Director – appoint
This guide explains how to appoint a director to your board using Kudocs.
The action is available via:
- Quick action list in Company Dashboard
- Quick action list in Officers, PSCs & RLEs
- All actions.
You can use either the Perform or Record route.
For more details on appointing a director, read our FAQ.
ECCTA/IDV Alert – from 18 November 2025, all newly appointed directors must have passed IDV and provide their UID (or ‘Personal Code’) to Companies House as part of their appointment filing. All Kudocs processes will be updated to include this. For more details, read our FAQ here.
Last updated: 27/01/2026 by Kudocs Admin
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Perform route
Select this route and Kudocs will help you complete all the necessary steps for this action.
Record route
Select this route if the decision has already been approved by the company & the appointment needs to be recorded (update Kudocs & notify Companies House).
Outputs - all handled automatically by Kudocs
- Email sent to new director & initiator informing them of the resolution outcome (if selected)
- New director added to company registers.
- Stakeholder page for the director is created or updated (if existing stakeholder).
- Process information stored in Kudocs for future reference & any documents filed in document store.
- If selected, Companies House updated by filing AP01 or AP02.