What is a corporate director?

Published in Company officers on October 27, 2026 by Johnathan Korchak

A UK company can appoint another company as a director. This appointee is known a corporate director: a company, or another body corporate with its own legal personality, appointed to sit on the board of a UK company and act as a…

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Corporate director reforms under ECCTA

Published in Company officers on October 27, 2026 by Johnathan Korchak

The advent of identity verification for directors and persons with significant control (PSCs) has dominated the Companies House reform agenda in the last year. That does not, however, mean the end of implementation of the Economic…

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Inform Direct product update – November 2025

Published in Inform Direct news on November 3, 2025 by Ben Robinson

You are now able to see the fruits of our recent release (now that Companies House are starting to release the stream of PSC personal code ‘due by’ dates) on the PSC tab of many of your companies.…

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Tags: identity verification, ECCT Act, directors, news, PSCs

(Another) Inform Direct product update – October 2025

Published in Inform Direct news on October 30, 2025 by Andy Ellis

Yes, that’s right – it’s less than a month until the 18th November ECCT Act changes come into force. …

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Tags: identity verification, ECCT Act, directors, news, PSCs

Inform Direct product update – October 2025

Published in Inform Direct news on October 2, 2025 by Andy Ellis

As the November 18th ECCT Act deadline approaches, we are busy updating Inform Direct to help you seamlessly navigate the new legislation.…

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Tags: identity verification, ECCT Act, directors, news, PSCs

Updating data at Companies House for identity verification

Published in Company records on September 22, 2025 by Johnathan Korchak

Companies House has announced that compulsory identity verification of directors, PSCs and others will begin from 18 November 2025. New directors appointed and PSCs added to companies from that date – and those attached to newly…

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Tags: identity verification, ECCTA, addresses, Companies House, directors, PSCs

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of UK Company Formations

Read our comprehensive review of UK company formations in 2024, year-on-year growth rates and breakdown by county. This detailed insight is provided in the form of easy to understand infographics available for sharing through social media and on your own website

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