The Companies House ‘Identity Verification Process’ launched last year on 18 November 2025, making it a legal requirement for new and existing Company Directors and Persons with Significant Control (PSCs) to verify their identity over a 12-month period, as and when their company’s annual Confirmation Statement and PSC ID are due for filing.

This verification process helps deter those wishing to use companies for illegal purposes.

That means Companies House needs to have verified your identity in each of those roles and the 12-month transition period for existing Directors and PSCs ends next month.

We have been writing to clients over the past 12 months when it was time for us to file their company’s annual Confirmation Statement and PSC ID, with full details of how to apply to Companies House for their unique filing code.

A company cannot file its confirmation statement until all of its Directors have verified and persistent failure to file can ultimately lead to a company being struck off the register.

All current clients should have received an email from us by now – final notice reminders are going out weekly to those still outstanding, these should be attended to without delay.

What to do now

If you have not already completed the identity verification process, it is extremely important that you forward the unique filing code to us as soon as it has been received from Companies House, as we are unable to file the company’s Confirmation Statement and PSC ID without it and this may incur unnecessary late filing fines and penalties and possible company strike off.