Is convicted ex accountant Darren Upton practicing?

[Invisiblehand]

Come on, someone volunteer.

[Fred Bloggs]

Here we go - Took 5 seconds on Companies House website.

Darren John UPTON - Disqualification Details (free disqualification information from Companies House) Born 16th December 1971.

Also from Companies House, person of significant control until 3rd April 2018

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/c...pdf&download=0

Date of birth? **/Dec/1971. Sorry, this is the same person. DU/DR are the same person. Perhaps.

So, who is going to try a free trial on Ancestry dot co dot UK then and finish the job off?

Bl**dy hell! DR was a 50% shareholder of Fox Bartfield from the day it was Incorporated.

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/c...pdf&download=0

[Fred Bloggs]

Nice thought, but I doubt Simon remembers absolutely everyone who worked for him at some point between 92-2012. If he definitively remembers DJR, that would go a long way, but if he has no memory of him it would hardly be conclusive, would it?

I am very sure Simon would know if he ever employed DU though.

[Fred Bloggs]

OK, so if DU and DR are the same person, you can easily find DU's birth date. You can then search ancestry websites (free trial subscription) for DR and if you go two/three years either side of DU's actual birth date you should get info on pretty much every UK born DR of that age group. There will not be many candidates. Likely that DR is an informal alias eh?.

[WordIsBond]

According to Linkedin Mr Roberts worked at SJD prior to 2012.
Simon Dolan owned SJD then. Does Simon still post on here? He might be able to clear this all up!

We know Darren Upton never worked at SJD!

Nice thought, but I doubt Simon remembers absolutely everyone who worked for him at some point between 92-2012. If he definitively remembers DJR, that would go a long way, but if he has no memory of him it would hardly be conclusive, would it?

[WordIsBond]

All changes of name by Deed Poll should be recorded in the London Gazzette, which is fully searchable.

Not so. Only those which are enrolled are recorded there, and there is no requirement to enrol a deed poll.

Enrolling a deed poll | Deed Poll Office (Despite the official sounding name this is not the website of an official body, but their info on this point is accurate)

edit: someone beat me to it already Oh, well, never hurts a dead horse to beat it a few more times.

[DaveB]

Only *enrolled* changes of name by Deed Poll would be recorded in the London Gazette. There is no central register of what is, essentially, just a contract that means you are called something else.

I can't believe that Mr Upton would have paid extra to make it a matter of searchable public record that he had changed his name (on the assumption that he has changed his name, obviously).

Yep, just added words to that effect

[DeludedKitten]

All changes of name by Deed Poll should be recorded in the London Gazzette, which is fully searchable.

The only hit for Darren Upton is for the bankruptcy notice.

Only *enrolled* changes of name by Deed Poll would be recorded in the London Gazette. There is no central register of what is, essentially, just a contract that means you are called something else.

I can't believe that Mr Upton would have paid extra to make it a matter of searchable public record that he had changed his name (on the assumption that he has changed his name, obviously).

[DaveB]

It's very easy to do. That is public domain information, presuming his birth was registered in the UK. You can find dates of birth for both DU and DR provided they both exist. I don't know for certain, but surely a name change, provided it actually HAS been changeed, not just an alias***, is also a matter of public record. If DU is DR then DR may be an alias, or it could be a name changed by deed poll. Who's going to track those details down then?

*** Reginald Dwight/Elton John, Richard Starkey/Ringo Starr, Harry Webb/Cliff Richard etc etc......

All changes of name by Deed Poll that are formally enrolled should be recorded in the London Gazzette, which is fully searchable.

The only hit for Darren Upton is for the bankruptcy notice.

It may be that it was never formally recorded this way, it's not a legal requirement to do so, but most law firms who deal with name changes will only keep the records for 5 years. If you don't expect to ever have to prove you used to go by another name then you probably wouldn't bother as it costs money to do.

Researching a past change of name | D.P.O

[Fred Bloggs]

Good suggestion, if you can also tell Admin where to find the known date of birth of Darren Upton.

It's very easy to do. That is public domain information, presuming his birth was registered in the UK. You can find dates of birth for both DU and DR provided they both exist. I don't know for certain, but surely a name change, provided it actually HAS been changeed, not just an alias***, is also a matter of public record. If DU is DR then DR may be an alias, or it could be a name changed by deed poll. Who's going to track those details down then?

*** Reginald Dwight/Elton John, Richard Starkey/Ringo Starr, Harry Webb/Cliff Richard etc etc......