Companies House Identity Verification Checklist

A practical checklist and tracker for identity verification under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 – directors, PSCs, LLP members, presenters and ACSPs.

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Companies House Identity Verification Checklist

About this document

What it’s for

Under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), individuals who run or control UK companies and LLPs must verify their identity with Companies House. This checklist explains who must verify and by when, the ways to do it, and what the company must file, and includes a tracker so you can record everyone’s status.

When to use it

  • For every company or LLP – check that all directors, members and PSCs are verified
  • Before appointing a new director, LLP member or PSC
  • Before filing a confirmation statement
  • For accountancy and secretarial firms acting as an authorised corporate service provider (ACSP)

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  • A. Key dates
  • B. Who needs to verify
  • C. How each person verifies
  • D. Filing and company records
  • E. Consequences of not verifying
  • F. Checklist for accountancy and secretarial firms acting as an ACSP
  • Sign-off

How to complete it

  • Work through sections A to E, ticking each item
  • Fill in the tracker in section G for every individual
  • Diarise each person’s deadline and the next confirmation statement date
  • Review the dates against the latest Companies House guidance before relying on them

Key points to check

  • Acting as a director without verifying is a criminal offence for the director and the company
  • Deadlines for PSCs are different from those for directors
  • Several dates were still being phased in at November 2026

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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