Coordinate identity verification for multiple CLG directors and individual PSCs and manage different overseas evidence, verification routes and Personal Codes without treating every person as one application.

Coordinate Multiple and Overseas Identity Verification.

Whether your Company Limited by Guarantee has several directors or individual PSCs, overseas participants or different identity-document circumstances, our professional team helps identify the applicable route for each person and coordinate the separate verification requirements within the agreed service scope.

Coordinate identity verification where several CLG directors or individual PSCs are affected while keeping each person's identity, role and verification result separate.

Identify each person's relevant capacity and verification requirement rather than assuming that every person connected with the CLG follows the same route.

Check overseas residence, identity documents and address evidence before the individual verification route is progressed.

Match each individual with the appropriate verification pathway including the free Companies House route where suitable or Coddan's supported ACSP route where selected or appropriate.

Use separate verification files for each affected person so that identity evidence, results and any further requirements remain correctly connected to the relevant individual and role.

Choose the appropriate level of professional support with available Coddan verification services starting from £40 + VAT, subject to the applicable route and service scope.

Prepare for document differences, incomplete evidence or exceptional circumstances where additional review or another available verification route may be required.

Coordinate completed verification with the relevant company event whether the matter concerns formation, a director appointment, a PSC requirement or another applicable Companies House process.

Keep each Companies House Personal Code matched to the correct individual and affected role before continuing with the relevant company work.

Reduce avoidable administrative delays and back-and-forth through a structured process that identifies the people, evidence, routes and outstanding requirements before the relevant verification stage is progressed.

Coordinate Multiple and Overseas Identity Verification

Coddan CPM is a UK-based legal and corporate services firm providing professional support with Companies House identity verification for multiple and overseas CLG directors and individual PSCs through its ACSP framework.
Call us on: 033 0808 0089 to discuss the appropriate verification route for your circumstances, whether the affected individuals are based in the UK or overseas.

Remote & International Director Identity Verification for UK Non-Profits

Coordinated checks for several people and countries

Identity Verification for Multiple and Overseas CLG Directors and PSCs

Where several directors or people with significant control are involved, each person must be matched with the correct role, evidence, verification route and Personal Code. Coddan can coordinate those individual checks, including supported overseas evidence, without treating everyone as one application.

Coordination is collective; verification is personal. Each individual completes their own check and receives their own Personal Code. Evidence accepted for one person does not establish that another person’s documents or route will be accepted.

Is this the right service for you?

Use this service when the practical difficulty is coordinating several affected people or assessing identity and address evidence from outside the UK. We identify what each person needs and how their completed verification relates to the relevant CLG event.

Several people must be coordinated

The CLG has several proposed or existing directors or individual PSCs, possibly with different dates, evidence and verification routes.

Someone lives outside the UK

The person uses an overseas identity document or proof of address and needs the available route checked before work begins.

Evidence does not match or is incomplete

A name, address, date, script or document differs, or an attempted check has not produced a usable result.

If the main requirement concerns choosing, forming or organising the CLG, use Company Limited by Guarantee Formation. This service addresses the identity-verification work, not the complete overseas formation.

Several people can be coordinated, but each check remains individual

Coddan can organise the work around one CLG while keeping every person, role and result separately identifiable. Different people may be ready at different times and may use different appropriate routes.

One file for each person

Each individual’s name, date of birth, address, contact details, evidence and result remain connected to that individual.

One person cannot complete another’s check

The individual concerned must supply their evidence and complete the required selfie or liveness step. A colleague, adviser or other director cannot do this for them.

Evidence is assessed separately

Acceptance of one person’s passport or address evidence does not establish that another person’s document, country or circumstances are supported.

Every code must be matched correctly

Companies House issues the Personal Code to the verified individual. It is not a company code and must be used for the correct person and affected role.

Not every person must necessarily complete the same route or finish on the same day. However, the formation, appointment or filing may require all affected information to be ready before that particular submission can proceed.

The requirement follows the role—not the passport

Directors

Proposed and existing directors fall within the current framework. A director does not have to live in the UK, but overseas residence does not remove the identity-verification requirement.

Individual PSCs

An individual PSC must be considered under the applicable PSC requirement and period. Residence and nationality do not replace the need to identify the actual control position.

Members and guarantors

A person does not automatically have the same current requirement merely because they are an ordinary member or guarantor. Check whether they are also a director or individual PSC.

Several capacities in one person

The person normally verifies once, but directorship, membership, guarantor status and PSC status remain distinct. The code must be used through the process for each affected role.

Nationality, country of residence, residential address, service address, document nationality and issuing country answer different questions. The CLG must still have an appropriate UK registered office, even though its directors do not have to live in the UK.

What overseas evidence may be needed?

The available evidence depends on the verification route and its current rules. Coddan confirms the supported route for the particular person before asking them to proceed.

Identity document

Coddan’s supported route may use a passport from a supported country, a UK or supported European driving licence, or a national identity card from a supported country. The current provider list controls availability.

Proof of residential address

Proof of address is required for Coddan’s supported process. Depending on the country, suitable evidence may include an accepted bank, utility or comparable document relating to the individual’s current address.

Selfie or liveness check

Every individual using Coddan’s supported provider route completes the required personal selfie or liveness step. It cannot be completed by another person.

Genuine does not always mean supported. The date, issuing body, country, language, format, legibility and match with the person’s other details may all matter. An expired document, screenshot, cropped image or unclear scan may be insufficient.

Do not arrange certification, translation, notarisation or an apostille merely in the hope that it will make an unsupported document acceptable. Any additional evidential treatment must first be confirmed for the individual route.

Check the requirement for each person and date

What applies now

A new-company application requires the Personal Code for each proposed director. A new director appointed to an existing company provides the code through the appointment process. Existing directors use the applicable confirmation-statement process. Individual PSCs verify and provide their codes during the periods applying to their circumstances.

Individual transition dates may differ

Mandatory verification began on 18 November 2025 with transitional arrangements for existing directors and PSCs. The relevant date may depend on a confirmation statement, appointment, birth month or PSC event. It is not one universal deadline for every person or role.

Later requirements remain separate

Companies House lists later requirements for people filing on behalf of companies, corporate directors and officers of corporate PSCs. They must not be treated as operational procedures until the relevant commencement and current guidance have been confirmed.

Official position checked: 19 September 2026.

Choose the appropriate route for each individual

Free Companies House route

An eligible individual can verify through the free official service. The online route currently accepts a biometric passport from any country and certain UK-issued photo documents. The service identifies any other official option available to that individual.

Review the free official route

Coddan’s supported ACSP route

Where agreed, Coddan coordinates an individual check through its secure identity-verification provider, reviews the result and makes the authorised ACSP submission. Suitability depends on the person and current supported evidence.

Professional ACSP assistance is not compulsory merely because someone lives overseas. People connected with the same CLG may use different appropriate routes, while Coddan coordinates separately agreed formation or filing work.

How Coddan coordinates several supported checks

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.

1. Identify the affected peopleCoddan reviews the CLG event, lists every director and individual PSC and records any other capacity held by the same person.
2. Check the evidence positionWe establish each person’s residence, document type, issuing country, proof-of-address position and any known difference or earlier problem.
3. Create separate secure filesFor each supported check, Coddan uses the required name, date of birth, residential address, email address and telephone number to create the individual file.
4. Each person completes their checkThe secure link is sent by email or text message. The individual supplies supported identity and address evidence and completes the required selfie or liveness step.
5. Review results and exceptionsCoddan monitors each file separately, reviews the result and considers any missing, inconsistent or exceptional evidence. Further evidence may be required.
6. Make the ACSP submissionWhere the evidence is satisfactory and Coddan is authorised, we manually submit the required verification information through our Companies House ACSP account.
7. Match each Personal CodeCompanies House sends the code to the individual’s supplied email address. The correct code is then matched with the correct person and affected role.
8. Continue with the company workThe completed verification is coordinated with the agreed formation, appointment, PSC or compliance process.

Coddan is not Companies House. A provider result does not itself complete the Companies House process. ACSP registration does not constitute official endorsement, guarantee verification or remove every possible delay, exception or rejection.

Coddan’s client onboarding and anti-money-laundering checks remain distinct from Companies House identity verification.

Personal Codes must stay connected to the right person and role

Personal—not corporate

The code belongs to the verified individual, not to the CLG, the formation agent or the person coordinating the group.

One code for the individual

The individual normally verifies once and uses the same code when required for relevant appointments or companies.

Separate role use

If a person is both director and PSC, the same code must be supplied separately through the process applying to each role.

No underlying event is created

Verification and code use do not appoint a director, create PSC status, validate authority or update the register without the appropriate company event and filing.

Keep codes secure. Do not submit an actual Personal Code through an ordinary website enquiry. It may be supplied to a properly authorised person who is making the relevant filing on the individual’s behalf.

What if a document or check cannot be accepted?

Do not assume that repeating the same attempt, certifying the document or changing the company information will solve the problem. Coddan first identifies what prevented completion and whether further evidence, another available route or separate corrective work is required.

Unsupported or expired evidence

The current document list and route must be checked. Another valid document or official option may be needed; availability cannot be assumed.

Names, addresses or dates differ

Transliteration, changed names, different address formats or inconsistent dates may need supporting evidence or correction before the identity can be connected to the role.

The company record appears wrong

Identity verification does not correct an inaccurate appointment, PSC entry or other filing. The appropriate Companies House, internal-record, restoration or legal route must be considered separately.

Additional evidence does not guarantee completion. A disputed identity, appointment, control position or suspected misuse may require Companies House action or specialist legal advice rather than another verification attempt.

How we organise the work

Identify the CLG eventConfirm whether the matter concerns formation, an appointment, an existing role, a PSC event or another filing.
Map each person and capacityRecord every affected individual, their director or PSC role and any separate membership or guarantor capacity.
Check residence and evidenceReview each person’s document, issuing country, current address, proof of address and known differences.
Choose each routeUse the free Companies House service where suitable or agree Coddan’s supported ACSP check for the individual.
Monitor separate checksTrack completion person by person and address missing or exceptional evidence without merging the individual records.
Match codes and continueUse the correct Personal Code for the correct person and role, then proceed with the separately valid formation, appointment or filing.

Documents and information to provide

Provide what you know for each person. “Not known” is an acceptable answer and allows Coddan to identify what still needs to be established. Do not send an actual Personal Code through a general enquiry.

The CLG and company event

Proposed or registered name, company number where available, jurisdiction and whether the matter concerns formation, appointment, PSC status or an existing role.

Every person and capacity

Every proposed or existing director, every known or potential individual PSC, and any membership, guarantor, trustee or other capacity held by the same person.

Residence, addresses and contact details

Nationality, country of residence, current residential address, service address where relevant, email address and telephone number.

Identity evidence

Document type, issuing country, expiry date and an indication of the name and script shown on the document.

Address evidence and differences

Available proof of address and any difference in name, date of birth, address, spelling, transliteration or company record.

Timing and wider context

Relevant formation or filing date, earlier unsuccessful attempt and any charity, property-management, funding or other regulatory context.

When you are ready, contact Coddan using our normal website contact details. Please do not send sensitive identity documents in a general enquiry.

What this service does not do

This service does not provide immigration, residence or tax advice; choose the company structure; form or incorporate the CLG; appoint a director; create PSC status; or determine a disputed ownership, control or authority question.

Identity verification also does not correct an inaccurate filing, replace missing governance, validate an unauthorised appointment or restore a dissolved company. Those matters require the appropriate formation, governance, correction, restoration, regulatory or legal route.

Who is responsible for each part?

Each individual

The person supplies genuine information and evidence, completes their own personal check and keeps their Personal Code secure.

Coddan

Within the agreed scope, Coddan identifies the affected people, coordinates supported files, reviews results and exceptional evidence and makes the authorised ACSP submission.

Companies House and other bodies

Companies House controls its verification services, Personal Codes, register and filing acceptance. Other authorities and professionals control their own documentary, legal and regulatory decisions.

What affects the work, cost and timing?

Using the free Companies House verification route does not carry a Coddan professional charge for that official check. Separately requested coordination, ACSP verification, formation, filing or evidence work may be chargeable. No price or completion time is assumed on this page.

The number of affected individuals and the number and nature of their roles.
Countries of residence, available routes, identity documents and proof-of-address evidence.
Document language, script, expiry, missing information, inconsistencies and earlier unsuccessful attempts.
Exceptional evidence review and any separately required translation, certification, legal or corrective work.
Coddan’s professional charge, VAT, any applicable official charge and related formation or filing work.

Frequently asked questions

Can a non-UK resident be a director of a CLG?

Yes. Directors do not have to live in the UK, although the company must have an appropriate UK registered office. The person must still satisfy the applicable director and identity-verification requirements.

Do overseas directors have different identity-verification duties?

The director requirement follows the role rather than nationality or residence. The available verification route and acceptable evidence may differ because of the person’s documents and circumstances.

Must every director use the same verification route?

No. Each person may use an appropriate available route. One person may use the free Companies House service while another uses an agreed ACSP service.

Can several directors be verified together?

Coddan can coordinate the work for one CLG, but each director completes a separate personal check and receives their own result and Personal Code.

Can one director complete the check for another?

No. The individual must supply their own evidence and complete the required personal selfie or liveness step. An authorised person may later use the code for a filing where permitted.

Must every overseas guarantor or member verify?

Not merely because the person is an overseas guarantor or ordinary member. Check whether the same person is also a director, individual PSC or holds another capacity affected by a current requirement.

Does every passport or national identity card work?

No. The official and ACSP routes have their own current evidence rules. Coddan checks the supported route for the particular person and document before the supported check begins.

Is proof of address required?

Coddan’s confirmed supported process requires proof of the current residential address. The acceptable document depends on the country, issuing body, date, format and individual circumstances.

What if the person’s name appears differently on two documents?

Tell Coddan before starting the check. A spelling, transliteration or changed-name difference may require supporting evidence or correction; it should not be concealed or guessed.

Is a translation, notarisation or apostille required?

Not automatically. These are separate documentary acts and do not guarantee that an unsupported identity document will become acceptable. Any additional treatment must be confirmed for the particular route.

What if one proposed director cannot complete verification?

The evidence, intended structure and available route should be reviewed before submission. Do not assume that the application can proceed unchanged or that the person can simply be added later.

Can one Personal Code be used for several CLGs or roles?

The person normally keeps the same Personal Code and uses it for relevant appointments or companies. The code must still be supplied separately through each required role-related process.

Does successful verification guarantee incorporation or appointment?

No. Verification concerns identity. The underlying formation, appointment, PSC event and filing remain separate, and Companies House controls acceptance and registration.

Can Coddan coordinate several overseas individuals?

Yes, within the confirmed scope and for supported routes. Coddan creates and monitors separate files, reviews results and exceptions and coordinates completed verification with the agreed company work.

What information should I provide?

Provide the CLG and event, every person and capacity, residence and address information, contact details, available documents, issuing countries, proof of address, known differences, earlier attempts and timing. “Not known” is acceptable.

Tell us who is involved and where they live

Provide the CLG, the relevant company event, every affected person and role, country of residence and available evidence. Coddan can then identify the appropriate route for each person and coordinate the agreed work.

Discuss multiple or overseas verification

Identity Verification for Multiple and Overseas Company Limited by Guarantee Directors and PSCs.

Coordinate identity verification for multiple CLG directors and individual PSCs and manage different overseas evidence, verification routes and Personal Codes without treating every person as one application.

Follow the overseas CLG identity-verification journey from identifying each affected person through separate verification, Personal Code matching and continuation of the relevant company process.