Count the right object
A director page contains stored company associations linked by DIN. One person can have current and historical appointments, and multiple observations can describe the same relationship. The number of rows is neither a count of distinct people nor automatically a count of current directorships.
Build a dated table by DIN and company identifier, retaining appointment, cessation, role and source dates. A missing cessation date means that the available record does not contain one; it does not prove an appointment is still current.
The statutory calculation needs more facts
Section 165 has general limits of 20 directorships and 10 public-company directorships, with counting provisions and exemptions. Alternate directorships are included; dormant-company seats are excluded from the 20-company limit. Private holding or subsidiary companies of public companies can count toward the public-company limit. Conditional Section 8 exemptions and lower limits imposed by members also matter.
Company class, current appointments, group relationships and applicable exemptions may be absent from a public directory. A person with many stored associations must not be labelled disqualified or in breach on that basis. DIN KYC is not a certificate of appointment eligibility.
Use a network for discovery
An overlap can help locate records for review. It does not by itself establish control, beneficial ownership, professional occupation or misconduct. Record the specific relationship and evidence you need to confirm it.
No measured distribution of active seats, median portfolio size or professional category is asserted here. Earlier population claims lacked a retained calculation and have been removed. For an appointment decision reconcile current official documents and obtain qualified advice.