Annotated sample · Director Search (1 credit)

Example Director Search report

A Director Search traces a director's appointments across companies, current and ended, to reveal their history and any connected risk. Here is an annotated example.

Illustrative example only. The director and companies shown are fictional and the details are invented for illustration. A live search shows the actual, current record for the director you look up.
Director details
NameMr Alan Hargreaves Mercer
Date of Birth12 March 1969
AddressTanners Court, Wharf Road, Leeds LS10
NationalityBritish
Alternate Address–
DisqualificationsNone recorded
Why search a director
A director search reveals the person behind the company — every appointment they hold or have held — so you can judge their track record and spot connected risk.
Past and present directorships and secretaryships
CompanyStatusReg No.AppointedOccupation
BRONZEBRIDGE HAWSEN ENTERPRISES LIMITEDActive - Accounts Filed0924617314 May 1998Director
HARGREAVES MERCER LOGISTICS LIMITEDDissolved0773192003 February 2009Director
PENNINE TRADE SUPPLIES LLPActiveOC37221511 June 2012Member
Reading the appointment history
Look for ‘phoenix’ patterns — a new company formed soon after an earlier one failed — and for a string of dissolved companies. Here the dissolved company was wound up cleanly and the active company has traded for over two decades.
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