Appointment of Directors (IDV compliant)

Mandatory identity verification (IDV) requirements set out in the Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) go live for individuals who are appointed as new directors on 18th November 2025.  This is a new requirement that companies and individual directors must adhere to when appointing a director. Directors must have their identity verified before they can be appointed and there will be potential civil and criminal penalties for failure to do so. IDV applies to all directors, irrespective of their nationality or where they are resident. If notice of the appointment of a person as a director is not filed within 14 days at Companies House, the person may not act as a director until notice has been given. Breach is an offence for those concerned. Companies must therefore ensure that board changes are promptly notified to Companies House without delay.

Existing directors must IDV during a 12-month transition period beginning on 18th November 2025 and tied to each company's confirmation date filing.

The templates below set out the process to appoint a new director. These templates include appropriate IDV wording. 

Each document in the Appointment of Directors (IDV compliant) subfolder is compliant with the Companies Act 2006.

• Guidance Notes: Appointment of Directors
• AP01 – Appointment of Director
• AP02 – Appointment of Corporate Director
• RP06 – Apply to Remove Material About a Director
• Board Minutes Appointment of New Director (Identity Verification Compliant)
• Long Form Board Minutes Appointment of New Director (Identity Verification Compliant)
• Directors’ Written Resolution Appointment of New Director (Identity Verification Compliant)
• Shareholders’ Ordinary Resolution Appointment of New Director (Identity Verification Compliant)
• General Meeting Minutes Appointment of New Director (Identity Verification Compliant)
• Shareholders’ Written Resolution Appointment of New Director (Identity Verification Compliant)
• Letter of Recommendation to Appoint New Directors (Identity Verification Compliant)
• Consent to Act Director’s confirmation (Identity Verification Compliant)
• Confirmation of Identity Verification (New Directors) - Letter from a prospective director to a company
• Request Letter to Directors for ID Verification Documents
• Identity Verification Form

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