Identify which CLG roles currently require Companies House identity verification and distinguish the relevant person, capacity and timing before choosing the appropriate verification route.

Determine Who Must Verify.

Whether a person is a director, Person with Significant Control (PSC), guarantor, member or trustee, our professional team helps you identify which capacity creates the current Companies House verification requirement and what should happen next.

Understand which people connected with a Company Limited by Guarantee may need identity verification and why the relevant Companies House role matters.

Separate each person's different capacities so that directorship, PSC status, membership, guarantor status and trusteeship are not incorrectly treated as the same requirement.

Check whether the person is a director or PSC subject to the current verification framework and identify the relevant company event or individual timing requirement.

Distinguish identity verification from the underlying corporate event because verification does not itself appoint a director, create PSC status or update the company record.

Check the relevant date and company event, including formation, appointment, an existing directorship, PSC registration or confirmation-statement timing, before progressing the applicable verification step.

Understand when guarantor, member or trustee status alone does not create the current Companies House verification requirement and when another role held by the same person changes the position.

Use the free Companies House route where it is suitable or consider professionally supported verification through an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP) where additional assistance is required.

Identify what information and evidence may be needed for the relevant person and route before arranging the identity check.

Understand what happens after verification, including how the Companies House Personal Code is used for the correct director or PSC role, where applicable.

Build confidence by identifying the correct role and timing first, then continue to the appropriate verification, Personal Code, filing or specialist service for the remaining step.

Discuss Who Needs to Verify

Coddan CPM is a UK-based legal and corporate services firm providing professional support in identifying CLG identity-verification requirements through its ACSP framework.
Call us on: 033 0808 0089 to discuss who needs to verify and which route applies to your circumstances, whether you are based in the UK or overseas.

Mandatory Identity Verification: Who Needs to Verify for a UK Guarantee Company?

CLG roles and identity verification

Who Must Verify for a CLG? Directors, Guarantors, Members, Trustees and PSCs

One person may be connected with a Company Limited by Guarantee in several ways. We identify the capacity in which each person is acting, whether that capacity creates a current Companies House identity-verification requirement and what must happen next.

The role decides the requirement. Directors and people with significant control are within the current Companies House framework. Being only a guarantor, ordinary member, charity trustee, founder, volunteer or employee does not automatically create the same requirement.

Is this the right service for you?

Use this service when you know who is involved with the CLG but are unsure which role triggers verification. We separate the capacities before you arrange checks, provide a Personal Code or make a company filing.

One person has several roles

A founder may also be a director, guarantor, member, trustee and PSC. We identify which of those capacities matters for Companies House verification.

Your CLG already exists

We establish whether the person is an existing director or PSC and identify the individual date or company event that governs the next step.

A new role is proposed

We distinguish identity verification from the appointment, PSC event, formation or filing through which the role is recorded.

The capacity in which the person acts matters

A person may be connected with the same CLG in more than one way. The current identity-verification position follows the relevant Companies House role; it does not arise merely because a person supports, governs or belongs to the organisation.

Director

A CLG director is within the current mandatory identity-verification framework. The applicable code-use step depends on whether the company and appointment are new or existing.

PSC

A person with significant control must verify and provide their Personal Code during the 14-day period that applies to their circumstances.

Guarantor or ordinary member

Membership or guarantor status alone is not listed by Companies House as a current identity-verification role. Check whether the person is also a director or PSC.

Charity trustee

Trusteeship alone is a charity-law capacity. Where the charity is a company, the same person may also be a company director and must be assessed in that separate capacity.

Founder, volunteer or employee

These descriptions do not by themselves create the current Companies House requirement. A separate director or PSC role may do so.

Do not combine the capacities. Directorship, membership, guarantor status, trusteeship, employment and PSC status may overlap in one person, but they remain legally and operationally distinct.

Check what applies to the role and date

What applies now

Directors and PSCs are subject to the current mandatory framework. A new company registration must include the Personal Code for each director. A new director appointed to an existing company must provide the code through the applicable appointment process. A PSC must provide the code during the 14-day period that applies to that person.

Your date may be individual

The mandatory phase began on 18 November 2025, followed by a 12-month transition. That start date is not one deadline for everyone.

An existing director provides the code through the company’s next confirmation statement during the transition.
A PSC who is also a director has a separate PSC period beginning the day after the company’s confirmation-statement date.
An existing PSC who is not a director uses the first 14 days of their birth month.
A person becoming a PSC after 18 November 2025 may provide the code when first added to the register or within 14 days of being added.

Later requirements remain separate

Companies House states that identity verification for people filing on behalf of companies will be introduced later. A guarantor, member, trustee or employee might be affected in a separate filing capacity when that requirement becomes operational, but it must not be treated as current until commencement and operational guidance are confirmed.

Official position checked: 19 September 2026.

Where the free Companies House verification service is suitable, professional support is not compulsory. Review the free official route.

What Coddan can do

Coddan can identify the person’s actual CLG roles, the date or company event that matters and whether the free Companies House route or supported ACSP service is appropriate. Where Coddan’s route is selected, we coordinate the applicable check within the agreed scope.

Classify each capacity

We distinguish the director, PSC, guarantor, membership and trustee positions instead of assuming that one label answers every question.

Check the relevant date

We identify whether the matter concerns a new company, new appointment, existing director, PSC period or later company event.

Coordinate supported verification

For the agreed ACSP route, Coddan creates the secure verification file, the individual receives the provider link by email or text message, supplies supported identity and address evidence and completes the required selfie check. Coddan reviews the result before making the authorised ACSP submission.

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 is not Companies House. ACSP registration does not imply Companies House endorsement or guarantee acceptance. Coddan’s client onboarding and anti-money-laundering checks remain distinct from Companies House identity verification.

How we identify the appropriate next step

Identify the CLG and personConfirm the company number or proposed company, the individual and whether the company already exists.
List every capacityRecord whether the person is a director, PSC, guarantor, member, trustee, founder, employee or holds more than one role.
Check the event and dateEstablish whether formation, appointment, an existing directorship, PSC registration or a confirmation statement determines the timing.
Choose how to verifyUse the free Companies House service where suitable or agree Coddan’s supported ACSP route.
Complete the role-specific stepAfter successful verification, provide the Personal Code through the correct process for each relevant director or PSC role.

Information and documents to provide

Start with information that allows us to establish the role and timing. Do not send a Personal Code through an ordinary website enquiry. “Not known” is an acceptable answer where you do not yet have the information.

About the CLG

Company name and number, jurisdiction, whether it is being formed or already exists, and whether it is also a registered charity.

About each person

Full name, date of birth, current address, contact details and every proposed or existing capacity held with the organisation.

Dates and company events

Formation or appointment date, PSC date, confirmation-statement date and any deadline or Companies House notice already received.

Evidence for a supported check

Available identity document, proof of address and issuing country. The exact supported evidence is confirmed for the individual route before the check begins.

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

What happens after verification?

Companies House provides the verified individual with one Personal Code. The code is personal to the individual, not to the CLG. The same code is used when the person must confirm verification for a relevant role.

One verification can still require more than one role step. If the same person is both a director and PSC, the code must be provided separately through the process applying to each role. Detailed Personal Code and role-connection work is dealt with through the appropriate specialist service.

What this service does not do

This service does not appoint a director, make someone a PSC, create membership or trusteeship, determine charitable status or decide whether an appointment or company decision was validly authorised. Verification confirms identity; it does not create the underlying role.

If the company record is inaccurate, a role is disputed, the appointment did not occur, the charity register needs updating or the company requires formation, filing, correction, governance or legal work, that separate matter must use the appropriate service or professional process.

Who is responsible for each part?

Coddan

Coddan identifies the role and timing, coordinates the agreed supported check, reviews the result and makes the relevant ACSP submission where authorised. Coddan does not issue Personal Codes.

Companies House

Companies House controls its verification services, Personal Codes, role-related processes, register and acceptance of registrations and filings.

You, the CLG and other bodies

The individual must supply genuine evidence and complete the personal check. The CLG remains responsible for appointments, PSC information and filings. The Charity Commission and other competent bodies control their own requirements and decisions.

What affects the work, cost and timing?

The free Companies House route has no Coddan professional charge. Where Coddan support is requested, the scope must reflect the number of people, their actual roles, the relevant dates and the evidence available. No price or completion time is assumed on this page.

The number of people and the capacities held by each person.
Whether the requirement concerns formation, appointment, an existing role, PSC timing or a confirmation statement.
Supported identity and address evidence, overseas documents and any mismatch or exception requiring review.
Coddan’s professional charge and VAT, plus any separately agreed formation, filing, governance, charity or corrective work.

Frequently asked questions

Must every CLG director verify?

Directors are within the current mandatory framework. The date and code-use process depend on whether the company or appointment is new or the person is already a director.

Must every guarantor or CLG member verify?

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

Does every charity trustee need Companies House verification?

Trusteeship by itself is not the Companies House role that creates the current requirement. In a charitable company, a trustee may also be a company director; the director capacity must then be considered separately. Charity Commission requirements remain distinct.

Must every PSC verify?

A living individual PSC must verify and provide the Personal Code during the applicable 14-day period. Companies House states that identity verification is not required for a PSC who has died; the register treatment then follows the separate official guidance.

What if the same person is a director, guarantor and PSC?

The person’s director and PSC capacities create separate role-related steps. The person normally verifies once and uses the same Personal Code, but supplies it through the process for each relevant role. Guarantor status does not merge those steps.

Is 18 November 2026 the deadline for everyone?

No. The mandatory phase began on 18 November 2025 with a 12-month transition, but the action date depends on the person’s role and circumstances. Existing directors, PSCs who are also directors, other existing PSCs and newly added PSCs follow different timing rules.

Can Coddan decide whether someone is a PSC?

Coddan can review the supplied company and control information within the agreed scope and identify when PSC analysis or specialist advice is needed. Identity verification itself does not create PSC status or resolve a disputed control question.

Does verification appoint the person or update the Companies House register?

No. Verification confirms identity. The appointment, PSC event, role connection and relevant filing are separate steps. Verification does not correct an inaccurate or disputed register entry.

Tell us who is involved and in which capacity

Provide the CLG name or proposed company, the people involved, every role each person holds and the relevant company event or date. Coddan can then identify who currently needs to verify and what separate company work remains.

Discuss who needs to verify

Who Must Verify for a Company Limited by Guarantee: Directors, Guarantors, Members, Trustees and PSCs.

Identify which CLG roles currently require Companies House identity verification and distinguish the relevant person, capacity and timing before choosing the appropriate verification route.

Whether a person is a director, Person with Significant Control (PSC), guarantor, member or trustee, our professional team helps you identify which capacity creates the current Companies House verification requirement and what should happen next.

Follow the CLG identity-verification journey from determining who must verify through identifying the applicable requirement, choosing the correct route and confirming the next compliance step.