Companies House is phasing in identity verification over 12 months to make things easier for companies and business owners, starting 18 November 2025. From today anyone who becomes a company director or person with significant control (PSC) will need to verify their identity with Companies House. This change will provide more assurance about who is setting up, running, owning and controlling companies in the UK.

Making information on the company register more reliable is good news for business, users of the register and efforts to tackle economic crime.

Identity verification will make it harder for people to set up companies or appoint directors using fake or stolen identities. It will make it easier to expose disqualified directors, and link multiple directorships to one person, helpin

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