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Credit teams checking new customers may assume the post-ECCTA clean-up has thinned out unusually busy directors.
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Credit teams checking new customers may assume the post-ECCTA clean-up has thinned out unusually busy directors. Yet as of 13 August 2026, 289 directors are active on 10 or more UK company boards at once. That comes from RecoupIQ Methodology, how we compute UK Ltd risk signals and RecoupIQ’s director-influence analysis, which counts how many active UK boards each director sits on simultaneously. That matters because mandatory Companies House identity verification took effect on 18 November 2025, with ministers and Companies House arguing the reform would improve register accuracy and deter abuse. Nine months later, Companies House, UK public filing records and the Identity verification at Companies House, Guidance point to a register where corporate influence remains concentrated in a relatively small cohort. For suppliers, lenders and advisers, that is a cue to test governance connections before extending terms.
“Identity verification will make it harder for people to use Companies House to facilitate economic crime, and will improve the accuracy of data on the register.”, Companies House, UK Companies House (ECCTA 2023 identity-verification guidance), in the Identity verification at Companies House, Guidance (2024-11-15). The official aim of the ECCTA changes was clear. Verification was meant to make the register more reliable, not merely more complete. That leaves today’s 289 figure as a useful stress point for compliance teams, because concentration can persist even after a policy reset.
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“A small group spanning many live boards is not misconduct in itself, but it does raise the need for closer onboarding and credit checks.”, Alex Vasile, founder of RecoupIQ.
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