles; identity verification is not ordinarily repeated solely for that reason, although the Personal Code must be used for each applicable role. Corporate members, corporate directors, limited-partnership participants and other later-phase categories must be considered under the rules in force when the relevant action is taken. Review our verification-support guidance. |
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For £220, this package provides Coddan's highest level of individual support where an eligible applicant's verification task requires manual assessment. Payment does not guarantee that the evidence will satisfy the verification standard or that a separate corporate filing will be accepted. This is an authorised alternative route—not a back door or a means of directing the technology provider or Companies House to approve an application. Following a successful outcome, Coddan performs its applicable notification responsibility, while Companies House separately issues the Personal Code. Director linkage, PSC linkage, LLP or partnership action, incorporation, appointment and other entity filings remain separate processes. 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. |
Sorting out sufficient director ID verification online doesn’t have to be a headache. Suppose you hold a UK passport and have straightforward circumstances, GOV.UK One Login lets you verify for free. For non-UK passport holders, overseas directors, or anyone navigating trickier edge cases, Coddan CPM’s automated ACSP portal offers a clear, flat-rate solution for just £40 + VAT. As an Authorised Corporate Service Provider registered with a UK Anti-Money Laundering supervisory body, Coddan CPM verifies your identity on your behalf using physical or digital documents from an approved list — keeping the process clean and compliant. Whether you need to verify a new director ID for Companies House quickly or want reliable support throughout the process, this service removes the guesswork.
If you are a director, proposed participant or someone arranging checks, identify the organisation and the individual’s registered or proposed legal role first. This page helps you establish which requirement and destination fit. Coddan offers suitable supported verification on its own; company formation or a filing purchase is not a condition of using that service.
Establish whether you are dealing with a private company limited by shares, company limited by guarantee, CIC, PLC, LLP, overseas company registered in the UK or another registered entity.
Establish whether the person is a director, equivalent director role, PSC, natural-person LLP member, director of an overseas company registered in the UK, or another category.
Companies House identity verification is attached to the relevant individual and role. The entity label alone does not establish a separate verification standard, separate evidence list, separate Personal Code or separate level of professional support.
If the role is unclear, check the company’s record or proposed appointment rather than relying on a title such as “trustee”, “committee member” or “officer”. You can describe your position to Coddan without diagnosing a technical solution. The useful outcome may be suitable verification, guidance for a remaining code or role task, a separate company service, or no further action.
A company, LLP or other registered organisation is the legal structure. A director, PSC, member or other office holder is the individual capacity connected with that structure. The current identity-verification framework follows the applicable individual role rather than creating a completely different verification regime for every entity label.
For example, a natural-person director remains a director whether the company is a private company limited by shares, a company limited by guarantee, a CIC or a PLC. The company’s legal form can affect its governance and corporate-event requirements, but it does not by itself create a different identity-verification standard for that natural-person director.
Straightforward paid verification is available alongside support for particular requirements. Choose it for the professional work and assistance you need, not because a CLG, CIC, PLC or other entity label automatically requires a different package. Suitable preparation, clear instructions and clarification help the case progress without unnecessary back-and-forth.
Provide the requested personal details, address history, accessible email address, telephone number and suitable evidence. Your manager explains the supported documents and participation needed. You complete your own applicable Credas identity and liveness checks; an organiser cannot participate for you.
Coddan reviews the order, sets up the Credas case and arranges the email or SMS invitation. It reviews the results, seeks clarification or further evidence and manually submits ACSP confirmation when satisfied that the Companies House standard has been met.
A direct contact by email or telephone explains what to provide, gives instructions, helps clarify questions and keeps you informed about your order and verification progress. This normal assistance is distinct from paid priority handling, extended consultation or continuing support.
Coddan explains the verification status and any remaining evidence or clarification required. When it can confirm verification, Companies House separately issues the individual’s Personal Code. Completing a scan does not itself complete ACSP confirmation, code receipt, a role submission or a company filing. Detailed preparation belongs in the guided director-verification instructions.
Different company forms have different constitutional and administrative features, but the natural-person director’s identity-verification position is determined by the applicable Companies House role.
A natural-person director is considered under the director framework. The company’s size, business activity or ownership model does not create a separate identity-verification standard.
A charitable or community purpose does not automatically exempt an incorporated company. Establish whether the person is legally a director or holds another relevant role.
A CIC remains a registered company. Its community purpose does not create a special director identity-verification route merely because it is a CIC.
A PLC may have a larger or more complex board, but that does not make its natural-person directors subject to a higher identity-verification level solely because the company is public.
Once the director classification is established, move to the individual’s actual verification position: not yet verified, already verified, Personal Code available but role linkage outstanding, or Nothing Further Required.
LLP and partnership terminology requires particular care. Companies House guidance requires individual LLP members, including designated members, to verify their identity. Its timing guidance separately identifies limited partnerships and corporate LLP members as later implementation categories. The exact entity, legal capacity and commencement position must therefore be established before treating a requirement as current.
Individual LLP members need to verify, whether or not designated. Check the applicable appointment or existing-member requirement. Do not confuse that individual role with a corporate LLP member, which Companies House lists separately for later implementation.
A designated natural-person member remains an LLP member. The designation adds statutory responsibilities but does not create a different identity-verification standard.
A corporate member is not the same thing as a natural person. Corporate LLP members are identified separately in the later implementation categories.
General guidance names these roles as examples of equivalents. Because timing guidance separately places limited partnerships in a later phase, confirm the precise registered entity and current commencement position before stating that verification is due.
Limited partnerships and corporate members of LLPs are among the categories for which Companies House states that identity verification will be introduced at a later date. A partnership title alone therefore does not establish a universal current requirement.
Where classification remains uncertain, establish the exact registered entity, whether the role is held by a natural person or corporate body and how Companies House records it. For an LLP-specific requirement or next step, use the LLP identity-verification destination; this boundary guide does not replace that journey.
Several people or professional clients
Organising several checks? Ask Coddan for a discounted quotation and agree the coordination you need. Clear preparation, personal-manager instructions and agreed progress contacts help you organise the work while each individual completes their own required checks. Verification is available on its own, without buying company formation or a filing service.
Count distinct individuals, not appointments. Individual LLP members include both designated and non-designated members; corporate members and LP roles need the separate commencement check explained above. An individual PSC may have a separate role submission, not another verification purchase. Identify accepted Companies House verification before ordering repeat checks.
Coddan sets up each supported Credas case, gives instructions, reviews results, seeks clarification and manually submits ACSP confirmation when satisfied. Normal personal-manager help by email or telephone is included. Agree any additional coordination or priority work separately. Companies House issues the individual’s 11-character personal code; role submissions and filings remain separate.
Coverage is per person. Coddan confirms suitable work, discounted charges, applicable VAT, total payable and any proposed billing arrangements before you decide whether to order. Tax treatment follows the actual customer receiving the service, not nationality alone. Discounts are quotation-based, without automatic percentages or volume entitlement. An enquiry creates no obligation.
Email info@coddan.co.uk with the organisation’s name and legal structure, number of distinct people still needing verification, their roles, relevant dates and coordination needs. Professional intermediaries should add their firm’s name and whether they represent one organisation or several.
Identify who instructs, receives and pays for the service, and the proposed progress contact. Coddan confirms permitted communications and authority: payment or coordination alone does not permit access to another person’s evidence, code or account, or authorise a later filing.
Keep initial enquiries non-confidential. Do not email identity documents or confidential codes; use the instructed secure process when needed. Any related formation, appointment or filing work has its own agreed scope, authority and charges.
Already clear about a suitable individual service? Use the verification choices and ordering route below. Free official verification and completed/no-further-action outcomes remain available; a group enquiry does not require everyone to buy a check.
Internal terminology can obscure the legal capacity recorded at Companies House. The title used by an organisation is not, by itself, enough to establish whether current identity verification applies.
A charity trustee, committee member, company secretary, employee, accountant, solicitor, adviser or authorised filer is not automatically subject to the current Companies House identity-verification requirement merely because of that title.
Establish whether the person also holds a currently relevant registered role, such as director, PSC, natural-person LLP member or another role expressly covered by current Companies House guidance. People who file at Companies House are separately identified as a later implementation category.
A new director needs verification and the Personal Code for incorporation or the appointment filing. An existing director with an outstanding requirement supplies the code through the applicable confirmation statement for each company. Recognise completed requirements: this is not annual re-verification, and an overdue requirement should not wait for another filing cycle.
Provide the code and verification statement using the separate official PSC verification-details service. The applicable 14-day period depends on when the person became a PSC and whether they are also a director of that company; it is not universally measured from verification. Check the person’s actual dates in the official service and timing guidance.
Both cards may apply to one person using the same Personal Code: the director submission does not complete the PSC requirement. Two roles do not automatically require two verification purchases. For PSC-specific guidance, continue to the PSC identity-verification destination. Changes to company or PSC particulars remain separate filings.
“Overseas director” can describe two materially different situations. The distinction is between the company's registration position and the individual’s residence.
This is an overseas-company-specific Companies House position. Current guidance says an overseas company must confirm that all directors have verified by the anniversary of its UK establishment’s registration. Check that registered anniversary rather than applying a general director date.
Residence abroad does not change the person’s legal role. The individual remains a director of the UK company, with route suitability considered according to the person’s circumstances and the current official verification options.
A foreign address does not automatically require an ACSP, and residence abroad does not create a different legal capacity. For document or cross-border questions, use the specialist overseas guidance linked below; the present distinction concerns the person’s role and the company’s registration position.
Where the exact overseas-company position is relevant, use the current Companies House timing guidance before determining the next step.
Classification does not end with the entity and role. You must also establish whether the role is currently within the commenced framework, whether verification is already complete and whether a later corporate process remains.
A person appointed as a director is different from a company appointed as a corporate director or LLP member. Identify who actually holds the appointment, then check the applicable requirement. A human contact for a corporate body is not automatically the person whose verification fulfils that body’s obligations.
Current Companies House guidance identifies categories including:
Individual company directors, individual LLP members, including designated members, and individual PSCs must address their own applicable requirements. With Coddan, the individual completes the supported Credas checks; professional review and clarification precede conditional ACSP confirmation. The 11-character Companies House personal code is issued by Companies House to the individual. Normal personal-manager instructions and progress help by email or telephone are included with verification.
Companies House states that identity verification will be introduced at a later date for categories including:
These categories must not be presented as if a universal nominated-officer procedure is already in force. Being an officer or representative of a corporate body does not, by itself, create a current requirement under that later-phase category. A person may separately need verification for their own currently covered role. Their personal code does not itself establish the corporate body's eligibility, appointment authority or completed filings.
Unsure which position describes your case? Tell Coddan the organisation’s name and type, the recorded or proposed role, whether it is held by a person or corporate body, and the action you are arranging. We can clarify your enquiry and confirm suitable supported assistance, scope, authority, charges and completion before you decide whether to proceed. Start with the actual role and task: a corporate appointment alone is not a reason to buy another person's verification.
Accepted verification should not generate a repeat purchase. Use the free official and paid-service choices, code guidance and remaining-task destinations below. A later-phase category alone may require no current verification action. Any appointment or filing assistance is separately instructed; verification does not complete it automatically.
Ask about an individual or corporate roleEmail info@coddan.co.uk with non-confidential details only. An enquiry creates no obligation. Identity documents and confidential codes follow the instructed secure process. If you are arranging checks for several people, use the separate multi-person quotation block above.
No single date applies identically to every participant. Companies House states that when verification is required depends on the role and when the individual started that role. Use the current official timing guidance for the exact classification.
Successful Companies House verification through the official route or another ACSP is recognised without buying Coddan verification again. In most cases you verify once; Companies House says not to repeat it unless instructed. A general GOV.UK One Login check for another service or an AML/KYC check does not by itself establish completed Companies House verification.
This distinction is important when one individual has several appointments. Verification belongs to the person; the same Personal Code is used when the individual needs to confirm that verified identity for applicable appointments or roles.
Once the entity and legal role are classified, identify what remains. Verification, the Personal Code, role connection and the connected corporate event are separate stages.
Companies House issues the 11-character Personal Code after successful verification. It belongs to the individual, not an organisation. Following ACSP verification, Companies House sends it to the individual’s supplied email address; keep that address accurate and accessible. Use the same code for relevant roles, completing each required submission separately.
This separate six-character alphanumeric code authorises online company filings. It does not verify a person or replace their Personal Code. See official company authentication-code guidance. Keep both codes confidential and share only through the appropriate authorised process.
Incorporation, director appointment, LLP-member appointment, Confirmation Statement filing, PSC notification, overseas-company filing and record correction remain separate professional jobs.
Entity type alone does not make an ACSP necessary, and you do not have to attempt the free route before choosing suitable paid assistance. Select according to the individual’s position, evidence and support needs. Living overseas alone does not make the free route unsuitable or create a more complex verification tier.
Charge and method: official verification is free. Depending on your answers, One Login guides you to an app, online security questions, or entering photo-ID details online before visiting a participating Post Office.
Preparation and help: follow the evidence and device requirements of the method offered, with official instructions and available official support. No Coddan purchase is needed.
Work and help: supported Credas participation, case setup and instructions, included normal personal-manager assistance, professional review and clarification, and ACSP confirmation when satisfied.
Scope and charge: choose a suitable published service or ask for a quotation. Check the selected inclusions, fee, applicable VAT and total before ordering; extra work and separately instructed filings require confirmed scope and charges.
Companies House verification establishes the individual’s identity to its statutory standard and leads to the Personal Code. AML/KYC due diligence addresses separate customer and business-relationship obligations and may need additional information. An AML check does not itself issue a code, and a code does not complete every AML obligation. This does not automatically require two paid checks. ACSP registration and AML supervision are also distinct statuses, not government endorsement of a particular service.
Official verification and role guidance checked: 23 October 2026. Method requirements and role-specific dates should be checked for the individual concerned.
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Or ask a non-obligatory pre-order question. Describe the entity, individual role, existing verification position, document type and issuing country, difficulty and relevant date. Suitable evidence depends on the route and Coddan’s supported checks, not every option generally permitted to ACSPs or advertised by a technology supplier.
Keep ordinary initial enquiries non-confidential: do not attach identity documents or send confidential codes. Required evidence follows the instructed secure process. If an invitation seems unexpected or a check stops, contact Coddan through an established route and describe the stage or message. Ask about any further work, attempts or charges before proceeding; alternative methods, retries and successful resolution are not promised. Check the selected service’s cancellation and refund terms.
No further verification purchase or action may be needed if accepted verification and all applicable code and role requirements are complete and no issue remains. Equally, a title that is not currently covered, or a category awaiting later implementation, does not by itself create a current verification requirement. Check the actual role and applicable commencement rather than buying a check solely because of an organisation label.
That outcome applies only to the identity-verification question. It does not cancel a genuinely separate incorporation, appointment, Confirmation Statement, PSC, overseas-company filing, correction or other corporate obligation.
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