Hello. I have a couple of questions regarding the identity verification requirements for Directors.
Existing directors
For existing company directors, according to the press release titled Companies House confirms identity verification rollout from 18 November 2025 published on 5 August 2025:
existing directors will need to confirm they have verified their identity at the same time as they file their next annual confirmation statement, during a 12-month transition period.
Cross checking this with the schema status page I noticed there’s a new schema called ConfirmationAndVerificationStatement-v1-0.xsd
Questions:
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Is
ConfirmationAndVerificationStatement-v1-0.xsdthe confirmation statement that should be submitted according to the comment above? Will this replaceConfirmationStatement-v1-3.xsdgoing forward? -
What should be done with companies that have multiple existing directors?
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Will there be a PDF version of
ConfirmationAndVerificationStatement-v1-0.xsdthat the company can fill in manually and submit to Companies House or can this confirmation only be submitted through the XML Gateway?
New directors
For new directors the recommendation is:
new directors will need to verify their identity to incorporate a company or be appointed to an existing company
Questions
- Will there be a new updated AP01 PDF that the company can fill in manually and submit to Companies House or can this confirmation only be done through the XML Gateway?
Also, I assume the identify verification only applies to individual directors. Is this a correct assumption?
Thanks in advance for clarifying these questions.
