This article provides an explanation of each business type option available in step 2 (Tell us about your company) of the verification flow and will explain what information is required.
Limited companies
Tell us about your company section
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Business type |
Select Limited company |
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Country |
The country your company was registered in is automatically selected and cannot be changed. If this is incorrect, please reach out to us via this form. |
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What does your business do? |
Provide a brief description of what your business does. Please be as clear as possible, otherwise, we may need to ask for clarification which will increase the time it takes to complete your verification process. |
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Company number |
Enter your company number (if you're unsure of this, a quick search on Companies House should help) |
Director details
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The name and residential address of a company director.
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The names and dates of birth of all company directors.
Shareholder details
You need to add the name and date of birth for each company shareholder owning 25% or more of the business.
Individuals or Sole traders
Tell us about your company section
| Field | Information needed |
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Business type |
Select Individual/sole trader from the Business type dropdown |
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Country |
The country your company was registered in is automatically selected and cannot be changed. If this is incorrect, please reach out to us via this form. |
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What does your business do? |
Tell us exactly what you are collecting payments for |
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What is your trading name? |
Let us know your trading name |
Verify your identity
We'll attempt to electronically verify your identity using the information your provide in this form, so please fill it out carefully. Please enter your name, residential/home address and date of birth.
Charities and non profits
Registered Charity
This will apply if you have a registration number with the Charity Commission. If your organisation does not have a charity number in its own right, please select one of the other options.
Charity Details:
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Tell us briefly what you are collecting payments for under What does your business do?
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Select 'Registered charity' from the Charity/non-profit type menu
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Enter your charity number, charity name and address for the organisation
Your Details:
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Under Your Details, enter your own name, residential address and date of birth.
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If you are also a trustee, tick the ‘I am a trustee of this charity" box.
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If you are not a trustee, please leave the box unticked.
Trustee Details:
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Under Trustee details, enter the names and dates of birth of all trustees registered with the Charity Commission.
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If you are not a trustee of the charity, you will be asked to provide the name, residential address & date of birth for one trustee. You may be prompted to provide supporting documents for this individual.
Excepted Charity
If you are an excepted charity, you operate under the regulation of the Charity Commission but you are exempt from registering or submitting annual returns. You will not have a charity number of your own.
Typical examples of excepted charities are Scout or Guide groups, Student Unions or charitable service funds of the armed forces.
Charity Details:
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Tell us briefly what you are collecting payments for under What does your business do?
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Select 'Excepted Charity' from the Charity/non-profit type menu
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Enter your charity name and the address for the organisation
Your Details:
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Under Your details, enter your own name, personal residential address and date of birth.
Other
This option will apply where you are operating as a non profit organisation but do not quite fit into the other categories. This is commonly used by School Associations, Religious organisations and local political groups.
Charity Details:
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Tell us briefly what you are collecting payments for under What does your business do?
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Select 'Other’ from the Charity/non-profit type menu
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Enter your charity name and the address for the organisation
Your Details:
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Under Your details, enter your own name, personal residential address and date of birth
Clubs and associations
Unregistered Club or Society
Select this option if you are operating as a local or community club (for example, a local sports team or choir.)
Charity Details:
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Tell us briefly what you are collecting payments for under What does your business do?
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Select 'Unregistered Club or Society’' from the Charity/non-profit type menu
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Enter your charity name and the address for the organisation
Your Details:
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Under Your details, enter your own name, personal residential address and date of birth.
Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC)
This applies to sports clubs who have registered with HMRC as a CASC. If you are unsure if this applies to your organisation, you can check the register here.
Charity Details:
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Tell us briefly what you are collecting payments for under What does your business do?
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Select 'Community amateur sports club (CASC)' from the Charity/non-profit type menu
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Enter your charity name and the address for the organisation
Your Details:
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Under Your details, enter your own name, personal residential address and date of birth.
Other company types
Limited Liability Partnerships
You can sign up using the "Limited company" option, entering your company number as normal.
Please enter all of your partners' names and dates of birth under the "Shareholders" section.
Other partnerships
Unfortunately, we are not able to process payments on behalf of other partnership types at the moment.
This is because we are not able to collect the required information that keeps us compliant with payment processing regulations.
We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause - whilst we hope to be able to serve other partnership types in the future, this is not a business type we can accommodate.
Companies on the Mutuals Register (Community Benefit Societies, Industrial and Provident Societies, Community Interest Companies etc.)
If your company number begins or ends with R, RS, IP (amongst others) and you are registered on the Mutuals Register, then you will need to sign up as a registered charity and enter your company number in the Charity number field.
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This is because these types of organisation don’t file annual returns and accounts with Companies House, so we won’t get the information we require back from Companies House using the company number.
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Please enter the names of all company directors under the trustee details on the company verification form.