DIRECTOR SEARCH
Enhanced Directorships
Beyond the search. Behind every director.
Trusted since 1998 | 26O+ clients
DIRECTOR SEARCH
Beyond a basic Companies House director search
Uncover full directorship histories, hidden risks, and duplicate records with AI-powered matching you won’t find on Companies House alone.
Get the full story on every director
Even with ID checks, Companies House data has gaps. Legacy records and duplicates leave directors unlinked. That’s a problem when you’re assessing risk, compliance, or doing KYC.
Enhanced Directorships connects the dots, giving you one clear view of every individual’s full history.
Confidence scores that back every match
We don’t guess. We quantify. Each matched profile includes a confidence score, so you know exactly how likely two records belong to the same person.
It’s precision that turns due diligence into a competitive advantage.
Uncover hidden director risks
Rapid changes in leadership, also known as Rapid Succession, often signal deeper issues. Enhanced Directorships surfaces these patterns by linking director histories across companies and time.
You see the red flags others miss. Before they become a problem.
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Gain deeper insight
Explore our full UK company director search tool to uncover directorships, risk flags, and hidden connections – all in one place.
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We’ve built our reputation on reliability, transparency, and results that speak for themselves. In every project, partnership, and conversation — trust is the foundation.
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A Companies House director search lets you view information about individuals listed as directors in the UK. But the official database doesn’t link records if a director has multiple IDs. That’s where we come in. With Company Watch, you can access one complete profile for any director in the UK. Even if they have lots of different records on Companies House.
Our solution analyses filing data to identify and link multiple director profiles that likely belong to the same person. Each match is backed by a confidence score for transparency. In this way, the tool goes far beyond a basic Companies House director search.
When doing a UK company director search for due diligence, missing part of a director’s history can hide critical risks; like previous insolvencies, failed ventures, or patterns of phoenix behaviour.
Rapid Succession is the rapid movement of incorporation(s) either prior to or following insolvency action against a company where the new company or companies are linked to the company that experienced insolvency action by one or more common directors.
Although the population of companies that meet these criteria are legitimate and of no legal concern, the population also includes legitimate phoenixisms (if incorporated and operated in accordance with the law), and a subcategory of illegitimate phoenixisms where the applicable law has not been followed or where the director(s) intend or intended to commit fraud.
Risk managers, compliance teams, lenders, and anyone performing KYC/KYS checks or corporate investigations will benefit from a complete, accurate picture of a company’s key people.
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