The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 requires all UK company directors and individual PSCs to verify their identity with Companies House. Enforcement begins 18 November 2026. Registrum surfaces verification status in a single API call.
Enter a Companies House company number to see the verification snapshot.
ECCTA 2023 introduced mandatory identity verification via the Companies House digital portal. Directors must photograph their face and identity document; CH issues an 11-character personal code (UVID) on success. Verified status is publicly visible on the CH register.
All directors of UK limited companies, PLCs, and LLPs. All individual PSCs (Persons with Significant Control) who are natural persons. Corporate entity and legal person PSCs are exempt. Sole traders are not affected.
GET /v1/company/{number}/compliance
{
"status": "success",
"data": {
"company_number": "10892514",
"directors_total": 3,
"directors_verified": 2,
"directors_unverified": 1,
"directors_unknown": 0,
"pscs_total": 1,
"pscs_verified": 1,
"pscs_unverified": 0,
"pscs_unknown": 0,
"verification_rate": 0.75,
"verification_risk": "partial",
"unverified_persons": [
{
"name": "SMITH, John",
"role": "director",
"kind": "director"
}
],
"eccta_enforcement_deadline": "2026-11-18"
},
"cached": false,
"credits_used": 1
}| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| verification_risk | string | "compliant" | "partial" | "high_risk" | "unknown" |
| verification_rate | float | verified / (verified + unverified). Unknowns excluded from denominator. |
| directors_verified | int | Current directors with a confirmed identity_verified_on date at Companies House. |
| directors_unverified | int | Verification details present but no verified date — started but not complete. |
| directors_unknown | int | identity_verification_details entirely absent from CH API — pre-ECCTA data. |
| unverified_persons | array | Only persons with identity_verified=false. Unknowns (null) are excluded. |
| eccta_enforcement_deadline | string | Always 2026-11-18 — the date Companies House begins enforcement action. |
The /compliance endpoint requires a Pro or Enterprise plan. The identity_verified and identity_verified_on fields on the existing directors and PSC endpoints are available on all plans.
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