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Published: 1 December 2025 1:03 pm Author: Oliver Stanley
ECCTA & IDV implementation update – 1 Dec 2025
Updated 3 December 2025 It’s been almost 2 weeks since the launch of the new IDV requirements at Companies House. It’s worked pretty well, but there are still ongoing issues with how Companies House is handling filings that are affected by these changes, and the data they are providing around filing deadlines and windows.
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Published: 28 October 2025 11:06 am Author: Oliver Stanley
IDV filing deadlines for PSCs who are also directors or LLP Members – IMPORTANT!
Companies House has just released an update to the rules around when PSCs who are also directors or LLP members need to file their UIDs at Companies House (i.e. confirm that they have completed IDV). We have written quite a lot about this already (e.g. see here), but the rules have now changed.
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Published: 5 August 2025 5:31 pm Author: Oliver Stanley
ECCTA – mandatory UID implementation date confirmed – 18 November 2025
Companies House has now confirmed that including a Unique Identification code (UID) (also known as the personal code) will start to be mandatory from 18 November 2025. Directors and LLP Members New directors and LLP members will need to include their UID as part of any filing to incorporate a company or be appointed
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Published: 24 March 2025 11:12 am Author: Oliver Stanley
Kudocs is ISO9001 and 27001 certified!
Kudocs is now fully certified to the ISO9001 (quality) and ISO27001 (information security) standards. We have always sought to work to these standards, but it is great to have the official confirmation of certification in place! Certificate Number: 476882025
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Published: 13 March 2025 1:37 pm Author: Oliver Stanley
Companies House ACSP registration update – new launch date 18 March 2025
Companies House has just announced that they will be launching the ACSP registration process on 18 March 2025 (having been delayed since February 2025). Individuals will be able to start completing their own IDV from 8 April 2025. Their update says: “Companies House software provider update, 13 March 2025 We can now confirm the ACSP
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Published: 24 February 2025 2:34 pm Author: Oliver Stanley
Companies House ACSP registration delayed – 24 Feb 2025
Companies House has just announced that they are delaying the launch of the ACSP registration process – that was planned for tomorrow (25 February 2025). Their update says: “The launch of the service to register as an ACSP/Companies House authorised agent has been postponed. This new service is for third party providers who will be
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Published: 13 February 2025 5:37 pm Author: Oliver Stanley
Companies House IDV and ACSP update – Feb 2025
Key Takeaways 25 February 2025: Regulated bodies that already carry out ID checks as part of existing AML processes can start to register with Companies House as an ACSP. This will cost £55. This will provide the ACSP with an ‘ACSP Unique ID’ that they will need to (i) complete IDV for their clients
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Published: 8 November 2024 6:19 am Author: Oliver Stanley
Latest IDV & ECCTA implementation update from Companies House (and Kudocs)
Key Takeaways Spring/ Summer 2025: Companies House hopes to start allowing third parties (i.e. professional advisers) to apply to become an ACSP – so that they can complete IDV for their clients and clients’ stakeholders. Individuals will be able to apply directly to Companies House (via OneLogin) to verify their identity. Autumn/ Winter 2025: All
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Published: 19 February 2024 4:02 pm Author: Oliver Stanley
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2023 – Kudocs is ready for implementation
The first changes to be implemented by Companies House under the new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (2023) (“ECCTA”) are due to come into effect on 4 March 2024. In summary, these changes are: Each entity will be required to provide a registered email address to Companies House as part of their core information.
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Published: 17 March 2023 11:34 am Author: Oliver Stanley
Feature update – March 2023
A short summary of some of the new feature’s we’ve released up until March 2023: Unconsolidated & consolidated share certificates Generally speaking, Kudocs generates consolidated share certificate, and all previous certificates generated in Kudocs are automatically cancelled. However, you now have the option to generate an unconsolidated share certificate when you record a recent
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