07/12/2025
UK Directors Identity Verification
If you are a director of a UK company, you should have received an email from Companies House to verify your identity.
For most of our clients, the process has been easy to follow:
1. set up a GOV.UK One Login account
2. Use the new account to log into Companies House and verify your ID.
3. Make a note of the ID reference.
4. Provide the ID reference to your accountant.
Watch out for scams. Check that the email comes from:
[email protected]
Be careful about who you give the ID code to. Treat it with the same high privacy rights as your National Insurance number.
The process gets tricky if you have no passport.
The ID verification request applies to major shareholders (PSCs), but the deadlines are different. This bit is causing us a headache. The deadline is a two week window and is based on your birthday or something weird.
It's a new process. As ever, we will work it out, and it will become routine.
Life is full of changes. We are used to dealing with change. We help our clients to comply by interpreting the rules into simple instructions.
Our doors are currently closed to new business. The doors re-open on 8th February 2026. In the meantime, if you want to start a conversation about becoming a client, you can find me on LinkedIn.
Lorraine Ellison FCMA, MBA
Chartered Management Accountant
Down to earth Sunderland lass
Straight talking advice
Collaborative approach
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We are a digital accountancy firm based in Houghton-le Spring, which is located between Durham and Sunderland in the north-east of England. Forget any stereotypical thoughts you may have about accountants. Firstly, we are a bunch of people running a small business and secondly, we are striving to li...
