UK Disqualified Directors Check

Screen names against the Companies House register of disqualified directors, with fuzzy matching and full disqualification details (period, reason, companies). Fast KYB red-flag check.

How it works

Uses the Companies House disqualified-officers search and detail endpoints. Covers GB and NI disqualification orders and undertakings recorded by Companies House.

Output

query, hit, matches, demoData

Pricing (pay-per-event)

• name-screened: $0.003 per result ($3 / 1,000). Platform usage is included; you pay only for results.

Example input

{
  "names": [
    "John Example",
    "Jane Doe"
  ],
  "threshold": 90
}

Example output

{
  "query": "John Example",
  "hit": true,
  "matches": [
    {
      "matchedName": "John EXAMPLE",
      "score": 100,
      "disqualifications": [
        {
          "from": "2023-01-01",
          "until": "2030-01-01"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "demoData": false
}

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. A name match is not proof of identity; check date of birth and address before acting. Personal data: process only for a lawful purpose under UK GDPR.

Use in Clay, Zapier, Make, n8n, Pipedream, Power Automate or Activepieces

All of them connect to Apify through their official Apify integrations, using your own Apify account: an API token from Apify Console > Settings > API & Integrations, or Apify sign-in for Power Automate. Runs bill to your Apify account at this Actor's pay-per-event price.

• Clay: save this Actor's input as an Apify task and copy it as JSON. In your Clay table, add the Run Apify Actor enrichment, choose it and paste the JSON into Input Data, mapping Clay columns into the fields. To pull a finished run into a new table, use the Import data from Apify Actor source.
• Zapier: use the Apify Run Actor action, or the Finished Actor run trigger followed by Fetch dataset items. Synchronous runs in Zapier stop after 30 seconds, so use the trigger for big batches.
• Make: add the Apify Run an Actor module with Run synchronously set to Yes, then Get Dataset Items with the run's dataset ID. For longer runs, use the Watch Actor Runs trigger.
• n8n: install the Apify node (@apify/n8n-nodes-apify, or search "Apify" on n8n Cloud) and use Run an Actor and get dataset.
• Pipedream: add the Apify app's Run Actor action, or Run Task Synchronously on one of this Actor's public example tasks (or your own saved task) to get the dataset items back in one step. For big batches, start from the New Finished Actor Run or New Finished Task Run trigger, then Get Dataset Items.
• Power Automate: add the Apify connector (a premium connector, currently in preview) and sign in with your Apify account. Use Run Actor with Enter custom value set to sterlingverify/uk-disqualified-directors and paste the input as JSON, then Get dataset items with the run's default dataset ID. For big batches, start the flow from the Actor run finished trigger instead.
• Activepieces: add the Apify piece and use Run Actor, or Run Task on one of this Actor's public example tasks (or your own saved task), then Get Dataset Items. For scheduled or big batches, use the Watch Actor Runs or Watch Task Runs trigger.
• Google Drive / Sheets: add Apify's Upload results to GDrive integration to a scheduled task to drop each run's CSV or XLSX into your team's Drive, or chain the Google Sheets Import & Export actor to append rows to a sheet.
• Slack alerts: add Apify's Slack integration to a scheduled task to post each run's results to your team channel, or start a check from Slack with /apify call and your task ID.
• Any HTTP tool or script: send one request and get the results back as JSON. Runs must finish within 5 minutes.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/sterlingverify~uk-disqualified-directors/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @input.json

FAQ

How do I check if someone is a disqualified director? Paste one or more full names; each is searched against the Companies House disqualified officers register and returned with any matching register entries and their details.

Who is this for? Merchant onboarding and KYB teams, AML/compliance analysts, lenders, accountants and anyone doing director due diligence.

Does a match prove it is the same person? No. Confirm with date of birth and address; results are a screening aid, not a legal decision.

Related SterlingVerify tools

• UK Director Search
• UK Company Check (KYB)
• UK Sanctions List Screener
• UK Gazette Insolvency Check
• Merchant Website Compliance Checker

Part of the SterlingVerify UK payments & compliance toolkit. Browse all tools: https://apify.com/sterlingverify