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Identification Documents and Certification Procedure

Know Your Customer & Anti-Money Laundering

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) screening is mandatory in the UK financial services industry. We use a third party provider to check the information you provide us with to check your details against certain watchlists, sanction lists and PEPs (Politically Exposed People) Lists.

  • UK Resident Investors
  • Non-UK Resident Investors
  • Non-Personal Investors
  • Certification

Current UK Passport

The details required from this document:


MRZ (Machine Readable Zone) number Expiry date

UK Driving Licence Number

The details required from this document:


4a – Date of Issue


Driving Licence Number

UK Residents

In order for us to identify you, please provide the following details on your application form from

Anti-Money Laundering

  • UK Passport
  • UK Driving Licence

The information you provide on the application form should be sufficient to meet AML requirements. However, in certain circumstances we may require further details or request to see the documentation – either original, a copy or in some cases a certified copy. Typically, if we require further information it may be because an address has not yet been registered with the third party system or the form of ID submitted is not available.

If this is the case, your Issuer will contact you requesting secondary documentation.

Secondary documentation can typically be taken from the following list:

  • National Identity Card with a photograph
  • Current Government or State Identity Card
  • Residence permit issued by the Home Office
  • Firearms certificate or shotgun licence
  • Photographic registration cards for self-employed individuals and partnerships in the construction industry

The following non-photographic ID may be acceptable:

  • Marriage certificate (particularly useful for evidencing name changes)
  • Birth certificate

Proof of Address – Documentary evidence of home address:

All must be dated within 3 months of the day of review (unless it is a driving licence).
Must be certified translated if not in English.
All must be addressed to the respective individual:

  • Utility bill
  • Driving Licence
  • Bank Statement
  • Benefit book or original notification letter, confirming the right to benefits
  • Local council or housing association rent card or tenancy agreement or
  • Council tax bill
  • HMRC self-assessment statement or tax demand
  • House or motor insurance certificate/schedule

Non-UK Resident Investors

For Non-UK Residents, we require TWO copies of identification documents.(Please see the section below on how documents must be certified).


We require ONE photographic identification document and ONE document confirming residential address.

Acceptable Photographic Identification Document

  • Current Passport
  • Current Driving Licence

Acceptable Documents Confirming Residential Address

This document must be dated (and certified) within the last 3 months.

  • Driving Licence (so long as it has not been used to confirm identity above)
  • Bank Statement (NOT a credit card statement)
  • Utility Bill (so long as it is NOT a mobile phone bill)
  • Rental/Tenancy Agreement

If these documents are not in English, a translation must be provided and certified as follows:

“I certify this is a true and accurate translation of the original document”

Date of Translation:


Full Name of Translator:


Address of Translator:


Email/Telephone Number of Translator:

Certifying Documents

If necessary we may request certified copies of identification documents. Documents must be certified within the last 3 months by a professional person, which could include the following:

  • Bank or Building Society official
  • Councillor
  • Doctor or Dentist
  • Accountant
  • Solicitor or Notary
  • Teacher or Lecturer

The person you ask should NOT be:

  • Related to you
  • Living at the same address
  • In a relationship with you

The document must be certified as follows:

“Certified to be a true copy of the original document seen by me”

Signed by Certifier:


Name of Certifier:


Occupation:


Address of Certifier:


Email/Telephone number of Certifier:
Date of Certification: