Where our data comes from.

Company profiles, status, registered address, SIC codes & incorporation dates — 5.7M UK companies.

Current and former directors, secretaries and their appointment history across companies.

Beneficial ownership — who really owns and controls each company (PSC register).

Every document filed, with the original filed PDFs downloadable.

Filed annual accounts and multi-year financial history from the structured iXBRL archive.

Insolvency, administration & liquidation records, plus the disqualified-directors register.

Contact details — website, phone, email and address — and any registration numbers a company publishes (VAT, ICO, trademarks, professional accreditations) are gathered from the company's OWN publicly-accessible website (its contact, footer and legal pages). We do not use third-party data brokers or directories for this. Any VAT number found is then validated against HMRC, and any ICO number against the ICO register, before it is shown.

Financial Conduct Authority authorisation, permissions and approved individuals.

Live UK VAT-number validation against official HMRC records.

Tax rates, thresholds, deadlines and official guidance, via GOV.UK.

HMRC's published lists of deliberate tax defaulters (PDDD) and named tax-avoidance schemes, promoters and enablers (POTAS).

Screening against the UK (OFSI), UN Security Council and US (OFAC) consolidated sanctions lists.

Information Commissioner's Office data-protection (GDPR) registrations.

The UK's official public record — insolvency, winding-up and bankruptcy notices.

UK Employment Tribunal decisions — unfair dismissal, discrimination and other employment claims involving a company.

Which UK properties a company owns — Commercial & Corporate ownership data, with prices paid.

The charity register for England & Wales — status, trustees, income & financial history.

CQC inspection ratings for care homes, hospitals, GPs and clinics in England.

Food-hygiene ratings for any UK food business, plus product recalls and safety alerts.

The register of political donations made by companies and individuals.

Postcode lookups and Office for National Statistics geographic data.

Background enrichment for well-known organisations and people.

Latest HMRC, Treasury and Companies House news, rule changes and guidance.

Up-to-date public information for current news about a UK company or its sector.