Correcting your date of birth with Companies House
How to correct the date of birth for a director or person with significant control (PSC) if it was filed incorrectly with Companies House.
It’s important that your date of birth registered with Companies House is correct. To complete identity verification requirements for Companies House, your details must be correct and match our records.
You’ll need to submit a replacement for the original filing that contained the incorrect date of birth. How to do this depends on which filing was used to register the director or PSC with Companies House. You can check this in the company’s filing history on the Companies House register.
After you’ve submitted a replacement, you’ll need to wait for the change to be processed before you can complete your identity verification requirements. If you’re authenticated to file online for the company, you can sign in to WebFiling and view the director or PSC’s details to see if their date of birth has been corrected.
It may take up to 2 weeks for a correction to be processed, as we’re currently experiencing high demand.
If a director or PSC was added as part of company registration (IN01)
You’ll need to complete and submit 2 paper forms.
- The ‘Replace a document not meeting requirements (RP01)’ form.
- The section of the ‘Application to register a company (IN01)’ form for the director or PSC whose date of birth needs to be corrected. If they are a director and PSC, you must include both sections of the form.
You must also include proof of their correct date of birth, for example a photocopy of a driving licence or passport.
Send all your documents together by post to:
2nd Filings Team
Companies House
Crown Way
Cardiff
CF14 3UZ
If the company is registered for PROOF, which protects it from unauthorised changes to its records, you’ll also need to include a completed PR03 form. Request a form PR03 by email to enquiries@companieshouse.gov.uk.
For a director appointed after the company was registered
If the director was appointed using the ‘Appoint a director (AP01)’ filing, you can submit the replacement filing online.
- Sign in to Companies House WebFiling.
- Select the ‘All forms’ tab.
- Select ‘Replace a previous filing that contained an error or had missing information’.
- Select ‘Replace a previously filed appointment of a director (AP01)’.
For a PSC added after the company was registered
If the PSC was added to the Companies House register using the ‘Notice of an individual person with significant control (PSC01)’, you can submit the replacement filing online.
- Sign in to Companies House WebFiling.
- Select the ‘All forms’ tab.
- Select ‘Replace a previous filing that contained an error or had missing information’.
- Select ‘Replace a previously filed notice of individual person with significant control (PSC)’.
If the PSC was added as part of a confirmation statement (CS01) filing
You’ll need to complete 2 paper forms.
- The ‘Replace a document not meeting requirements (RP01)’ form.
- The ‘Notice of an individual person with significant control (PSC01)’ form.
You must also include proof of their correct date of birth, for example a photocopy of a driving licence or passport.
Send all your documents together by post to:
2nd Filings Team
Companies House
Crown Way
Cardiff
CF14 3UZ
If the company is registered for PROOF, which protects it from unauthorised changes to its records, you’ll also need to include a completed PR03 form. Request a form PR03 by email to enquiries@companieshouse.gov.uk.
If the director was appointed before 1 October 2009
For companies in England, Wales, or Scotland: download and complete a .
For companies in Northern Ireland: download and complete a .
Send your form by post to:
Capital Team
Companies House
Crown Way
Cardiff
CF14 3UZ
If the company is registered for PROOF, which protects it from unauthorised changes to its records, you’ll also need to include a completed PR03 form. Request a form PR03 by email to enquiries@companieshouse.gov.uk.