Search for disqualified company directors

The includes details of disqualifications given by:

  • the courts
  • the Insolvency Service
  • the Competition and Markets Authority
  • the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
  • HM Treasury through the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)

It contains:

  • their name
  • why they were disqualified
  • when the disqualification began
  • how many disqualifications they鈥檝e had
  • whether they have the permission to continue to act as a director
  • other details such as their address and date of birth, if available

You can also search the bankruptcy and insolvency register to find out if someone has been banned from being a company director.

If you need more information about a disqualification

If you do not know why someone was disqualified, check the 鈥榬eason鈥� in the first.

If they were disqualified under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986

If they were disqualified in the last 3 months in England, Scotland or Wales, search the .听Otherwise, contact the Insolvency Service.听

Insolvency Service
legalservices@insolvency.gov.uk

If they were disqualified in Northern Ireland, contact the .听

If they have been the subject of a Competition Disqualification Order, you can search the Competition and Markets Authority case finder.

If they were disqualified for a different reason

Search the UK sanctions list if they were disqualified under either:

  • the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018聽
  • the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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