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Coddan CPM Ltd. – Company Registration Agent in the UK

Follow a straightforward director identity-verification journey, from understanding your position through to completing the applicable Companies House requirements.

Step 1
Understand Your Position
Step 2
Check Verification Status
Step 3
Prepare Required Information
Step 4
Choose Your Route
Step 5
Complete Identity Verification
Step 6
Confirm What Follows
Companies Registry's e-Services Portal Identity Verification Director ID Verification Guided Simplified Director Identity Verification Compliance for Companies House

Guided Simplified Director Identity Verification Compliance for Companies House

Guided Director Identity Verification: Establish What Remains and Take the Right Next Step

Start with your present position as a director. Companies House identity verification is a legal requirement for applicable directors, but the correct next step depends on whether you are proposed or newly appointed, already an established director, leaving a directorship, or also hold a separate PSC role.

1. What Is Your Present Director Position?

Proposed or new director

Establish your identity-verification position before or alongside the applicable appointment or incorporation process.

Existing director

Establish whether your identity has already been verified and whether your Personal Code or director-role linkage remains to be dealt with.

Former or resigning director

Resignation and identity verification are separate matters. Ending a directorship does not itself complete or repeat an identity-verification process.

Director and PSC

If you hold both roles, treat the director and PSC positions separately. Identity verification is not ordinarily repeated merely because both roles exist.

2. Does Identity Verification Remain?

Not yet completed

If you are an applicable director who has not verified, identity verification remains a required stage.

Already completed

In most cases, you verify once. Do not repeat the verification unless Companies House instructs you to.

Uncertain or unsuccessful

Do not assume that a further attempt is the correct answer. Establish what happened and use the appropriate specialist route where reconciliation is required.

No repeat required

Once verified, the individual normally does not verify again simply because they have another appointment or role, unless Companies House asks them to do so.

3. Which Verification Route Is Appropriate?

The simplified route is about making the stages easier to understand. It does not reduce the Companies House identity-verification standard, remove evidence requirements or create a shortcut.

Free GOV.UK One Login route

Where you are eligible to verify directly, the official GOV.UK route is a legitimate free option. Professional support is not required merely because the verification requirement applies.

Use the official GOV.UK verification route

Optional Coddan-supported route

An Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) can verify your identity on your behalf where that route is selected, suitable and professionally relevant. An ACSP may charge for its services.

Support being available does not mean support is required. Entity type, directorship or personal preference alone does not make Coddan support compulsory.

What Happens If You Choose an ACSP Route?

Where Coddan-supported verification is selected, the process remains subject to the Companies House identity-verification standard. The technology and professional responsibilities are separate:

1. Applicable checks Technology performs the applicable identity and document checks.
2. Coddan review Coddan reviews the resulting information from the applicable verification process.
3. ACSP decision Coddan determines whether it is satisfied that the Companies House standard has been met.
4. Applicable notification Following a successful outcome, Coddan performs its applicable notification responsibility to Companies House.

4. What Remains After Verification?

Personal Code

Companies House—not Coddan—issues the Personal Code following successful verification. It is an 11-character code that belongs to the individual, not the company.

Director-role linkage

Verification and connecting the verified identity to the applicable director role are separate stages.

PSC-role linkage

A PSC role is separate. If the same person is both director and PSC, the applicable role connections must still be considered separately.

Corporate event

Incorporation, appointment, Confirmation Statement filing, resignation or another corporate event is not completed merely because identity verification has been completed.

Nothing Further Required

Nothing Further Required is a legitimate outcome where the applicable identity-verification stage is complete, the Personal Code is available, the relevant role linkage is complete and no further identity-verification task remains. A separate corporate filing or event can still remain outside the identity-verification question.


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The Identity Verification Bundle™ provides a fast, simple and professionally guided route for an eligible person who has established that an applicable Companies House identity-verification task remains. The standard verification route uses secure Identity Document Validation Technology for eligible identity documents and may suit a straightforward UK or overseas application. Guidance helps the applicant understand what information is required and avoid unnecessary steps, without presenting professional support as compulsory. Technology performs the applicable identity and document checks; Coddan reviews the resulting information and determines whether it is satisfied that the Companies House verification standard has been met. The free GOV.UK One Login route remains available for eligible applicants. Those requiring priority handling can compare our fast-track verification route.

For a fixed fee of £40, this package provides a straightforward online verification process with professional ACSP support. It may suit a proposed or existing director whose documents are eligible for the standard digital pathway. Simple does not mean automatic, guaranteed or free from the applicable Companies House requirements. If verification is already complete, another identity check may be unnecessary; the remaining task could instead concern the Personal Code, role linkage, appointment, Confirmation Statement or another corporate filing. Following successful verification, Coddan performs its applicable notification responsibility, while Companies House separately issues the Personal Code. Applicants who remain unsure whether verification or another stage requires attention can review our verification-support guidance.



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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 guided priority handling where an applicable identity-verification task remains and the applicant has a genuine commercial or regulatory timetable. The priority verification route combines secure Identity Document Validation Technology with expedited professional review through Coddan's Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) framework. It may suit an eligible applicant preparing for a directorship, incorporation, corporate transaction or other time-sensitive event. Where the 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 handling of the verification application; it does not guarantee a successful outcome, Companies House processing, issuance of the Personal Code or completion of any separate corporate action.

For £65, eligible UK and overseas applicants receive priority review and prompt contact if further suitable information is required. The package offers a quick, professionally supported pathway while preserving the same applicable verification standard. Priority service cannot make unsuitable evidence acceptable or allow Coddan to control the technology provider or Companies House decision. Applicants without a priority requirement can return to the standard £40 verification route. Where a previous app, security-question or Post Office attempt did not complete, Coddan may conduct a separate authorised ACSP process if suitable, but it cannot overturn or bypass the earlier outcome. Applicants facing a genuine deadline can review our fast-track verification guidance.



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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 guided pathways where verification remains applicable but the applicant cannot confidently determine which available method fits their documents and circumstances. The two-pathway verification route combines Fast-Track Digital Verification for eligible biometric documents with an alternative professionally supervised process where the ordinary digital pathway is unsuitable. It may assist an applicant with different document options, an earlier attempt that did not complete or UK or overseas circumstances requiring further consideration. Coddan helps identify the suitable available process, reviews the resulting information and makes its own satisfaction decision under the applicable Companies House standard. The aim is to simplify the decision without lowering the required standard. Applicants requiring full individual assessment can compare the manual verification package.

For £125, eligible applicants receive access to two verification pathways and practical guidance concerning suitable identity evidence. This flexible service avoids forcing every applicant into one process or assuming that an incomplete digital attempt automatically requires manual verification. The simplest appropriate route is the one that fits the person's actual role, documents and remaining Companies House task. Verification remains separate from AML, KYC and customer due diligence, as well as Personal Code use and subsequent corporate filings. A director and PSC may hold two relevant roles without ordinarily repeating the identity check solely for that reason. Applicants whose legal capacity is uncertain should review our identity-verification guidance by entity type.



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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 individually guided verification where an applicable identity-verification task remains but the applicant cannot use the standard biometric pathway with the available documents or technology. The manual verification route is intended for eligible UK and overseas applicants whose evidence or circumstances require closer assessment under the applicable Companies House standard. Depending on the prescribed route, verification may be completed remotely or in person and may require suitable photographic identification and supporting evidence. Coddan explains what suitable evidence is required, assesses the information supplied and determines whether it can be satisfied that the standard has been met. Applicants may submit additional suitable documents where necessary, but Coddan cannot order the verification technology to approve evidence or direct Companies House to issue a Personal Code.

For £220, this package provides Coddan's highest level of individual verification guidance and manual assessment. It may suit an eligible applicant with non-standard documents, technology difficulties or an earlier digital attempt that did not complete successfully. Payment does not guarantee that the supplied evidence will satisfy the Companies House verification standard. This is an authorised alternative route—not a back door, an appeal against another process or a method of bypassing the official requirements. Following a successful outcome, Coddan performs its applicable notification responsibility, while Companies House separately issues the Personal Code. Applicants who may be suitable for either the digital or alternative process should first compare the two-pathway verification package or consult our international verification guidance.





Guided does not mean reduced. This page separates the stages of Companies House identity verification so you can establish what applies to you, what remains outstanding and which next step is appropriate.

Begin With the Director Position You Hold

The right route depends on your present position rather than on a generic assumption that every visitor still needs identity verification. You may be a proposed or new director, an existing director, a former or resigning director, a director of several companies, a director who is also a person with significant control (PSC), or a director of an overseas company registered in the UK.

Proposed or new director

Establish whether verification is required for your proposed role and how it connects with the applicable appointment or incorporation process.

Existing director

Establish whether you have already verified and whether the remaining task concerns your Personal Code, director-role connection or another corporate event.

Former or resigning director

Resignation and identity verification are separate matters. Establish when the directorship ended and whether another current director or PSC role remains before deciding that verification or role linkage is still required.

Several appointments or a PSC role

One individual may have several appointments or both director and PSC roles. Those roles and their required connections should be considered separately.

Establish Your Present Director Identity-Verification Position

Companies House identity verification is a legal requirement for applicable directors and certain other roles. Your first guided step is therefore to establish the role you hold or are about to hold, rather than assuming that a new verification is required simply because you are visiting this page.

Director of a UK company

Your position as a director is the starting point for determining whether identity verification applies and what subsequent Companies House action may be required.

Director of an overseas company registered in the UK

This is a distinct Companies House circumstance. The UK registration of the overseas company and its director-verification requirements should not be confused with an overseas-resident director of a UK company.

Director with more than one appointment

Multiple directorships do not ordinarily mean multiple identity verifications. The same Personal Code can be used for applicable appointments after successful verification.

Director and PSC

Director and PSC are separate legal roles. The identity-verification journey and the subsequent use of the Personal Code must be considered for each applicable role.

Already verified? Your appropriate next step may concern your Personal Code, role linkage or a separate corporate event rather than another identity check.

Does Companies House Identity Verification Still Remain Outstanding?

The fact that identity verification applies to a role does not mean that the individual must verify again every time they deal with another company. In most cases, an individual verifies once and should not repeat verification unless Companies House instructs them to do so.

Not yet verified

If you are an applicable director and have not completed the required verification, identity verification remains an outstanding stage.

Already verified

Do not repeat the verification simply because you have another appointment. Check what subsequent use of your Personal Code or role connection remains.

Uncertain or incomplete

An uncertain outcome does not automatically mean that another attempt, paid support or an ACSP is required. Establish what actually remains first.

Several companies

The same person may use the same Personal Code for applicable director appointments. Multiple appointments do not ordinarily create multiple identity-verification exercises.

Check When the Requirement Applies to Your Particular Role

Companies House timing depends on the role and when that role began. The guided approach is therefore to identify the relevant role and process rather than apply a single deadline to every director.

Existing directors

A current director provides the Personal Code as part of the company's next Confirmation Statement. A director of more than one company must make the applicable connection for each company.

Proposed or new directors

A person becoming a director provides the Personal Code as part of the appointment filing or when the company is incorporated. Verification and the appointment filing remain separate stages.

Overseas company directors

An overseas company registered in the UK must confirm that all its directors have verified by the anniversary of its UK establishment's registration. This is distinct from an overseas-resident director of a UK company.

PSC timing is separate

A PSC provides the Personal Code through the separate Companies House PSC service during the applicable 14-day period. The dates depend on the person's circumstances and must not be replaced by the director timetable.

Current guidance places people who file, limited partnerships, corporate directors, corporate LLP members and officers of corporate PSCs in later implementation phases. Do not treat their inclusion in future guidance as evidence that those requirements have commenced.

Check the current official timing guidance for your role.

Prepare the Information and Evidence Relevant to Your Route

Once you know that verification remains relevant, prepare accurate personal information and suitable identity evidence for the route you intend to use. The purpose of this stage is preparation, not a replacement for the detailed requirements of the selected verification service.

Your identity information

Use accurate personal information relevant to you. GOV.UK One Login asks questions about the individual rather than the company.

Identity evidence

The evidence available to you must be suitable for the verification route selected. Do not assume that one document list applies identically to every route.

Companies House information

Information already held on the register is a separate matter from the identity evidence used to verify you.

Later corrections or filings

A discrepancy in a company record or a later filing is not automatically part of the identity-verification check itself.

If your question is specifically about evidence or document eligibility, use the official route selected for your circumstances rather than treating this guided page as a complete evidence guide.

Use the Free GOV.UK One Login Route Where It Is Appropriate

The official Companies House identity-verification service using GOV.UK One Login is free of charge. Professional support is not required merely because identity verification applies to you.

The official route determines the available method

GOV.UK One Login asks questions about you and determines the available method from your answers. Depending on your circumstances, you may be guided to use an identity-checking app, answer security questions online, or enter photo-ID details and attend a participating Post Office.

Use the official GOV.UK identity-verification service

An overseas address, uncertainty about your circumstances or an unsuccessful attempt does not automatically mean that an ACSP is required.

Keep Identity Verification Separate from the Later Companies House Record

A clear guided journey depends on keeping several related but distinct tasks apart. Identity verification establishes the individual's verified identity; it does not itself amend every Companies House record or complete every corporate event.

Identity information

Information supplied about the individual.

Identity evidence

Evidence used by the applicable verification route.

Register information

Information already recorded at Companies House.

Later corporate action

An appointment, filing, correction or other event that may follow verification.

Understand What the Selected Verification Route Does

The verification route you select determines how the applicable checks are carried out. The guided principle is simple: follow the requirements of that route and do not treat a request for further information as proof that a different route must automatically be used.

Information is considered

The applicable process considers the information and evidence needed to establish that you are the person you claim to be.

Technology may perform checks

Where the selected process uses identity-checking technology, that technology performs the applicable checks required by the route.

Further information may be relevant

If the selected process cannot establish the required information, the appropriate next step depends on what actually happened.

An unsuccessful attempt needs context

An unsuccessful or incomplete attempt does not automatically mean formal rejection, inability to verify, mandatory ACSP support or a need simply to repeat the same attempt.

If the problem concerns an unsuccessful or uncertain verification outcome, use the specialist identity-verification issues and reconciliation route rather than treating this guided page as a diagnostic substitute.

Decide Whether Optional Professional Support Has a Relevant Job

The free route may already provide everything the Participant needs. Consider professional support only where a separate, identifiable job remains and Coddan's scope is suitable for that job.

Support may not be needed

If the free GOV.UK One Login route is suitable, or verification and every applicable role connection are already complete, no paid verification support is required.

Support being available does not mean support is required.

Support may have a defined purpose

An optional ACSP route may be relevant where the Participant selects it and Coddan can perform the particular verification or preparatory job required. An ACSP may charge for its services.

Its purpose is not to lower the Companies House standard, replace an unrelated corporate filing or promise an outcome.

Registration as an ACSP with Companies House is distinct from supervision by a UK anti-money-laundering supervisory body. Companies House identity verification is also separate from wider AML, KYC and customer due-diligence work.

How an Optional Coddan-Supported ACSP Route Works

Where Coddan-supported verification is selected, the Companies House standard remains the same. The technology and ACSP decision responsibilities should be kept distinct.

1. Applicable checks Technology performs the applicable identity and document checks within the selected verification process.
2. Coddan review Coddan reviews the resulting information from the applicable verification process.
3. ACSP decision Coddan determines whether it is satisfied that the Companies House identity-verification standard has been met.
4. Applicable notification Following a successful outcome, Coddan performs its applicable notification responsibility to Companies House.

Companies House guidance allows ACSPs to use different evidence-checking approaches within its standard. The important distinction is that the ACSP remains responsible for deciding whether the required standard has been met.

Who May Benefit from Guided Director Identity Verification?

Professional guidance is optional. It may be useful where a Participant wants help understanding the applicable stage, preparing for the selected route or identifying which specialist destination should deal with a separate outstanding task.

First-time directors

Useful where the individual wants the legal and practical stages explained in a clear sequence.

Existing directors

Useful where the director needs to establish whether verification, a Personal Code or role linkage remains outstanding.

Overseas-connected circumstances

Useful where the individual needs to understand which official or ACSP route is relevant to their particular circumstances.

People with multiple roles

Useful where director, PSC, appointment and filing questions need to be kept separate rather than treated as one verification task.

Guided support is about clarity of the journey. It does not change the legal requirement, reduce the Companies House standard or make paid assistance compulsory.

What Happens After Successful Verification?

Successful identity verification is an important stage, but it is not necessarily the end of the wider Companies House task. Companies House issues the Personal Code; the individual then uses that code for applicable role connections and processes.

Companies House issues the code

Companies House issues the 11-character Personal Code following successful verification. Coddan does not create or issue it.

The code belongs to you

The Personal Code belongs to the individual, not to one company. The same person can use it for applicable appointments and roles.

Keep the code secure

Keep the code secure and provide it only through the appropriate Companies House process or to someone you trust to file on your behalf.

The code is not the whole process

Possessing the Personal Code does not itself complete every director, PSC, appointment, filing or corporate-record requirement.

For detailed Personal Code questions, use the dedicated Coddan Personal Code guidance rather than expanding this guided page into a separate Personal Code guide.

Separate Director and PSC Role Linkage

A person who is both a director and a PSC holds two separate roles. Successful identity verification does not mean that every role connection is automatically complete.

Director role

The Personal Code is used through the applicable Companies House director process, such as the relevant appointment, incorporation or Confirmation Statement process.

PSC role

The PSC role has its own Personal Code connection process and timing. Director and PSC timing must not be merged.

No automatic repeat verification

Being both director and PSC does not ordinarily mean repeating identity verification solely because two roles exist. The role connections remain separate.

Choose the Correct Next Destination for the Remaining Corporate Task

Once the identity-verification position is established, the next task may belong to a different specialist destination. Do not use identity verification as a substitute for the corporate event itself.

Becoming a director

For a proposed or new director, continue to the Becoming a Director: Director Identity Verification destination where the appointment context is the remaining job.

Entity and role classification

Where the uncertainty concerns the individual's legal capacity within the organisation, use the entity and role classification route.

Confirmation Statement

Where identity verification is complete but the applicable Confirmation Statement process remains, use the Confirmation Statement identity-verification route.

Overseas-company circumstances

For a director of an overseas company registered in the UK, use the dedicated overseas director identity-verification route.

Support with the remaining task

If you need professional help identifying or preparing the specific task that remains, use the Companies House director identity-verification support destination.

Complete the Guided Journey: Know What Remains or Reach Nothing Further Required

The guided journey ends when the applicable identity-verification work has been identified and completed, or when the Participant has been directed to the specialist destination responsible for the remaining task.

Identity verification remains

Use the appropriate official or optional ACSP verification route for the circumstances established through this page.

Personal Code remains

Verification may be complete while the Personal Code still needs to be received, retrieved securely or used through the correct Companies House process.

Role linkage remains

A director or PSC connection may remain even though the underlying identity verification is complete.

Corporate event remains

Incorporation, appointment, Confirmation Statement filing, resignation, correction or another corporate event remains separate from identity verification.

Nothing Further Required

Nothing Further Required is a legitimate outcome where the applicable identity-verification stage is complete, the Personal Code is available, every applicable director or PSC role connection is complete, no discrepancy remains and no separate corporate event is outstanding. This conclusion applies to the identity-verification journey; it does not cancel a genuinely separate company obligation.

Official Companies House identity-verification guidance reviewed: 12 September 2026.