Verify the provider
Before sharing data, identify the operating legal entity, company number, genuine contact route, data controller and any claimed AML supervisor or ACSP status using independent official sources.
Process and service status
What a safe appointment process should include.
This is a decision framework, not a claim that this website currently performs each step. Every provider and proposed company needs independent verification.
Understand the office
Read the statutory duties, public-record consequences, oversight expectations, possible tax treatment, personal risks and resignation limits. A nominee label does not reduce those duties.
Use minimal initial data
If a service later reopens, an initial expression of interest should collect only what is necessary for a stated purpose and should be supported by complete privacy information. This site is not accepting one now.
Investigate the named company
Check its live register, filing history, officers, PSC information, business purpose, financial position and the identity and role of the person directing the proposal. Registration alone is not official approval.
Complete distinct checks
Companies House verification, a regulated provider's AML customer due diligence and a website's own onboarding are separate. Completing one does not automatically complete either of the others.
Review the appointment pack
Obtain the final contract, role scope, information rights, decision authority, payer and PAYE treatment, resignation terms, and the actual wording of any insurance or indemnity. Take independent advice before accepting.
Consent, oversee and keep records
A formal appointment should occur only after informed consent and the required filings. A director then needs ongoing information, proportionate oversight, records of decisions and a documented route to escalate or resign.
Do not merge these checks
Three processes with different purposes.
Companies House identity verification
This statutory process links a verified identity and personal code to relevant roles. It is completed through GOV.UK One Login or an independently verified ACSP route; it is not approval of the company or appointment.
AML/KYC customer due diligence
Where the provider is regulated, it must identify the correct customer and beneficial owner, understand ownership, control and purpose, and apply risk-based ongoing monitoring. Checking only the candidate is not enough.
Website onboarding
A provider may have its own interest, suitability or document workflow. That commercial process does not itself satisfy Companies House verification or prove that AML obligations have been met.
Current service status
No application, KYC invitation, document-upload or referral route is active on these public pages. The site should not resume those steps until the operating entity, controller and applicable regulatory position can be stated and checked.