Understand Companies House identity verification requirements for CLG directors and PSCs and choose the most appropriate professionally managed verification pathway for your circumstances.

Professional Identity Verification.

Whether you're forming or managing a Company Limited by Guarantee, becoming a director or are subject to a PSC verification requirement, our ACSP team helps you identify the appropriate verification route and progress the process with professional support.

Understand which CLG directors and Persons with Significant Control (PSCs) need to complete Companies House identity verification and when the applicable verification and Personal Code requirements arise.

Prepare your identity information and supporting evidence correctly with practical guidance designed to reduce avoidable delays caused by missing, inconsistent or unsuitable information.

Learn when a standard supported verification route may be appropriate and when additional professional route and evidence assessment may be relevant to your circumstances.

Choose the level of verification assistance that matches your circumstances, from standard supported verification through to individually managed complex-evidence support.

Compare our four managed verification packages, from £40 + VAT, combining professional review with the applicable Companies House verification route.

Understand the distinction between standard, priority and flexible verification support so that you can select a service appropriate to the evidence and circumstances involved.

Use managed verification support for UK residents and international applicants where the available identity evidence or verification circumstances require additional assessment.

Explore our multi-tier verification pathways, with increasing levels of professional support for different evidence and verification circumstances.

Understand what happens after successful identity verification and how the Companies House Personal Code connects with the relevant director or PSC role, where applicable.

Build confidence with a Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) providing structured professional support while Companies House retains responsibility for its own verification and Personal Code decisions.

Compare Our 4 Managed Verification Packages

Coddan CPM is a UK-based legal and corporate services firm providing professionally managed Companies House identity verification through its ACSP framework.
Call us on: 033 0808 0089 to discuss the appropriate verification route for your circumstances, whether you are based in the UK or overseas.

CLG ID Verification

CLG identity verification

Identity Verification for Company Limited by Guarantee Directors and PSCs

If you are forming or managing a Company Limited by Guarantee, you may need to establish who must verify, when each person must act and how a Companies House Personal Code is used for the correct role.

How Coddan can help. Coddan identifies the relevant CLG roles and dates, explains the available verification routes, coordinates supported identity evidence where instructed and identifies what must happen after verification.

Is this the right service for you?

Start here when the organisation is, or will be, a Company Limited by Guarantee and the immediate question concerns Companies House identity verification for a director or person with significant control.

You are forming a CLG

You need to establish the proposed directors, any PSC position and which Personal Codes must accompany the registration application.

You are an existing director

You need to verify and provide your Personal Code through the process connected with the company’s applicable confirmation statement.

You are recorded as a PSC

You need to identify your own 14-day period and provide your code through the current PSC service.

Your roles are unclear

You need to separate directorship, membership, guarantor status, trusteeship and PSC status before choosing what to do.

Who may need to verify?

The requirement follows the person’s Companies House role. The same individual may hold several positions in a CLG, but those positions do not become interchangeable.

CLG directors

Directors are subject to the current Companies House identity-verification requirements. The timing and code-use step depend on whether the appointment is new or existing.

People with significant control

A person recorded or becoming registrable as a PSC must verify and provide the Personal Code within the period that applies to that PSC.

Members and guarantors

Membership or guarantor status alone is not the same as being a director or PSC. Check whether the person also holds another relevant role.

Charity trustees and employees

These capacities do not by themselves create the same Companies House requirement. In a charitable company, a trustee may also be a company director.

The role matters. A person should not be sent through a process merely because they are described as a founder, trustee, committee member, guarantor or employee.

One person can hold several different roles

Identify each capacity separately. A person may be a director, guarantor, voting member, charity trustee, employee and PSC at the same time, but the legal and filing consequences belong to the particular role.

Director

Manages the company under company law and the articles. Current Companies House verification requirements apply.

PSC

Meets a statutory control condition. PSC verification and code provision are separate from the director process.

Member or guarantor

Holds membership rights and gives the guarantee stated in the constitution. This status alone is not a director or PSC role.

Trustee or employee

A charity-law or employment capacity. Check separately whether the person is also a director or PSC.

What applies now?

Companies House identity verification is now a legal requirement for company directors and PSCs. Each director of a new CLG must provide a Personal Code as part of the registration filing. Existing directors provide their code through the company’s applicable confirmation statement. PSCs verify and provide their code within the 14-day period that applies to their circumstances.

Official position checked: 19 September 2026.

Check the date that applies to you

18 November 2025 was the start of the requirement and a 12-month transition, not one deadline for everybody. Existing directors usually provide their code through the next applicable confirmation statement. A PSC’s 14-day period depends on whether the person is also a director and when the PSC was registered; the relevant dates can be checked on the Companies House register.

Current duties and individual due dates

Requirement in force

A person who is or will be a CLG director or PSC must complete the applicable identity-verification and Personal Code steps.

Transition or role-specific date

The action date is tied to the person’s role, the company’s confirmation-statement cycle, the PSC’s displayed period or the new formation or appointment event. Confirm the actual date before acting.

Choose how to verify

You can use the free Companies House service where it suits your circumstances, or ask an Authorised Corporate Service Provider to verify your identity. A paid service is not compulsory merely because Coddan support is available.

Use the free Companies House route

The official service uses GOV.UK One Login and provides the available verification methods after considering the individual’s circumstances and evidence.

Review free Companies House verification

Use Coddan’s ACSP service where support is required

Coddan CPM Limited is registered with Companies House as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider, also known as a Companies House authorised agent, and is supervised by HMRC for anti-money-laundering purposes.

Coddan can identify the relevant role, create and monitor the supported verification file, review the completed result and submit the appropriate identity-verification statement through its ACSP account within the agreed scope.

Ask Coddan about your circumstances

Coddan’s registration and supervision do not mean that Companies House or HMRC endorses an individual service or guarantees an outcome.

How Coddan coordinates the ACSP check

The identity check, Coddan’s client and anti-money-laundering checks, the Companies House submission and the later use of the Personal Code remain connected but separate stages.

1. Review the instruction

Coddan confirms the individual, CLG, relevant role, timing and agreed service scope before creating the verification file.

2. Send the secure link

The file is created using the person’s name, date of birth, address, email address and mobile number. The secure link is sent by email or text message.

3. Complete the evidence check

The individual supplies a supported identity document, proof of address and a live selfie. Available documents depend on the country and current supported-document list.

4. Review and submit

Coddan reviews the result and supporting evidence. Where the check is satisfactory, Coddan submits the required verification information through its Companies House ACSP account.

5. Receive the Personal Code

Companies House sends the Personal Code to the email address supplied for the individual. Coddan does not issue the code.

6. Complete the role step

The code is then provided through the correct process for the director appointment, confirmation statement or PSC role.

Coddan’s supported route does not guarantee that every document, applicant or verification result will be accepted. Additional evidence or another route may be required.

What Coddan checks

The CLG and relevant event

Whether the company is being formed, already registered or dealing with an appointment, PSC event or confirmation statement.

The person’s exact capacity

Whether the person is a director, PSC, guarantor, member, trustee, employee or holds more than one of these roles.

The applicable date

The formation, appointment, confirmation-statement or PSC period that determines when action is needed.

Personal details and records

Whether names, date of birth and other relevant details are sufficiently consistent for the intended process.

The available evidence route

Whether the free official route or Coddan’s supported ACSP route appears appropriate for the documents and circumstances.

What remains afterwards

The Personal Code, role connection, formation, appointment, PSC filing, confirmation statement or corrective work still required.

How the service works

Identify the CLGConfirm the company or proposed formation, its number where available and the event that makes verification relevant.
Separate the rolesEstablish who is a director or PSC and who is involved only as a member, guarantor, trustee, employee or adviser.
Confirm the dateCheck the formation, appointment, confirmation-statement or PSC period before deciding when action is required.
Choose the routeUse the free Companies House service or agree Coddan’s ACSP support after considering the individual’s evidence and circumstances.
Complete verificationProvide the required details and evidence. Where Coddan is instructed, it reviews and submits the ACSP verification information.
Use the code correctlyReceive the Personal Code from Companies House and complete the separate director, PSC, formation or compliance step.

What you need to provide

Provide enough information to identify the organisation, person, role, date and available evidence. Do not decide the legal route yourself. If you do not know an answer, “Not known” is acceptable.

About the CLG

Proposed or registered name, company number if available, jurisdiction and whether the company is being formed or already exists.

The person and roles

Full name and every relevant capacity, including director, PSC, guarantor, member or charity trustee.

Personal details

Date of birth, current home address, email address, mobile number and any relevant former or alternative names.

Identity document

The type, issuing country and validity of the proposed passport, driving licence or supported national identity document.

Address evidence

A suitable bank, utility, council-tax or other supported record showing the person’s current residential address.

Event and timing

The proposed formation or appointment date, confirmation-statement date, PSC period and any written instruction or deadline already received.

When you are ready, contact Coddan using our normal website contact details. Do not send a Personal Code or sensitive identity evidence in a general enquiry.

What happens after verification?

Companies House gives the verified individual an 11-character Personal Code. The code belongs to the person, not to the CLG, and can be used to confirm verification for relevant appointments and roles.

A director may need to provide the code for a new formation, appointment or confirmation statement. A PSC must provide it through the applicable PSC process. If the same person is both a director and PSC of the same CLG, the code is provided separately for each role.

Keep the stages separate. Verification, receiving the Personal Code, providing it for the correct role and completing the formation, appointment or filing are connected but different tasks.

Verification, the Personal Code and the CLG role

Complete verificationEstablish the individual’s identity through the chosen route.
Receive the codeCompanies House provides the code to the verified person.
Use the proper processProvide the code through the relevant formation, appointment, confirmation-statement or PSC process.
Connect the roleThe code confirms verification for the identified appointment or PSC capacity.
Repeat where requiredThe same person may use the same code for several companies or roles, but must complete each required role-specific step.

Keep the Personal Code secure. It may be shared with an authorised person filing on your behalf, but should not be displayed publicly or sent through an ordinary website enquiry.

What identity verification does not do

Identity verification confirms an individual’s identity within the applicable Companies House framework. It does not itself appoint a director, create PSC status, authorise a company decision, incorporate the CLG or prove that an appointment or filing was validly authorised.

It does not correct an inaccurate register, resolve an ownership or control dispute, complete Charity Commission requirements or replace Coddan’s separate anti-money-laundering and client-onboarding work.

Where the underlying information is wrong, a filing is disputed, the company is dissolved or the legal capacity is uncertain, use the appropriate formation, filing, correction, restoration, governance or legal service.

Who is responsible for each stage?

Coddan

Coddan identifies the applicable role and stage, coordinates the agreed supported check, reviews the result and submits ACSP information where authorised. Coddan does not issue Personal Codes or control Companies House acceptance.

Companies House

Companies House controls its verification services, Personal Codes, public register, role-related processes and acceptance of registration and filing information.

You and the CLG

The individual must provide genuine evidence and complete the check personally. The company and its authorised decision-makers remain responsible for appointments, PSC information and required filings.

Other authorities or advisers

The Charity Commission, HMRC, legal advisers and other competent bodies control their own requirements and decisions. Companies House verification does not complete those processes.

What affects the work, cost and timing?

The free Companies House route has no Coddan professional charge. Where Coddan support is requested, scope depends on the people, evidence and company event involved. No price or completion time is assumed on this page.

The number of directors and PSCs requiring support.
Whether the people involved are UK-based or overseas and which documents are supported.
Missing, expired, inconsistent or exceptional identity and address evidence.
Whether formation, appointment, PSC or confirmation-statement work is also required.
Additional review, corrective work or specialist professional advice.
Coddan’s professional charge, Value Added Tax and any separate official or third-party charge.

Frequently asked questions

Who must verify for a Company Limited by Guarantee?

Directors and PSCs are within the current Companies House framework. Do not assume that every member, guarantor, trustee, founder or employee must verify unless that person also holds a relevant role.

Is verification free?

Companies House provides a free official route. Coddan’s ACSP service is an alternative professional service where supported assistance, evidence coordination or integration with other work is required.

Do guarantors or ordinary CLG members automatically need to verify?

Not merely because they are guarantors or members. Check whether the person is also a director, PSC or holds another role affected by a current requirement.

Does a charity trustee need Companies House verification?

Trusteeship alone is a separate charity-law capacity. In a charitable company, a trustee is commonly also a company director; the director role then brings the Companies House requirement. Charity Commission requirements remain separate.

What if the same person is both a director and PSC?

The person normally verifies once and uses the same Personal Code, but must provide it separately through the process for each role.

Can a non-UK director use Coddan’s ACSP service?

Potentially, yes. Availability depends on the issuing country, supported identity document, address evidence and the result of the individual check. Overseas residence does not itself prevent appointment as a director.

Does verification incorporate the CLG or appoint the director?

No. Verification establishes identity. Formation, registration, incorporation, appointment and PSC filings are separate company processes controlled by the applicable law and Companies House.

What if the identity details and Companies House record do not match?

First identify whether the mismatch concerns the verification record, a Personal Code, the Companies House filing or the underlying appointment or PSC information. Verification does not itself correct inaccurate registered information.

Establish the role before starting the check

Tell Coddan whether the CLG is being formed or already exists, who is involved, which roles they hold and what deadline or company event applies. We can then identify the appropriate verification and follow-on process.

Discuss your CLG identity-verification requirement

Company Limited by Guarantee Directors' and PSC Identity Verification Through a Regulated ACSP.

Understand Companies House identity verification requirements for CLG directors and PSCs and choose the most appropriate professionally managed verification pathway for your circumstances.

Whether you're forming or managing a Company Limited by Guarantee, becoming a director or are subject to a PSC verification requirement, our ACSP team helps you identify the appropriate verification route and progress the process with professional support.

Coddan CPM is a UK-based legal and corporate services firm providing professionally managed Companies House identity verification through its ACSP framework. Call us on: 033 0808 0089 to discuss the appropriate verification route for your circumstances, whether you are based in the UK or overseas.

Follow the director and PSC identity-verification route from identifying the requirement through verification and confirmation of the resulting compliance position.