Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 90491
Companies and Charities: Proof of Identity
Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025
Question
Manuela Perteghella
Liberal Democrat — Stratford-on-Avon
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to re-introduce postal verification for trustees of (a) companies and (b) charities who are otherwise excluded from these roles due to lack of digital accessibility.
Answer
Blair McDougallIdentity verification at Companies House is a new requirement for company directors. Some charities are incorporated as companies, and some companies limited by guarantee call their directors ‘trustees’. Only trustees who are company directors must verify...
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