Identify what has changed in an existing LLP before determining the applicable identity-verification and Companies House requirements and connect the real event, effective date, Personal Code and relevant notification without treating them as one step.

Determine the Appropriate Mid-Lifecycle LLP Verification Route.

Whether an LLP member is joining or leaving, designation is changing, member details are being updated or a PSC position is changing, our professional team helps you establish the underlying event, affected capacity and effective date and identify the appropriate verification, Personal Code and Companies House route.

Identify the real LLP event before deciding whether it is an admission, designation change, cessation, detail change or PSC/RLE event.

Establish the affected person's or entity's relevant LLP capacity so that membership, designation and PSC positions are not treated as interchangeable.

Confirm the actual effective date and supporting authority for the change, including the relevant agreement, consent, decision, notice or other available evidence.

Determine whether the affected individual currently has an identity-verification requirement rather than assuming that every member, designation or cessation change requires a new paid identity check.

Check the Personal Code position for each affected capacity, including where the same individual remains both an LLP member and a PSC.

Choose the appropriate verification and Companies House pathway, using the available official route directly or professional support through an ACSP where an affected individual has a current requirement.

Keep identity verification, Personal Code use and the underlying LLP notification as separate connected stages so that one action is not treated as completing another.

Coordinate the relevant Companies House notification and supporting records within the confirmed scope, while recognising that Companies House controls official filing acceptance and the LLP remains responsible for its underlying decision and evidence.

Identify when the matter is not a genuine new change but an earlier filing error, disputed event, control issue or identity-record mismatch requiring a separate corrective or specialist route.

Reduce avoidable administrative errors and back-and-forth by establishing the event, capacity, effective date, verification position, code requirement and appropriate notification before progressing the relevant LLP procedure.

Determine Your Mid-Lifecycle LLP Verification Route

Coddan CPM is a UK-based legal and corporate services firm providing professional support with Companies House identity-verification requirements arising from LLP member and PSC changes through its ACSP framework.
Call us on: 033 0808 0089 to discuss the appropriate mid-lifecycle verification and Companies House route for your LLP circumstances.

UK Limited Liability Partnership Officer Changes: Post-ECCTA ID Verification

LLP identity verification

Identity Verification When LLP Members or PSCs Change

A change involving an LLP member or person with significant control may require several separate actions. Coddan helps establish what actually changed, when it took effect, whether identity verification applies, which Companies House process is relevant and which LLP records must support the event.

Identify the change What information to provide

The real LLP event comes first. An agreement or decision, effective date, consent or authority, identity check, Personal Code, Companies House filing and supporting records are connected—but they are not the same step.

When this service may help

Start with what happened, not with the name of a filing. Similar-looking changes can have different legal, verification and filing consequences.

A member is joining or leaving

The admission or cessation must be supported by the LLP agreement, the applicable decision or notice, consent and an effective date.

Designation is changing

An existing member may become or cease to be designated without becoming a different person or acquiring a new identity.

PSC information has changed

A person or RLE may become registrable, cease to be registrable, or remain registrable with a different nature of control.

The roles move differently

A person may cease as a member but remain a PSC, or cease to be a PSC while continuing as a member.

What has changed?

Coddan first separates the event into the correct category. A genuine new event should not be treated as correction of an earlier error.

Admission

A natural person or corporate body becomes a member from an established effective date.

Designation

An existing member becomes or ceases to be a designated member while remaining a member.

Cessation

Membership ends through a genuine event supported by the agreement, notice, decision or other evidence.

Detail change

The person or entity remains in place, but a registrable name, address or other detail changes.

PSC or RLE event

A person or entity becomes or ceases to be registrable, or their nature of control genuinely changes.

Earlier inaccuracy

Information was wrong, incomplete or unsupported when it was filed. That belongs to the separate corrective route.

One change may involve several separate steps

Step	Question	What it does not do
1. LLP event	Was there a valid admission, cessation, designation or control event?	A filing cannot manufacture an event that did not occur.
2. Effective date	When did the event actually take effect?	The filing date is not automatically the legal effective date.
3. Identity verification	Does the affected natural person currently have to verify?	Verification does not admit, designate or remove a member.
4. Personal Code	Must the individual’s code be supplied for the member or PSC role?	Code use does not create or end membership or PSC status.
5. Companies House filing	Which current notification reflects the real event?	Acceptance does not decide a disputed LLP or control question.
6. Supporting records	What agreement, consent, decision, notice and contemporaneous evidence should be retained?	A public filing does not replace the LLP’s supporting evidence.

Admitting a new LLP member

Admission is an LLP event. The agreement, the required decision, the person’s consent, the effective date, verification and notification must be considered separately.

New individual member

A new natural-person member must meet the current Companies House identity-verification requirement. Their Personal Code is supplied through the applicable appointment process.

The code must belong to that person. It does not establish the admission, consent or effective date.

New corporate member

The corporate appointment and its particulars must still be properly established and notified.

Companies House currently lists identity verification for corporate LLP members as a future requirement. Do not invent an individual Personal Code for the entity or treat an officer’s code as the entity’s code.

Admission and notification are different. Companies House must receive the appropriate member information within the period applying to the event, but delivery of the filing does not replace the LLP agreement or the authority by which the person was admitted.

When a member becomes or ceases to be designated

A designated member is still an LLP member, with additional statutory responsibilities. A change in designation does not by itself create a second identity or another verification requirement.

The decision

Check the LLP agreement, consent and the authority for making or ending the designation.

The notification

The change must be reflected through the applicable member-detail process rather than left until a convenient later filing.

The identity position

An already verified individual does not verify again merely because their designation changes. Any outstanding member requirement remains separate.

When a member leaves

The effective cessation must be established from the LLP agreement, notice, decision, death or other applicable event. These routes are not interchangeable.

Evidence the cessation

Retain the relevant notice, agreement provision, decision, correspondence or other contemporaneous evidence.

Notify the real date

The Companies House cessation notification should reflect the actual event and effective date.

Check every remaining capacity

Leaving membership does not automatically end PSC status, an office in a corporate member or another relationship with the LLP.

There is no safe universal statement that every outgoing member must verify before cessation, or that every former member is exempt from every transition step. The cessation date, filing position, current register and applicable transition timing must be checked.

Changes to member details

A genuine new change is reported through the process applying to that information. Identity verification and Personal Code use do not update the record automatically.

Individual details

A current change may concern a name, service address, residential address or another registrable personal detail.

Corporate details

A corporate member’s registered particulars may change without creating a new corporate membership.

Wrong information from the start

An incorrect date of birth or other detail filed inaccurately is not a later “change”. It may require a corrective route before role connection can succeed.

When someone becomes or ceases to be a PSC

PSC status follows the statutory ownership or control conditions. It is not created by identity verification or by entering a Personal Code.

Event	What must be established	Identity-verification boundary
New individual PSC	The condition, nature of control, confirmed particulars and date the person became registrable.	The person verifies and provides the code through the applicable PSC process. The code does not decide control.
New RLE	Why the entity is registrable, its particulars, nature of control and effective date.	An RLE is not issued an individual Personal Code.
Change in control	Whether the registrable person remains the same and which nature or level of control changed.	Verification does not alter the control position or replace the PSC change notification.
PSC or RLE cessation	Why the condition ceased and the actual date of cessation.	Failure to verify does not itself prove that PSC status has ended.

Current new-PSC code timing

An individual who became a PSC after 18 November 2025 may provide the Personal Code when first added to the register or within the applicable 14-day period after being added. The LLP’s PSC notification and the individual’s verification-detail step are separate requirements.

If the same person is both member and PSC

The individual normally retains one Personal Code, but each capacity and each event remains separately identifiable.

Member capacity

Admission, designation, details and cessation follow the member event and member filing process. Member code use does not complete the PSC step.

PSC capacity

The control condition, nature of control, verification-detail period and PSC notification are considered separately. PSC code use does not complete the member step.

One capacity may end while the other continues. A member’s cessation does not automatically end PSC status, and ceasing to be a PSC does not automatically end membership.

Do not wait for the confirmation statement

The confirmation statement confirms that the LLP information required for the statement is current at the statement date. It is not a universal substitute for reporting a member or PSC change when an earlier notification is required.

Report changes separately

Admissions, cessations, designation changes, member-detail changes and PSC events may require their own notifications.

Existing-member transition

An existing individual member’s Personal Code is provided through the applicable confirmation-statement process during the transition.

PSC step remains separate

An individual PSC follows the PSC verification-detail process and their applicable 14-day period.

Companies House information and LLP records

Companies House records information delivered to it. The LLP’s agreement and supporting records evidence the event, authority, consent and effective date.

Supporting LLP evidence

The LLP agreement, consents, decisions, notices, correspondence, control evidence and historic governance records may be important. Not every item is required for every event.

Public register

A Companies House filing does not replace supporting records or necessarily establish that the LLP’s underlying decision was valid. Updating internal evidence does not update Companies House automatically.

LLP record-keeping legislation has changed. This page does not assume that an historic local statutory register requirement still applies unchanged; Coddan checks the current obligation and the evidential records relevant to the event.

Current, transitional and future position

The following position was checked on 20 September 2026. The event date, role and register should be checked again immediately before action.

Current

Individual members and PSCs

A new individual member must meet the current verification and code requirements. Individual PSCs have their separate current process. Member and PSC changes continue to require the event-specific notifications applying to them.

Transitional

Dates depend on person and role

Mandatory identity verification began on 18 November 2025. A change during the transition may interact with admission, cessation, a confirmation statement or a PSC period.

18 November 2026 is not one universal deadline.

Future

Corporate and filer requirements

Identity-verification requirements for corporate LLP members, officers of corporate PSCs and people filing at Companies House are announced for later introduction and are not presented here as current procedures.

The free Companies House route remains available

An eligible individual can verify through the free official service. Professional ACSP assistance is not compulsory, and the underlying LLP event and filing remain separate whichever verification route is used.

Free official verification

The individual uses the current Companies House service and obtains their Personal Code through the official process.

Review the free official route

Separately agreed LLP work

Coddan may still undertake an agreed member, PSC, confirmation-statement or LLP support service. Not every change requires another paid verification service, and reuse of a Personal Code is not automatically a new verification purchase.

What Coddan can coordinate as an authorised agent

Coddan CPM Limited is registered with Companies House as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider and is supervised by HMRC for anti-money-laundering purposes. These are separate frameworks.

1. Identify the eventConfirm the LLP, individual or entity, capacity, claimed change and effective date.
2. Review authorityExamine the supplied agreement, consent, decision, notice and available supporting evidence.
3. Establish verificationDetermine whether an affected natural person currently needs to verify and which route is suitable.
4. Coordinate the codeIdentify where the correct individual’s Personal Code must be provided for each affected member or PSC role.
5. Prepare agreed workPrepare or coordinate an operationally confirmed notification within Coddan’s authority and agreed scope.
6. Continue complianceIdentify supporting-record, confirmation-statement, corrective, governance or legal work that remains separate.

Where Coddan’s supported verification route is selected, the individual uses Coddan’s secure identity-verification provider; Coddan reviews the result and, where satisfied and authorised, submits the verification information through its ACSP account. Companies House—not Coddan—issues the Personal Code. The LLP event and filing remain separate.

What information should you provide?

Give the facts and documents you have. “Not known” is an acceptable answer. You do not need to decide which filing or legal route applies before Coddan reviews the matter.

LLP and person

Registered name, LLP number, jurisdiction, full name or entity name, date of birth where relevant and present capacities.

Event and date

What is said to have changed, the proposed or actual effective date and whether the person remains in another capacity.

Authority and evidence

LLP agreement, decision, consent, notice, correspondence and evidence of admission, cessation, designation or control.

Companies House position

Current register information, relevant filing history, confirmation-statement date and any message received.

Verification position

How verification was or will be completed, whether a Personal Code was received and which role requires its use.

PSC or RLE information

The control facts, nature of control, date of change and any uncertainty about who is registrable.

Do not place your Personal Code in a general website enquiry. This information section does not transmit an enquiry. Use Coddan’s normal website contact details to begin the discussion, and provide sensitive material only through an agreed secure route.

When correction or legal advice is required

This service deals with genuine current changes. A different route may be needed if the underlying facts, authority or historic filing are uncertain or disputed.

Disputed event

The admission, cessation, consent, decision or effective date is challenged or cannot be established.

Historic filing error

Information was inaccurate, omitted, duplicated or filed against the wrong person or LLP when delivered.

Control dispute

The PSC condition, indirect control, nature of control or RLE position requires specialist analysis.

Identity or record mismatch

The date of birth, Personal Code, verification details, LLP evidence and public register do not agree.

LLP Identity Problems, Record Differences and Corrective Routes

What identity verification and code use do not do

They do not admit or remove a member.

They do not create or end designation.

They do not create or end PSC or RLE status.

They do not determine the nature of control.

They do not validate an unauthorised decision.

They do not update supporting records automatically.

They do not correct an inaccurate earlier filing.

They do not guarantee Companies House acceptance.

Who is responsible for each stage?

The LLP and its authorised members

Valid decisions, accurate instructions, supporting evidence and authority to act.

The individual

Accurate personal information, completion of personal verification and safe handling of the Personal Code.

Coddan

Only the review, verification, preparation, filing or coordination work Coddan is authorised and engaged to perform.

Companies House

Official verification services, Personal Codes, filing acceptance and the public register.

What affects the work, cost and timing?

The scope may depend on the event, number of people and roles, verification status, available code, effective dates, evidence, filings, supporting records, confirmation-statement position and whether any authority or control issue is disputed.

Any quotation should distinguish Coddan’s professional charge, VAT, applicable official charges and separately agreed verification, filing, secretarial, governance, correction or legal work. No filing, timetable or result is guaranteed.

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Frequently asked questions

Must a new individual LLP member verify before appointment?

A new individual member is within the current verification framework. Their identity-verification and Personal Code requirements must be dealt with through the applicable appointment process, separately from valid admission and consent.

Does identity verification admit someone as a member?

No. Admission depends on the LLP agreement, authority, consent and effective event. Verification establishes identity within the Companies House framework.

Does changing designation require another identity check?

Not merely because designation changes. The person remains the same LLP member. Any outstanding verification obligation is assessed separately.

Does a departing member always have to verify?

There is no safe universal rule. The cessation date, filing date, current register and transition position must be checked.

Does leaving the LLP end PSC status?

Not automatically. The person may continue to satisfy a PSC condition after membership ends. The control position must be assessed separately.

Does ceasing to be a PSC end membership?

No. PSC status and membership are separate capacities and may end on different dates.

When must a new individual PSC provide the Personal Code?

An individual who became a PSC after 18 November 2025 may provide the code when first added to the register or within the applicable 14-day period after being added.

Does notifying a new PSC complete identity verification?

No. The LLP’s PSC notification and the individual’s verification-detail requirement are separate.

Does a corporate member need an individual Personal Code?

No. An entity does not receive an individual’s code. Companies House currently describes corporate LLP member identity verification as a future requirement.

Can we wait until the confirmation statement?

Not where the event requires an earlier separate notification. The confirmation statement is not a universal substitute for member or PSC change filings.

Does a Companies House filing update the LLP’s supporting records?

No. The LLP should retain the agreement, consent, decision, notice and other evidence relevant to the event.

What if the original filing was already wrong?

That is not simply a new change. The original document, error, authority and available corrective route must be reviewed through the separate identity-problem and correction service.

Can Coddan coordinate verification and the related filing?

Coddan may coordinate supported verification and an operationally confirmed filing where authorised and expressly engaged. Companies House controls acceptance.

What information should I provide?

Provide the LLP, person, capacities, event, date, agreement, consent, decisions, notices, current register information, verification status and control evidence you have. “Not known” is acceptable.

What affects the work, cost and timing?

The event, people, roles, evidence, verification position, filings, records, deadlines and any dispute or historic inaccuracy all affect scope. Separate work is included only where expressly agreed.

Start with the event, role and effective date

Coddan can help separate the LLP decision, identity requirement, Personal Code step, Companies House notification and supporting records—then identify any corrective or legal work that remains outside this service.

Contact Coddan

LLP Member and PSC Identity Verification for Mid-Lifecycle Changes.

Identify what has changed in an existing LLP before determining the applicable identity-verification and Companies House requirements and connect the real event, effective date, Personal Code and relevant notification without treating them as one step.

Follow the mid-lifecycle LLP identity-verification journey from identifying the underlying member or PSC change through determining the applicable requirement and completing the connected Companies House steps.

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Identity Verification When LLP Members or PSCs Change

When this service may help

A member is joining or leaving

Designation is changing

PSC information has changed

The roles move differently

What has changed?

Admission

Designation

Cessation

Detail change

PSC or RLE event

Earlier inaccuracy

One change may involve several separate steps

Admitting a new LLP member

New individual member

New corporate member

When a member becomes or ceases to be designated

The decision

The notification

The identity position

When a member leaves

Evidence the cessation

Notify the real date

Check every remaining capacity

Changes to member details

Individual details

Corporate details

Wrong information from the start

When someone becomes or ceases to be a PSC

Current new-PSC code timing

If the same person is both member and PSC

Member capacity

PSC capacity

Do not wait for the confirmation statement

Report changes separately

Existing-member transition

PSC step remains separate

Companies House information and LLP records

Supporting LLP evidence

Public register

Current, transitional and future position

Individual members and PSCs

Dates depend on person and role

Corporate and filer requirements

The free Companies House route remains available

Free official verification

Separately agreed LLP work

What Coddan can coordinate as an authorised agent

What information should you provide?

LLP and person

Event and date

Authority and evidence

Companies House position

Verification position

PSC or RLE information

When correction or legal advice is required

Disputed event

Historic filing error

Control dispute

Identity or record mismatch

What identity verification and code use do not do

Who is responsible for each stage?

The LLP and its authorised members

The individual

Coddan

Companies House

What affects the work, cost and timing?

Related LLP identity-verification services

Frequently asked questions

Start with the event, role and effective date