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Extracts from Companies Act 2006 and other statutory provisions

163 Particulars of directors to be registered: individuals

  1. A company's register of directors must contain the following particulars in the case of an individual -
    1. name and any former name;
    2. a service address;
    3. the country or state (or part of the United Kingdom) in which he is usually resident;
    4. nationality;
    5. business occupation (if any);
    6. date of birth.
  2. For the purpose of this section "name" means a person's Christian name (or other forename) and surname, except that in the case of -
    1. a peer, or
    2. an individual usually known by a title, the title may be stated instead of his Christian name (or other forename) and surname or in addition to either or both of them.
  3. For the purpose of this section a "former name" means a name by which the individual was formerly known for business purposes. Where a person is or was formerly known by more than one such name, each of them must be stated.
  4. It is not necessary for the register to contain particulars of a former name in the following cases -
    1. in the case of a peer or an individual normally known by a British title, where the name is one by which the person was known previous to the adoption of or succession to the title;
    2. in the case of any person, where the former name -
      1. was changed or disused before the person attained the age of 16 years, or
      2. has been changed or disused for 20 years or more.
  5. A person's service address may be stated to be "The company's registered office".

164 Particulars of directors to be registered: corporate directors and firms

A company's register of directors must contain the following particulars in the case of a body corporate, or a firm that is a legal person under the law by which it is governed-

  1. corporate or firm name;
  2. registered or principal office;
  3. in the case of an EEA company to which the First Company Law Directive (68/151/EEC) applies, particulars of--
    1. the register in which the company file mentioned in Article 3 of that Directive is kept (including details of the relevant state), and
    2. the registration number in that register;
  4. in any other case, particulars of--
    1. the legal form of the company or firm and the law by which it is governed, and
    2. if applicable, the register in which it is entered (including details of the state) and its registration number in that register.
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