Your Company Authentication Code (CAC) is a 6 character alphanumeric code provided by Companies House. To import and indeed manage a company using Inform Direct, you will require this code.
What is the Companies House Web Authentication Code?
Inform Direct requires this code for 2 reasons:
1. As part of the setup of your account Inform Direct will pull all available information for the company in question from Companies House. To do this we need the Authentication Code.
2. As you make updates to your company e.g. changes to directors or shareholdings, then to communicate these changes to Companies House electronically Inform Direct requires the Authentication Code.
Without the Web Authentication Code you will not be able to use Inform Direct for that Company.
Companies House rightfully advise companies to be wary of sharing their authentication code. How safe is Inform Direct?
You will see that Inform Direct is shown on the Companies House website as a tested and authorised provider of CoSec and formation software.