Have these documents ready to get your account opened faster.
We worked with other UK business bank account providers to agree the basic information we need from customers to set up their new account. Check the UK Finance guide to opening a business account for more information.
Please select your business type below for a list of documents we need from you:
We will need proof of identity and proof of UK address for everyone involved in opening the business account including:
Choose one of the following documents:
ID must be in-date, undamaged and machine-readable. We don’t accept handwritten or photocopied passports or ID cards.
Choose two of the following documents:
All documents must include your current address, and must contain the unique customer number or reference that you have been given by the sender.
For all businesses we need one of the following documents to confirm the name of the business owner, the business’ trading name, and/ or the business’ trading address:
Alternatively, we will visit your business premises (which must be different to your residential address) to verify that it is an established business.
We can only accept original documents, not photocopies or printouts.
We will need proof of identity and proof of UK address for everyone involved in opening the business account including:
If there are parent companies, entity directors or shareholders then additional information will be required.
If more than 50% of your company shares are owned outside of the UK or the majority of Directors are resident overseas, please refer to our Inward Investment service for further information.
Choose one of the following documents:
ID must be in-date, undamaged and machine-readable. We don’t accept handwritten or photocopied passports or ID cards.
Choose two of the following documents:
All documents must include your current address, and must contain the unique customer number or reference that you have been given by the sender.
We can only accept original documents, not photocopies or printouts.
With your permission, we will carry out an electronic business search at Companies House.
If your limited company is using a ‘trading as’ name or has a trading address we need one of the following documents to confirm the name of the business, the business’ trading name, and/ or the business’ trading address:
Alternatively, we will visit your business premises (which must be different to your residential address) to verify that it is an established business.
We will need proof of identity and proof of UK address for everyone involved in opening the business account including:
If there are parent companies or entity members then additional information will be required.
Choose one of the following documents:
ID must be in-date, undamaged and machine-readable. We don’t accept handwritten or photocopied passports or ID cards.
Choose two of the following documents:
All documents must include your current address, and must contain the unique customer number or reference that you have been given by the sender.
We can only accept original documents, not photocopies or printouts.
With your permission, we will carry out an electronic business search at Companies House.
If your limited company is using a ‘trading as’ name or has a trading address we need one of the following documents to confirm the name of the business, the business’ trading name, and/ or the business’ trading address:
Alternatively, we will visit your business premises (which must be different to your residential address) to verify that it is an established business.
We may require a registered members list to clarify the details of the members and their individual shareholding within the company.
We will need proof of identity and proof of UK address for everyone involved in opening the business account including:
If any partners are entities then additional information will be required.
Choose one of the following documents:
ID must be in-date, undamaged and machine-readable. We don’t accept handwritten or photocopied passports or ID cards.
Choose two of the following documents:
All documents must include your current address, and must contain the unique customer number or reference that you have been given by the sender.
For all businesses we need one of the following documents to confirm the name of the business owners, the business’ trading name, and/ or the business’ trading address:
The document provided must show the partner's names, the business address and the trading name (if applicable). If your business address is different to your residential address and you can’t provide any of these documents, we will visit your business premises to verify that it is an established business.
We will need proof of identity and proof of UK address for everyone involved in opening the business account including:
If there are parent companies, entity trustees/ officials or associated trusts then additional information will be required.
Choose one of the following documents:
ID must be in-date, undamaged and machine-readable. We don’t accept handwritten or photocopied passports or ID cards.
Choose two of the following documents:
All documents must include your current address, and must contain the unique customer number or reference that you have been given by the sender.
We can only accept original documents, not photocopies or printouts.
We need one of the following documents to confirm the name(s) of the entity’ officials, the entity name, and the address:
Constitution documents must state:
Minutes of the Meeting must state:
The Minutes must be signed and dated within the last three months, by at least two key officials of the registered charity/club/society/association where there are two or more.