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What information do I need to collect to onboard landlords using Verify?

The information you need to capture will be different depending on whether the landlord you are onboarding is a limited company or an individual.

The lists below show the information required for each customer type. (This assumes you are using the LTD Company Landlord workflow or Individual Landlord workflow.)

For more information, check out our guides for onboarding your customers.

Limited company landlords

You will need the company's unique 8-digit company number. This will be used to pull information from Companies House and identify directors and people with significant control (PSCs).

Information pulled from Companies House:

  • Company name
  • Company address
  • Corporation type
  • Company status
  • Company incorporation date
  • Date of latest accounts
  • Date of latest confirmation status
  • SIC codes
  • Directors' identities
  • PSCs' identities

If you are using our Griffin app to onboard your customers, the above information pulled from Companies House will be automatically populated.

You will also need to supply the following information about the company:

  • Company phone number
  • Business description
  • Website
  • Email address
  • Trading address (if different from registered address)
  • Tax residency
  • List of non-UK countries where they operate (leave empty if not applicable).
  • List of non-UK countries their accounts will send and receive payments from (leave empty if not applicable).
  • Estimated annual turnover
  • Initial deposit source
  • Source(s) of funds
  • Purpose(s) of account
  • Cash payments (i.e. will the account receive payments from accounts that are funded, in full or in part, by cash deposits)
  • Tax identification number
  • SIC codes
  • Number of properties owned
  • Origins of deposits
  • HMO verification
  • HMRC registration status and number
  • Whether properties are residential, commercial, holiday lets or HMO
  • If they own commercial properties, what industries

You will also need to provide the following information on directors and PSCs:

  • Full name
  • Date of birth
  • Residential address
  • Tax residency
  • Nationality
  • Email address
  • Phone number

For PSCs, you will also need to provide their ownership percentage.

Individual landlords

  • Full name
  • Date of birth
  • Residential address
  • Nationality
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Employment status
  • If employed, occupation and industry
  • Tax residency
  • Income
  • Purpose(s) of account
  • Source(s) of funds
  • Initial deposit
  • International payments countries (leave empty if not applicable)
  • Number of properties owned
  • Origins of deposits
  • HMO verification
  • Whether properties are residential, commercial, holiday lets or HMO
  • If they own commercial properties, what industries
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Written by Mo BackerUpdated 16 December 2024

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