Every UK company director must now verify their ID with Companies House. Who it applies to, the two routes, and what the 11-character personal code is for.
ACSP means Authorised Corporate Service Provider: a business Companies House authorises to verify your ID. What one does, how to check it, and what it costs.
Miss your Companies House ID verification deadline and you may be committing an offence. What Companies House can actually do about it, and how to put it right.
PSCs must verify their ID just like directors — but the same 11-character personal code has to be submitted twice, on two dates. Here is how to get it right.
What an ACSP charges to verify your ID for Companies House: £24.99 per person, £39.99 same day - the same price whatever passport you hold. Checked Sept 2026.
Companies House ID verification failed? The 8 reasons it happens, why the GOV.UK route will not reopen, and how an ACSP verifies you from £24.99.
How to choose a Companies House authorised agent, who can register as one, and the 6-step
verification standard they must meet. From £24.99 per person.
What the 11-character Companies House personal code is, how to get one, your exact deadline, and what to do if it fails. Verified in 48 hours from £24.99.
ECCTA identity verification made simple: 5 secure steps, key deadlines, and why an ACSP like directorverifications.com is the low-risk way to get compliant.
UK directors must verify their ID with Companies House. If the GOV.UK app fails - especially for non-British passports - directorverifications.com gets it done.
The GOV.UK One Login route often fails and locks you out - and usually rejects non-British passports. Here's why, and the simpler ACSP alternative that works.
Verify multiple directors, PSCs or partners at once. Secure links, AI-checked IDs in minutes, non-UK passports welcome, submitted to Companies House by an ACSP (159)
