Verify your identity with Companies House
Have you received an email like the one below? This guide aims to answer some of the many questions that you may have. Is the email genuine? Yes, but please do check who the sender is, as it may not be long before scammers are sending phishing emails. Why am I receiving this email? You are a director or person of significant control of a company in England or Wales. Essentially, Companies House have bought I additional measures to reduce fraud. This is all part of The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (2023). There will be further changes coming later on, around how much information is available at Companies House to the public. If you wish to read further information on this, here is a link: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act: outline transition plan for Companies House - GOV.UK Can’t you just do it for me? No, although we as accountants have to verify you for Anti-Money Laundering purposes, we cannot verify your i...