Introduction
Computershare Entity Solutions is pleased to announce upcoming updates to GEMS in response to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA). These changes will go live on 18 November 2025, aligning with new legal requirements from Companies House.
What’s Changing
Under the ECCTA, all company directors and People with Significant Control (PSCs) must verify their identity with Companies House. This is part of a broader effort to improve transparency and prevent fraudulent appointments.
GEMS now supports these requirements through updates to the IN01, Confirmation Statement (CS01), AP01, and PSC filings (PSC01/LLPSC01, PSC02/LLPSC02, PSC04/LLPSC04, PSC05/LLPSC05, PSC07/LLPSC07, PSC08/LLPSC08, and PSC09/LLPSC09) allowing users to include the Companies House identity number (also known as the personal code). This identity number can already be stored in GEMS and updated in bulk via SuperAdmin. For assistance, please contact our support team ([email protected]).
Directors
On the first Confirmation Statement filed after 18th November, you will need to provide a Companies House personal code for each director.
If you’re registering a new company via GEMS, you’ll be asked to provide the Companies House personal code for each director as part of the registration filing (IN01).
People with significant control (PSCs)
PSCs must verify their identity and provide their Companies House personal code. The filing process depends on the situation - see below for specifics.
PSCs appointed after 18 November 2025
The personal code of the PSC can be filed via GEMS when adding a PSC. This must be done when they are first added to the Companies House register (via GEMS), or within 14 days of being added (via the Companies House filing service).
Existing PSCs
Where a director is also a PSC of the same company
PSCs must provide their Companies House identity number using a separate service within 14 days of your company’s confirmation statement date. This service will be provided directly via Companies House and is due to be available by 18 November 2025.
Originally this was due to be part of the CS01 filing, however following development of this capability Companies House have instead determined this will be a separate filing outside of the Confirmation Statement and as such will not be available directly via GEMS. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Please note where a PSC is also a director the code must be provided separately for each role.
If the PSC is not a director of the same company
The personal code must be provided within the first 14 days of the PSC's birth month. For example, if the PSC's date of birth is 22 January, their 14-day period will begin on 1 January. This must be done via the separate Companies House filing service referenced above, due to be available prior to the 18 November 2025 go-live date.
More details on identity verification can be found on the Companies House website.
Further updates
Companies House will be introducing identity verification at a later date for:
People who file at Companies House
Limited partnerships
Corporate directors of companies
Corporate members of limited liability partnerships (LLPs)
Officers of corporate PSCs
Additionally, Companies House plan to enforce mandatory filing of digital accounts from 2027. We will provide further updates on updates to GEMS when information is available from Companies House on specific timelines and implementation.