Director Personal Code is the Companies House identity verification service of Tax And Accounting Hub Ltd, an accountancy practice incorporated in England and Wales in April 2013 under company number 08408126. We are registered with Companies House as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider, supervised by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) for anti-money laundering purposes, registered with the Information Commissioner's Office, and covered by professional indemnity insurance.
This page exists so you know exactly who is handling a statutory compliance step on your behalf, and who is answerable for it. If you would prefer to go straight to the practical detail, the ACSP service and pricing page sets out the fees and the process.
The person accountable for your file
Kader Ameen, EA, FMAAT is the principal of Tax And Accounting Hub Ltd and the person professionally accountable for the identity verification files we submit to Companies House.
Those two post-nominals are worth explaining, because they describe different things:
- FMAAT — Fellow Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians. Fellowship is the AAT's senior grade of full membership. The AAT is also our anti-money laundering supervisory body, which is the statutory prerequisite for ACSP registration.
- EA — Enrolled Agent, a credential awarded by the United States Internal Revenue Service that confers unlimited rights to represent taxpayers before the IRS.
In practice this means that when a verification decision is made under our ACSP registration, a named, professionally qualified individual has reviewed the file and is accountable for it. That is not a marketing position; it reflects how the Companies House regime is designed. Companies House requires the authorised agent to be satisfied that the identity verification standard has been met, and states that where checks do not meet that standard it "could suspend or stop your business from acting as an authorised agent" (Companies House identity verification standard).
Two services, one practice
It is worth being direct about something you may notice if you research us. Tax And Accounting Hub Ltd has been known for over a decade primarily for cross-border personal tax work — US and UK filings, ITIN applications, expatriate returns and related compliance — and that remains part of what we do. Some directories and profiles still describe us only in those terms.
Director Personal Code is the same firm, operating under a distinct brand for a distinct service: Companies House identity verification under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. The underlying regulatory infrastructure is shared, and that is the point. Identity verification is a document-examination and anti-money-laundering discipline, which is precisely the ground an AML-supervised practice already occupies.
Our credentials, in one place
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Legal entity | Tax And Accounting Hub Ltd |
| Company number | 08408126, registered in England & Wales |
| Incorporated | April 2013 |
| Companies House status | Registered Authorised Corporate Service Provider (authorised agent) |
| AML supervision | Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) |
| Data protection | Registered with the Information Commissioner's Office |
| Professional indemnity | Cover held |
| Principal | Kader Ameen, EA, FMAAT |
| Identity technology partner | TrustID (digital document and biometric checks) |
Where we are
We operate from two offices, both of which can host an in-person identity review if the digital route is not suitable for your documents:
- Bedford — 11 Holbeach Avenue, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0EG
- London (Stratford) — Hallings Wharf Studios, 1A Cam Road, London, E15 2SY
Our working hours are Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 17:30. You can reach us on +44 7914 393183 or at info@taxandaccountinghub.com, or use the contact page.
What we commit to
These are the standards we hold ourselves to, and we publish them so you can hold us to them:
- A fixed, all-inclusive fee. £125 for a UK-resident director, £175 for a director resident outside the UK. No VAT, and nothing added later.
- We finish the job. We submit the Identity Verification Statement to Companies House as your authorised agent. Obtaining a personal code alone does not complete the legal requirement.
- We do not charge twice for the same outcome. If a check fails or a submission is rejected, we re-run it at no extra cost until your code is issued.
- A 29-point compliance review of every file before anything is submitted.
- Seven-year record retention, as Companies House requires of every authorised agent.
- Your data, handled properly. We process personal data under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Our privacy policy sets out what we hold, why, and for how long.
- We will tell you when a free route is better. GOV.UK One Login is free, and we say so wherever the question arises.
How we write and review this site
Everything we publish about identity verification is reviewed by Kader Ameen and sourced, wherever possible, to primary GOV.UK and Companies House material rather than to secondary commentary. Where guidance is silent on a point, we say that it is silent rather than filling the gap with an estimate — for example, Companies House does not publish a ranked list of common applicant mistakes, and we do not pretend otherwise.
Legislation and Companies House guidance in this area are still developing. Pages carry a visible date, and we revise them when the underlying guidance changes. If you find something on this site that you believe is out of date or wrong, please tell us at info@taxandaccountinghub.com and we will check it and correct it.
Frequently asked
Are you actually registered with Companies House as an ACSP?
Yes. Tax And Accounting Hub Ltd is a registered Authorised Corporate Service Provider. Registration requires supervision by a UK anti-money laundering supervisory body; ours is the AAT. Companies House verifies an applicant's AML membership details directly with the supervisory body before approving registration.
Who will actually look at my documents?
Digital checks are carried out through TrustID, our identity verification technology partner. The resulting file, and the decision to verify, is reviewed within the practice under the accountability of Kader Ameen, EA, FMAAT. For in-person appointments at Bedford or London–Stratford, documents are examined directly by us.
Is Director Personal Code a different company from Tax And Accounting Hub?
No. Director Personal Code is a trading brand of Tax And Accounting Hub Ltd, company number 08408126. Your engagement letter, invoice and privacy notice are all with Tax And Accounting Hub Ltd.
Why should I use you rather than the cheapest provider I can find?
That is a fair question and we answer it at length in our article on why ACSP verification prices vary. In short: every registered ACSP meets the same standard, firms are free to price to their own business model, and the useful comparison is the scope of work included rather than the headline number.