The PSC 14 day window, and how it is calculated

Which of the three rules applies to you

You are both a director and a PSC of the same company

You provide the personal code separately for each role. As a director, in the confirmation statement. As a PSC, within a 14 day period starting from the day after the company's confirmation statement date. Companies House adds that if the company files its confirmation statement early, the dates of your 14 day period will not change.

You are a PSC but not a director of that company

You must provide your personal code within the first 14 days of your birth month. Companies House's example: date of birth 22 January means the period begins on 1 January.

You became a PSC after 18 November 2025

You can provide your personal code when you are first added to the Companies House register, or within 14 days of being added.

You can look up your own window

Companies House states you can check the dates of your 14 day period on the Companies House register (gov.uk). Search the company at Find and update company information and read the PSC entry rather than calculating it yourself. You file the code through the 'Provide identity verification details for a PSC' service, which is separate from the confirmation statement.

The extension nobody mentions

Companies House's published approach to non-compliance states that the registrar has discretion to extend the identity verification due date for a PSC by up to 14 days, and, importantly, that by extending the due date the PSC does not fall into non compliance, but instead remains compliant. If the extended date passes without a statement, the PSC is in breach and Companies House will send a default letter. After two digital extensions, further requests are referred to an examiner to consider with supporting evidence (gov.uk). There is a published route to request the extension.

Two practical traps

• Verify before the window opens. The 14 days is for providing the code, not obtaining it. Identity verification can take days if you need a Post Office appointment or an agent.
• Filing the confirmation statement early creates a gap. Where you hold both roles, the PSC window stays anchored to the confirmation statement date, so an early filing does not pull your PSC deadline forward with it.
• Deceased PSCs are handled differently. Companies House states you do not need to complete identity verification for a PSC who has died, and that the PSC should remain on the register until a grant of probate or letters of administration have been received.
• PSC status is not only about shares. Check the register entry rather than assuming, because significant influence and voting rights can create PSC status.

Companies House states that PSCs who do not verify their identities may be committing an offence, and that where directors or PSCs fail to comply it may issue financial penalties at company or individual officer level. For formal correspondence it says it will usually send non-compliance letters to a PSC's residential address.