Companies House verification
Verifies a person's identity for Companies House and produces a personal code used to connect roles. The route is GOV.UK One Login or an independently verified ACSP; it does not approve the company or appointment.
AML and identity-checking status
AML, KYC and Companies House checks are different.
This page explains the distinction and the information still missing. It is not a certificate of compliance, supervision or Companies House authorisation.
Regulatory status is not verified.
The available materials do not identify a verified operating legal entity, formal TCSP classification, AML supervisory body, registration number, approved activity scope or ACSP status. This page cannot fill those gaps with a general reference to legislation.
A business that acts as, or arranges for another person to act as, a director by way of business may be a trust or company service provider. If the actual model falls within the regulated scope, the appropriate AML supervision must be established before regulated activity is carried on.
Different purpose, different evidence
Do not treat one check as all three.
AML customer due diligence
Where applicable, the regulated provider must identify the right customer and beneficial owner, understand ownership, control and purpose, assess risk and conduct ongoing monitoring. Candidate ID alone is not complete CDD.
Provider onboarding
A website may perform interest or suitability checks for its own process. Those checks are not automatically statutory identity verification or AML CDD, and a document-upload page is not evidence of authorisation.
What an applicable AML process should address.
- The correct customer, business owner, beneficial owner and ownership or control structure.
- The purpose and intended nature of the relationship and why the appointment is proposed.
- Risk-based identity verification and, where relevant, PEP, sanctions and adverse-media assessment.
- Ongoing monitoring, record keeping, escalation and suspicious-activity decisions.
What a candidate should verify.
- The provider's legal identity and its status on the relevant supervisor's official register.
- Whether an ACSP claim appears on the current Companies House list and is not suspended or ceased.
- Why each document is needed, who controls it, the lawful basis, recipients and retention period.
- That the proposed company and controllers are checked separately from the candidate.