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Tracking ECCTA verification, the practical way

Field notes for UK accountancy firms managing Companies House identity verification across a portfolio of clients.

Portfolio tracking

How to track Companies House identity verification across all your clients

A firm with 200 clients doesn't have one ECCTA deadline. It has more than 200, scattered across the year. Here's how the verification windows actually work, and how to track every director and PSC.

By Ben Morton · 27 June 2026 · 14 min read
Deadlines

Director, PSC, or both? The three verification windows

The same deadline does not apply to everyone. Whether a person verifies with the confirmation statement, in a 14-day window, or in their birth month depends on the roles they hold. Here's how to tell them apart.

By Ben Morton · 27 June 2026 · 9 min read
Deadlines

The early confirmation statement trap (and how to avoid it)

Filing a confirmation statement early feels like getting ahead. For a director who is also a PSC, it can quietly leave a verification window open with nobody watching it. Here's the trap, on a timeline.

By Ben Morton · 27 June 2026 · 8 min read
Monitoring

How to track verification you didn't carry out

Your clients verify through several routes, and most won't tell you when they do. The good news: Companies House's public data records every verification, so you can monitor the whole portfolio without becoming an ACSP.

By Ben Morton · 27 June 2026 · 8 min read