01 Feb The Top Five UK websites to get company directors database for free
To understand what you are getting into, is the first thing you do when you decide to invest or enter a new relationship. Hence, if you are a stakeholder, shareholder or a trust looking to invest, it is essential that you know about the company and the directors of the company.
There are lots of resources you can use to research companies and/or directors, some are free and most of them are subscriptions that you can avail for a price.
If you are looking to get the basic information, for example, to compile a list of companies in a region or to find out who the CEO is, using free resources is perfect. But for those who want to delve a bit deeper, a subscription to a corporate database or directory can be a good investment.
Company databases
Corporate databases provide information on registered companies and their directors. In the UK, all the databases use data from the Companies House (the official government body that registers all companies in England and Wales).
If you scourge through the database and look for a company’s details, it provides the following information at least:
Company info:
- Contact details
- Turnover
- Pre-tax profit
- of employees
- Line of business
- Assets
- Parent companies/subsidiaries
- Shareholder info (if available)
Director Info :
- List of Directors
- Director(s) information:
- Name
- Address (could be either home address or services address (i.e. accountant or business address etc.)
- Date of Birth/Gender/Nationality
- Occupation
- List of companies they are director of
Choosing the Database
It is important to research which corporate database to choose. Which best suits your requirements. This decision could save a lot of your money and time.
Often it so happens that you could do with a free source but you end up spending and obtain data that is of not much use to you.
Below is the list of websites from where you can get UK director’s info for free:
GOV.UK provides basic details such as :
- company information, for example, registered address and date of incorporation
- current and resigned officers
- document images
- mortgage charge data
- previous company names
- insolvency information
You can also set up free email alerts to tell you when a company updates its details (for example, a change of director or address).
Their current features include:
- File abridged accounts
- Change a registered office address
- View company data and document images
- Search for disqualified directors
- Follow companies
This website provides various plans to the user. One of which is free.
It has separate company reports and director reports. The Director report aims to understand any risk associated with the people you do business with. You get to have access to detailed Director reports, revealing the performance of all an individual’s companies.
The report shows the following details :
- Current Appointments
- Previous Appointments
- Mortgages and Charges
- Combined Financials
- Combined Credit Score
- Shareholders & Group Structure
They have 4 plans, of which the first one is free. You can access five company house documents and export five account tables. You can choose the membership plans based on your requirement.
The companies house is a beta and provides free information on the company and its director(s).
The website provides the following details about the director:
- Role
- Date Of Birth
- Nationality
- Country of residence
- Occupation
- Status if the CEO is active or not
If you want just basic details and check if the CEO is still functional and hasn’t resigned or to verify the data you already have, you can use this website.
This website gives you the view a company director’s information including personal details and a complete list of current and previous directorships.
If you want the entire company details in the form of a report, they charge €4.99.
However, the Director’s information is free of cost.
It provides the following details:
- Address
- Date of Birth
- Nationality
- Director ID
- Current and previous directorships; the company name, number, and status
- Date(s) appointed and function within the company
- Current and past appointments
DueDil is a website that provides access to Director’s data for free. The database is huge and has almost every company director’s details.
The website provides the following details:
- Director Name
- Social Handles
- Age
- Date Of Birth
- Nationality
- If they are disqualified
- Open Directorship
- Closed Directorship
- Retired Directorship
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