Companies House personal codes for identity verification
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How to use and manage the personal code you receive when you verify your identity for Companies House.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Privacy & data protection
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
How to use and manage the personal code you receive when you verify your identity for Companies House. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- What a personal code is
- Where to find your personal code
- If you verified using GOV.UK One Login
- If you verified using an ACSP
- How to save your personal code to a Companies House account
- How to use your personal code
- If you're a director (or equivalent)
- If you're a PSC
- If you file on behalf of a company
- If the personal details linked to your code do not match our records
- If you think your personal code has been shared or compromised
Source and licence
Companies House
AttributionCompanies House, ‘Companies House personal codes for identity verification’ (updated 13 July 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026