# APi Authentication **URL:** \ **Category:** API Question\ **Created:** [March 25, 2026, 10:23am UTC](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/api-authentication/12720 "2026-03-25T10:23:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnny.ciesco](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@johnny.ciesco](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/johnny.ciesco)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 10:23am UTC](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/api-authentication/12720/1 "2026-03-25T10:23:09Z")
I wanted to query the possibility of setting up a non personal account for use with the API ? We are going to be using it as part of our data ingestion process and wanted to know if there was a way of setting up an account that wasn’t personal i.e. isnt attached to a humans mobile phone or authenticator as if this person was to leave the business then we wouldn’t be able to gain access to the system. ---
**Author:** ![abercorn1](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@abercorn1](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/abercorn1)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 8:27am UTC](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/api-authentication/12720/2 "2026-04-01T08:27:38Z")
Simple, buy a sim only deal from a firm like giffgaff. Put it in any old phone and leave that on the office desk. Change the “authentication phone number” to the new sim. Only costs a few £’s a year to keep it active.