Submit PSC identity verification details and personal code

If you cannot provide your PSC verification details on time, request a 14-day extension through Companies House before your deadline passes. Extension handling is outside this SimpleFilings service.

The standard route cannot be used when the PSC’s personal information is protected or a protection application is awaiting a decision. Use Companies House’s appropriate secure route instead.

See also: Provide PSC details or request an extension at Companies House

A person with significant control is usually someone who holds more than 25% of the shares or voting rights, can appoint or remove a majority of the directors, or otherwise has significant influence or control over the company.

Each individual PSC must verify their identity and then provide their Companies House personal code. Companies House runs a separate service for this called 'Provide identity verification details for a PSC'. Verifying alone is not enough. Until the code is linked to the PSC role, that part of the requirement is not done.

Our service is only for individual PSCs who are already on the register. It is not the identity check itself, and it does not add a new PSC. To register someone new, use the separate PSC01 filing first.

See also: Companies House identity verification guide

Every PSC has a 14 day period to provide their personal code. Which 14 days applies depends on two things: whether they were on the Companies House register before 18 November 2025, and whether they are also a director of the same company.

You can check the dates of a PSC's 14 day period on the Companies House register. We check the window again before you approve, so the details go in at the right time.

• Existing PSC who is not a director: provide the code within the first 14 days of their birth month. Someone born on 22 January has a window starting on 1 January.
• Existing PSC who is also a director: provide the code for the PSC role within 14 days, starting from the day after the company's confirmation statement date.
• Filing the confirmation statement early does not move that director-PSC window. The dates stay the same.
• New PSC added after 18 November 2025: provide the code when they are first added to the register, or within 14 days of being added.
• A PSC who has died does not need to complete identity verification.

This is the most common mix-up. A person who is both a director and a PSC uses the same personal code, but must provide it separately for each role.

For the director role, the personal code goes in with the company's confirmation statement. For the PSC role, it goes through the PSC verification service. Giving the code on the confirmation statement does not complete the PSC requirement, and the PSC submission does not complete the director requirement.

The timing lines up, but the steps do not merge. The director-PSC window for the PSC role starts the day after the confirmation statement date. It makes sense to plan both together so neither is missed.

• The PSC has already verified their identity, through GOV.UK One Login or an ACSP, and has their Companies House personal code. This is different from the company authentication code.
• The PSC is an individual who is already shown on the company's PSC register at Companies House.
• The actual current Companies House verification window and submission status. No full date of birth or company authentication code is required for this service.
• Whether their name matches the name they used for identity verification. If it does not, a short reason is needed, such as a legal name change or a preferred name.
• Confirmation that you are authorised to act for the company and the PSC on this request.

Find the company and choose the PSC. Enter their personal code and confirm their identity-verification and name details in the secure form. We check the actual current verification window, authority and whether a statement has already been supplied or is pending. Protected, deceased, extension, late or uncertain cases need separate review before payment.

You approve the submission before it is sent. The register is only updated when Companies House accepts it. A payment or a submission receipt on its own does not confirm acceptance, so keep a copy and check the outcome.

GOV.UK says that if someone continues to be a PSC after the deadline without complying with all the verification requirements, they may be committing an offence. People who do not comply on time will also be unable to be appointed as a new director of an existing company, or to register a new company or other entity.

This is separate from the wider PSC information rules. Under those rules, a person who does not respond to a company's PSC notice within one calendar month, or who gives false information, commits a criminal offence and could get a 2 year prison sentence, a fine or both. After repeated non-compliance, a company can apply restrictions to that person's shares or voting rights.

If a deadline is close or has passed, act now. Verify first, then provide the personal code as soon as possible. We cannot give legal advice about a missed deadline.

• Assuming verification is finished once the person has a personal code. The code still has to be linked to the PSC role.
• Assuming the director's code on the confirmation statement covers the PSC role too.
• Mixing up the company authentication code and the personal code.
• Missing a birth-month window because it falls before the person expected.
• Using this route for a company or other legal entity that is a PSC. Verification for officers of corporate PSCs is being introduced later and is a different process.