Verify your ID with Companies House
Companies House have introduced a mandate that requires all company directors or the equivalent of company directors (includes LLP members) to verify their identity directly with Companies House. From 18th November 2025, it will not be possible to file a confirmation statement without having the personal code (PRN) that is issued to you when you have verified your ID. The requirement to verify ID also applies to shareholders with 25% or more of a company’s shares (known as Persons with Significant Control) if they are not directors.
The following bullet points give you a summary of how to verify your ID with Companies House:
Create GOV.UK One Login
- Go to this link on the GOV.UK website
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/verify-your-identity-for-companies-house - Click “Verify your identity”
- Click “Go to “GOV.UK One Login”
- Click “Create your GOV.UK One Login”
- Enter your email and a 6-digit code will be sent to your email for verification
- Enter a password
- Add a secondary security measure (text or authenticator app)
- You have now created your GOV.UK One login
Verify your ID
- “Have you verified your ID” – click “No”
- It will ask where you live and the year you moved in
- It will then ask if you have a form of photo ID (driving licence/passport)
- It will then ask what type of device you’re using, and if mobile, whether it’s iPhone or Android
- Download the GOV.UK One app
- Scan your passport
- Scan the biometric on the front cover of the passport (place your phone on the passport and slowly slide it up and down the front cover until the scan is complete)
- Scan your face (position your face within the oval, and keep your phone still until a flash of different colours appear on your phone – continue to keep your phone still until this is complete)
- You will have now verified your ID and the confirmation screen will appear (see below for what this will look like)
- NOTE DOWN YOUR PERSONAL CODE