How to Check a Director’s History of Failed Companies

This article explains how Company Watch company reports can reveal a director’s history of previous company failures (administration, liquidation, insolvency) by matching a director’s current appointment to historic appointments and flagging associated failed companies.

How previous director company failures are identified

• Enhanced Directorships® matches director identities across current and historic appointments and assigns a confidence percentage to each match.
• If a director of a company was previously associated with a failed business (for example, a company in liquidation or with an insolvency status), that history can be detected and reflected on the platform to help assess risk.

How to check a director’s history for previous company failures

1. Open the company record and go to the Directors & Shareholders section.
2. Select the relevant director from the list.
3. Click the highlighted icon next to the director’s name to view matched director profiles.
4. Review the matched profiles and focus on those with the highest confidence percentages.
5. Check the director’s full appointment history (both past and present) shown in the matched profile.
6. Identify whether any associated companies in the appointment history show statuses such as liquidation, insolvency, or otherwise failed.

Notes on interpreting matches

• Use the confidence percentage assigned to matches to focus on the most likely identity links.
• Review the full appointment history for any matched profile to confirm whether associated companies have failure or insolvency statuses.

Conclusion

Company reports can highlight a director’s link to previous company failures by using Enhanced Directorships® to match identities across historic appointments. Follow the steps above to view matched profiles, use confidence percentages to prioritize matches, and inspect appointment histories for liquidation, insolvency, or failed statuses.