Companies Act 1985

Directors

1 —Subject as provided below, the statement under section 10(2) shall contain the following particulars with respect to each person named as director—

(a) in the case of an individual, his present Christian name and surname, any former Christian name or surname, his usual residential address, his nationality, his business occupation (if any), particulars of any other directorships held by him, or which have been held by him and, in the case of a company subject to section 293, the date of his birth ;

(b) in the case of a corporation, its corporate name and registered or principal office.

2 (1) It is not necessary for the statement to contain particulars of a directorship—

(a) which has not been held by a director at any time during the 5 years preceding the date on which the statement is delivered to the registrar,

(b) which is held by a director in a company which—

(i) is dormant or grouped with the company delivering the statement, and

(ii) if he also held that directorship for any period during those 5 years, was for the whole of that period either dormant or so grouped,

(c) which was held by a director for any period during those 5 years in a company which for the whole of that period was either dormant or grouped with the company delivering the statement.

(2) For these purposes, " company " includes any body corporate incorporated in Great Britain ; and—

(a) section 252(5) applies as regards whether and when a company is or has been " dormant ", and

(b) a company is treated as being or having been at any time grouped with another company if at that time it is or was a company of which that other is or was a wholly-owned subsidiary, or if it is or was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the other or of another company of which that other is or was a wholly-owned subsidiary.