Registering Your Business & Business Changes

All you need to know about Registering your Farm business and Making & Reporting any changes to your Farm Business

All you need to know about registering your business to claim ABS. DAERA must maintain a record of the identity of anyone who submits an application to receive ABS payments. Each business must be registered with us and have a unique business identification (business ID) number. We cannot pay you unless you are registered with us as a farm business and have been issued with a business ID.

If you are a new farm business and want to register with DAERA, you must complete an ‘FB1’ form. A copy of this form can be found below at New Farm Business Guides and Forms. More information on registering a new farm business can also be found here, or contact your local DAERA Direct Office.

A list of DAERA Direct Offices can be found below here. Most applications for ABS must be submitted online at DAERA Online Services. To access DAERA Online Services you will need to register for either an ‘nidirect’ or ‘Government Gateway’ account

How to Access DAERA online services via Nidirect

nidirect government gateway

To access DAERA Online services via nidirect you must complete the following 3 steps:

Step 1: Create an nidirect account online

Step 2: Verify your identity at a DAERA Direct office

Step 3: Log in to verified nidirect account

Creating & Verifying Your Nidirect account to access Online Services

The video below details all necessary action required;

Step 2: Verify your identity at a DAERA Direct office

bring your nidirect verification code and 3 acceptable forms of ID to a DAERA Direct office
at the DAERA Direct office your nidirect account information (name, address etc) will be checked against your 3 forms of ID, so it is important you ensure they match.
once matched the DAERA Direct officer will verify your account and you can access your DAERA online services.

Step 3: Log in to verified nidirect account

Return to login with the nidirect account details
enter your DAERA Customer ID (on first login only)

You will then be able to view all DAERA Online Services available to you and select the service you wish to use.

Contact details for nidirect

If you have any queries regarding a nidirect account you can contact them:

By email at nida@nidirect.gov.uk
By telephone on 0300 200 7868

Step 1: How to Create a Government Gateway account online

Government Gateway

create your Government Gateway account
enter and verify your email address
generate your user ID for Government Gateway
enter your personal details
make note of your Identity verification code as you will need this for step 2 ‘Verify your identity at a DAERA Direct office’

Step 2: Verify your identity at a DAERA Direct office

bring your Identity verification code and 3 acceptable forms of ID to a DAERA Direct office.
at the DAERA Direct office your Government Gateway account information (name, address etc) will be checked against your 3 forms of ID, so it is important you ensure they match.
once matched the DAERA Direct officer will verify your account and you can access your DAERA online services.