Corporate Officer - Documents Checklist

Company officers (director, PSC or shareholders) can either be a natural person (human beings) or artificial legal persons (companies). We have a legal obligation to identify and verify both person officers and corporate officers.

UK Corporate Entities

For UK corporate entities, we can search Companies House Beta for the required information.

Non-UK Corporate Entities

For overseas corporate entities, we require two of the following evidence of registration:

• Certificate of Incorporation;
• Certificate of Good Standing or Incumbency;
• Memorandum and Articles of Association;
• Official evidence of registered address, for example, Extract of Trade Register;
• A certified Register of Directors and Shareholders / Members.

The document/s must contain the following corporate information:

• Full name of the company;
• Company registration number;
• Registered address and principal place of business;
• Country of incorporation;
• Names and members of management body or senior person responsible for the company.