The information you need to capture will be different depending on the type of customer you want to onboard. We currently support onboarding for UK limited companies, individuals and sole traders.
The lists below show the information required for each customer type. Please note that if you are not using our default workflows, additional information may be required.
For more information, check out our guide for onboarding your customers.
Limited companies
Unique 8-digit company number. This will be used to pull information on the company from Companies House and identify directors and people with significant control. (Learn more about our Companies House integration.)
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
Identifies directors
Identifies people with significant control
If you are using our Griffin app to onboard your customers, the above information pulled from Companies House will be automatically populated.
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
Tax identification number
SIC codes
You will also need to provide the following information on directors and people with significant control (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
Individuals
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)
Cash payments
Sole traders
Full name
Date of birth
Email address
Mobile number
Nationality
Tax residency
Industry
Residential address
Business name (leave empty if not applicable)
Business owner
Business telephone number
Business email address
Business website
Business address
Business start date
Description of business
Does business trade under another name
Does business trade under another address
Estimated annual turnover
Tax Identification Number (optional if turnover is under £85k)
List of non-UK countries where they operate (leave empty if not applicable)
Purpose(s) of the account
Source(s) of funds
Initial deposit
VAT registration
List of non-UK countries where their accounts will receive payments from (leave empty if not applicable)
Cash payments