02 Apr How to find directors name using a Company search tool
What is a company Search Tool
A company search tool is nothing but a search engine for company details.
Just by inputting the company name, you get a lot of information about the company you are searching.
Searching for this kind of information can seem endless and often results in a negative outcome. And even if you find the information you want, you don’t know if you can legally contact the decision-maker you want to reach. With the changes in data protection laws, there has never been a more critical time to ensure your lead generation is legally compliant and the data that you receive is authentic.
The information offered by many sites is designed to provide insight into not only what a company does, but more importantly how past and present employees feel about the organization. This could also help a person who is looking forward to a job interview with that company/ invest in the company based on values and finance.
What are the results
With the spurt in digitalization and access to data, the number of websites offering online company search has increased.
Some websites offer free data, while some companies offer based on a subscription basis and while others offer the customers/users in the form of a package based on the data that they are offering.
While most of the websites provide specific director data search, some have basic director details in the company search report itself.
The company search tool may scourge through its database and could most of or all of the information below:
- Name of Company
- Registered Office Address of the Company
- Capital Structure of the Company
- List of Directors of the company since incorporation
- List of Shareholders of the company since incorporation
- List of Registered Charges since incorporation etc.
- The Report may include the other matters also as per the demand of the Bank Officials
- General corporate information
- Operating and financial review
- Chairpersons statement
- Non-audited information
- Financial statements, including
- The Balance sheet is also known as the Statement of Financial Position
- Income statement also profit and loss statement.
- Statement of changes in equity
- Cash flow statement
- Notes to the financial statements
- Accounting policies
- Auditor’s report
- Mortgage charge data
- Insolvency information
Such extensive report gives you complete details you are looking for as an investor and clarifies your doubts about the company having any fraudulent activities.
Where to Find Directors name
You can find the director’s name either in the company search report which has links to the director’s details.
Some websites have separate searches for director’ name but with less information. You can use such extensive company search reports to derive directors name and other details.
What details should it contain
The company search report has enormous data and hence providing many details about the directors. It is essential that along with the director’s name, as a part of the complete director’s information, a list of directors of the company since incorporation, a list of shareholders of the company since incorporation, the address and contact details of all the previous directors and the current director along with their holdings in the company and financial status.
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