What you need to know about Companies House IDV
...More guidance from Companies House on reporting a verification can be found here. Opportunities and pitfalls So, one of the first questions an ACSP must ask themselves is whether they want to offer an IDV service at all. Reasons to do so might be that clients expect it, or that you can make a small margin on the cost of the IDV....
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tax/hmrc-policy/what-you-need-to-know-about-companies-house-idv
Companies House rolls out identity verification - AccountingWEB
...Companies House this week opened voluntary identification verification for directors and people of significant control as part of the registrar of companies clampdown on fraud, but will it be enough to stamp out the wide-scale abuse of the system?...
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/business/finance-strategy/companies-house-rolls-out-identity-verification
Companies House ID Verification: What UK Directors and PSCs Must Know ...
...Companies House is rolling out new identity verification requirements for directors and Persons with Significant Control (PSCs) to enhance the integrity of the UK's corporate register and tackle economic crime....
https://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/articles/companies-house-id-verification-what-uk-directors-and-pscs-must-know-for-2025.7187/
Companies House reforms: Your questions answered
...The recent Companies House (CoHo) changes have continued to be a popular topic on Any Answers. To make things easier to process, here?s a collection of the most frequently asked questions with practical responses from anti-money laundering (AML) expert, David Winch. Verification basics If someone is both a director and a person with significant control (PSC), can one code cover both the ......
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tax/hmrc-policy/companies-house-reforms-your-questions-answered
Companies House announces major fee changes - AccountingWEB
...Companies House has announced that, from 1 February 2026, its service fees will change. In its press release, Companies House outlined several key changes, including: the digital incorporation filing fee rising from £50 to £100 the digital confirmation statement filing fee increasing from £34 to £50 the digital voluntary strike-off fee decreasing from £33 to £13. As well as these ......
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/business/financial-reporting/companies-house-announces-major-fee-changes
Companies House & Accounts Reform: Key Changes Ahead
...Companies House reform aims to give the registrar greater powers to challenge and interrogate information that it has been provided with a view to enhancing the quality and reliability of information available to the public. Beginning in March 2024, the registrar now has greater powers to ?clean? the available data on its platform, removing or amending inaccurate information (such as an ......
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/community/industry-insights/companies-house-accounts-reform-key-changes-ahead
Signing in to Companies House - any easier way? - AccountingWEB
...Can anyone please improve on this as the best route to sign in to Companies House in order to file something?...
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers/signing-in-to-companies-house-any-easier-way
Registering to file docs at Companies House - AccountingWEB
...Companies House have provided a little more information on registration as an ACSP (Authorised Corporate Service Provider). "From 25 February 2025, you can apply to become an ACSP using our new ?Apply to register as a Companies House authorised agent? service....
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers/registering-to-file-docs-at-companies-house
Date for P&L to be filed at Companies House | AccountingWEB
...Date for P&L to be filed at Companies House 1 April 2027 Announced in email today From 1 April 2027, all companies will need to file their annual accounts using commercial software. This means we?ll be closing our web and paper-based systems for account filings on that date....
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers/date-for-pl-to-be-filed-at-companies-house
Companies House opens ACSP registration - AccountingWEB
...Companies House is expecting up to 50,000 businesses to apply to register within 12 months of the launch of the service. User?s experience falls flat Anti-money laundering (AML) expert and founder of MLRO Support Ltd, David Winch attempted to register as an ACSP but as he reported on Any Answers, he didn?t get far....
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/business/finance-strategy/companies-house-opens-acsp-registration