Email the Institute of Directors to oppose forcing Company Directors into Digital ID

Use our tool to send an email to the Institute of Directors - always better if you add your own thoughts and comments to the template.

In particular, if you are a Director yourself, please say that and add any other relevant thoughts.

Name *

Your email *

Subject

<div>I am writing to urge the Institute of Directors to raise serious concerns about the Companies House rollout from 18 November 2025, which will effectively force huge numbers of directors, PSCs, and LLP members onto a government digital ID system via One Login.The public has already shown strong opposition to compulsory government digital ID schemes. Forcing directors onto the same system ignores that widespread rejection and sets a concerning precedent. The official justification - that this will “crack down on misuse of the UK companies register” - does not justify this kind of overreach directed at up to 8m people.I note that Companies House (presumably in response to criticism) has recently started to claim this “isn’t a digital ID.” But if we must prove our identity through the One Login app, upload a passport or driving licence, and receive a persistent digital code linking us to our company record, this is a state-controlled digital ID by any common-sense definition.Directors already have secure, legally recognised ways to prove identity. Making One Login effectively mandatory adds new risks: data breaches, identity theft, and government overreach, while burdening small business owners who keep Britain working.One Login itself has serious and well-documented security problems. Over £300 million of taxpayers’ money has already been spent, and we know the state's record on ID projects, including Tony Blair’s failed ID cards, is poor in the extreme. Vast sums are wasted, and data is never kept safe.This is not a minor change - it threatens directors’ privacy, security, and autonomy. The IoD should act to challenge this unnecessary and risky measure, and ensure Directors can opt out of One Login without financial penalty or other disadvantage.</div>

To show you're an actual person, what is 2 + 4 ? *

Yes - please keep me in touch with Together's campaigning on this and related issues

Data will be processed by Organic Campaigns: Privacy policy. Acknowledgements