Is this director disqualified?
Type a person’s first name and surname, and their month and year of birth if you know them. You’ll see whether Companies House’s register of disqualified directors lists them, now or in the past.
5 free lookups with an account. With the month and year of birth, namesakes born at other times are left out.
Example (made up): what an answer looks like
John Example on the register of disqualified directors
Someone with this name and birth month and year is disqualified now. Check the details below are the same person.
On the register
- Court order from 1 March 2024 until 28 February 2030 · Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, section 6
Company: EXAMPLE TRADING LIMITED
Checking the people behind a client?
A company check in Stratum finds every director and owner from Companies House and checks each of them against the register of disqualified directors and the sanctions and PEP lists. Every morning after, it compares the company with Companies House and tells you who joined or left.
What does a disqualified director mean?
A court order, or an undertaking the person gave instead, bars them from being a director or taking part in running a company for a set time, up to 15 years. Acting as a director while disqualified is a criminal offence (Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, section 13).
Why add a birth month and year?
Many people share a name. Companies House publishes the birth month and year of directors, so with them a namesake born at a different time is left out, and a match is much more likely to be the same person.
What if the disqualification has ended?
The person can act as a director again. It can still be a reason to ask questions when you take them on as a client or business partner.
Is it free?
Every Stratum account gets 5 free lookups, shared by the firm and across the tools, to see how it works. You need an account to run one: it takes a minute, and your question is kept while you make it. After that, you check a person by adding them as a client in your register, from your plan.