UK Director Search

UK Director Search is a Companies House director lookup: search a director by name and get every company appointment (active and resigned), with company, status, role and dates.

Best for: KYB and due diligence, merchant onboarding, investigating a director's other businesses, and B2B research.

How to search Companies House for a director

1. Add director names to Director names (names).
2. Paste your free Companies House API key (without one, you get free demo data).
3. Click Start and confirm identity using birth month/year and address.

How it works

Uses the official Companies House REST API (search/officers, then officers/{id}/appointments). The same name can belong to different people, so confirm identity with the birth month/year and address.

Output

query, officerName, officerId, birthYear, totalAppointments, activeAppointments, appointments, demoData

Pricing (pay-per-event)

• officer-found: $0.005 per result ($5 / 1,000). Platform usage is included; you pay only for results.
• Example: 10,000 officers found cost $50.00.

Example input

{
  "names": [
    "Jane Example"
  ],
  "maxOfficersPerName": 3
}

Example output

Values below are illustrative.

{
  "query": "Jane Example",
  "officerName": "Jane EXAMPLE",
  "officerId": "abc123",
  "birthYear": 1980,
  "totalAppointments": 2,
  "activeAppointments": 1,
  "appointments": [
    {
      "companyNumber": "00000001",
      "companyName": "EXAMPLE TRADING LIMITED",
      "role": "director"
    }
  ],
  "demoData": false
}

Use it via API, schedules and integrations

Run it in Apify Console, or call it from your own code with the Apify API or the Python and JavaScript clients. Save an input as a task and add a schedule to run it regularly, and send results to Slack, email, webhooks, Zapier, Make or n8n with Apify integrations. AI agents can find and run it through the Apify MCP server.

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("sterlingverify/uk-director-search").call(run_input={"names": ["Jane Example"], "companiesHouseApiKey": "YOUR_COMPANIES_HOUSE_KEY"})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

FAQ

Do I need an API key?

Yes, a free Companies House API key. Without one the Actor returns bundled demo data, which is not charged. Companies House rate limits (600 requests / 5 min) apply.

Is every result the same person?

Not necessarily. The same name can belong to different people, so confirm identity with the birth month/year and address.

Disclaimer

Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Not affiliated with Companies House. Results support due diligence and are not legal advice; verify important decisions against the official register. You supply your own free API key; Companies House rate limits (600 requests / 5 min) apply. Personal data: process it only for a lawful purpose under UK GDPR (e.g. due diligence).

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