Since 18 November 2025, UK Companies House requires officers, LLP members, and Persons with Significant Control (PSCs) to verify their identity within the preceding 12 months before filing confirmation statements. Know Your Customer now displays a new verification identifier directly in dashboards—instantly showing which individuals are verified by UK Companies House versus those requiring manual checks.
Companies House verification requires identity checks via gov.uk or Authorised Corporate Service Providers before filing confirmation statements post-18 November 2025. The 12-month transition ends November 2026, after which non-verified entities cannot file—flagging compliance gaps across portfolios. Know Your Customer extracts verification status from post-deadline filings, giving compliance teams a single dashboard view of verified versus unverified individuals across thousands of entities.
The new feature analyses Companies House confirmation statements filed after 18 November 2025, linking successful submissions to prior officer/PSC verification through AI extraction. It generates clear ‘Verified’ status with visual icons, individual drilldowns, and timelines for quick triage. Integrated with direct access to 140+ global registries, it supports configurable alerts for enhanced due diligence on unverified cases—processing portfolios in hours rather than weeks.
Watch the new feature below:
Compliance teams gain immediate advantage by identifying unverified officers and PSCs before universal verification eliminates these indicators by year-end. Automation cuts entity review times from days to hours, speeds onboarding for verified entities, and prioritises refreshes for at-risk cases—delivering audit-ready documentation whilst freeing analysts for higher-complexity risks. High-volume UK portfolios that once took weeks of manual verification now process in hours with verified cases cleared instantly.
After the transition period, the feature continues delivering value through ongoing registry feeds, detecting status changes or re-verification triggers when new officers join. Event-based alerts support continuous KYB monitoring aligned with rising regulatory expectations. Company data sources directly from Companies House in real time, ensuring complete reliability when coupled with integrated risk scoring for scalable deployment across FinTechs and banks.
Know Your Customer provides UK clients with direct access to Companies House data and AI-driven verification status extraction during this 12-month transition ending late 2026. Institutions can systematically review portfolios for unverified officers, LLP members, and PSCs using automated flags from post-November 2025 confirmation statements—eliminating manual ID validation, with 80% faster onboarding times, and supporting timely KYB updates aligned with FCA due diligence expectations across 140+ jurisdictions.
Interested to find more about the UK Company registry? Check out our Registry Spotlight Series – Companies House in the UK.
