The new system is being introduced gradually from 2024–2025. If you’re already a director or PSC, you’ll be given time to complete your check once the system opens. If you’re setting up a new company, all directors will need to pass their checks before the company can be registered. 

From 18 November 2025, a valid personal code will need to be supplied to Companies House to identify the individual being appointed when the person is:

• Appointed as a director of a company
• Appointed as a member of an LLP
• Added as an individual person with significant control

The code will need to be supplied upon appointment to a new role, whether or not the person’s code has already been notified to Companies House for another appointment, on the same or another company.

Transitional rules apply for those holding roles on companies that exist as at 18 November 2025 (or a somewhat earlier date at which Companies House choose to assess the picture across the UK company population). Those companies will need, as part of their first annual confirmation statement following the implementation date, to provide a personal code for every director or LLP member.

The personal code for PSCs will also need to be confirmed via a separate, new type of transaction on a timetable to be confirmed by Companies House, rather than – as originally thought – in the first confirmation statement. The date to submit the personal code will typically be either within 14 days from the anticipated first confirmation statement (if the PSC is also a director of the company) or in the first 14 days of the birth month of the individual PSC (if the PSC is not also a director of the company).