How do I find UK companies whose directors changed this month?

To find UK companies whose directors have changed, you use the officer filings that companies make at Companies House: appointments, resignations and changes of details. They are public and dated, and because they are filed in very large numbers the practical approach is to filter them hard by sector, region and the kind of change.

The raw count is far larger than any sales team can use. Lockley recorded 43,850 director changes filed in the week from 27 September to 4 October 2026, and 48,250 the week before. Most are routine: a spouse added, an address updated, a nominee replaced. The work is picking out the few that give you a real reason to call.

Which changes matter

A new managing director, chief executive or finance director in a company of real size is a classic opening: a new leader often reviews suppliers and tools within their first months. An outgoing long-serving director can signal a change of ownership or direction.

Several changes that look dull deserve more attention in combination. A new director plus a new charge, a senior hire or a new site tells a story that any one filing does not. A company with one director who has just added a second may be growing up. Equally, a flurry of resignations can mean trouble, which is a reason to be careful rather than to call.

What to ignore

Changes of correspondence address, corrections to a date of birth or nationality, and reshuffles inside a family-owned shell company rarely mean anything for a seller. Dormant companies and one-person companies change officers often and for administrative reasons.

Filter these out first, then read what is left. If you cannot say in a sentence why a particular change gives you something to talk about, do not call on it.

Turning a filing into a call

Open the filing and note who left, who joined and when. Find the new person's role on the company's own website, since Companies House gives a title only loosely. Check the company is still active and what it does. Then open with the specific change, plainly: you saw that the company appointed a new finance director last month, and here is how you help finance directors in their first year.

Be honest about what you know. A public filing tells you a change happened, not why. Do not guess at the reason in the call.

Lockley reads officer filings nightly along with charges, public contracts, job postings and each company's website, and gives a small B2B sales team a short list each morning with the record behind each company. Every finding links to the filing so it can be checked before the call. Lockley does not sell contact lists or bulk email data, and it does not send email on a customer's behalf.

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