Board Minutes Appointment of New Director (Identity Verification Compliant) 
The first directors of a company are appointed as part of the registration and incorporation process of the company. Thereafter the appointment of directors is usually covered by the company's articles of association as the Companies Act 2006 is largely silent on the procedure. If the company’s articles permit it, most companies will choose to appoint additional directors by board meeting.
This template board minute can be used to record the minutes of a board meeting where the directors resolve to appoint one, two or more new directors to the company at that board meeting.
These board minutes have been updated to allow for the introduction of the identity verification (IDV) regime.
The introduction of IDV is one of the key changes to UK company law under the Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA). Directors will need to be ID verified to act under the provisions of the ECCTA and there will be potential civil and criminal penalties for failure to do so. The voluntary period for IDV opened on 8th April 2025. IDV applies to directors irrespective of their nationality or where they are resident.
The ECCTA gives Companies House new and enhanced powers to help disrupt economic crime and the IDV regime is a key component of this.
Once fully implemented, it will no longer be possible to register an appointment of a director at Companies House nor for that director to act, until they have been ID verified.
Our guidance note here provides further details. IDV is expected to become a mandatory requirement for newly appointed directors from Autumn 2025.
The document is in open format. Fields should be completed and wording in square brackets is optional and can be deleted or retained according to requirements. If only one director is to be appointed, then the second name can be deleted and the wording adjusted accordingly. Further names can be inserted if more than two directors are to be appointed.
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