Help - Director/Secretary Search You can use our Director search to search for: a company officer (company director or company secretary) Once you have identified the person, you will be able to select reports and documents that relate to them. In most cases, you will first need to select from a list of matches, as there are often similar or identical names. Company Director/Secretary Search To search for a person, enter at least their surname and as many other details as you know about them (from a selection of either County, Town or Full Postcode). If you cannot find the person you want, gradually delete the information input until you find a match. So, for example, if you have entered a town and cannot find a match, delete the town field and resubmit your search. Bear in mind that common names can have a large number of matches and entering, for example, SMITH in the surname field with no other information will return a very long list indeed! In theory, a company director or company secretary should only be on the database once. Companies House assign a unique "person number" to each individual which is then recorded against each company in which they are an officer. In practice, however, individuals may have several person numbers associated with them, and you may need to do more than one search to find all the appointments for an individual.