Company Searches – UK and International

Searching the register for accurate information and compiling relevant documents can often be time consuming and complex. Our highly experienced company searches team will ensure you get all the correct historic and current information together with relevant filtered documents to match your requirements. Which will be presented with all the necessary details in a comprehensive report, with a full and accurate summary together with the relevant document images. All reports are expertly analysed and stringently checked to ensure accuracy with all anomalies and/or omissions identified and reported. All reports are fully indemnified.

A hybrid report combining elements of our existing UK Company Document Packages and UK Company Analysed Reports. These cost effective document packages are designed to eliminate the time spent sifting through multiple documents, by providing packages that contain only the latest relevant information and documents, supplied by our expert UK company searches team.

Provision of information on overseas companies can be a complex matter and simply locating the appropriate registry and understanding the availability of information in various foreign jurisdictions can be extremely time consuming. Our experienced international company searchers are familiar with the intricacies of international company searches and will provide advice on what is available, then supply the appropriate documents and reports as fast as possible.

In addition to the advice we provide to customers via our in-house experts, you can also order your reports online with our system providing full and up to date details of what may be available in each jurisdiction.

Our highly trained and experienced company searches team will check on a company name at the Insolvency and Companies List (formerly known as the Companies Court) to determine whether there are any pending winding up petitions registered against that company. The report will contain details of any pending winding up petitions and any notices of intention to appoint an Administrator, notice of appointment of an Administrator, administration order and application for the making of an administration order that appear on the records, together with a summary of any previous withdrawn or dismissed petitions filed in the last 36 months.

We will endeavour to provide the result of any company searches placed within 30 minutes between the hours of 10.00am and 4.30pm on any business day.

A litigation check against a company name covering England and Wales at the High Court of Justice providing details of any cases that are dealt with at The Business and Property Courts and Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court, as listed below:

• • Admiralty Court (QBD)
  • Business List (ChD)
  • Chancery Appeals (ChD)
  • Commercial Court (QBD)
  • Competition List (ChD)
  • Financial List (ChD/QBD)
  • Insolvency and Company List (ChD)
  • Intellectual Property List (ChD)
  • Property, Trusts and Probate List (ChD)
  • Queen’s Bench Claims (QBD)
  • Queen’s Bench High Court Appeals (QBD)
  • Revenue List (ChD)
  • Technology and Construction Court (QBD)

Delivered within 1 hour between the hours of 10am and 4.30pm

Delivered within 30 minutes between the hours of 10:00am and 4.30pm, this report combines the following three elements:

1. Winding Up Search (as detailed above)
2. The Gazette – checks for and lists any published insolvency notices on the official public record
3. Companies House Check – checks for and provides copies of all relevant insolvency and related documents at Companies House – Also provides the official filing history and general details of a company.

Using the current Companies House system to obtain company documents can be a cumbersome process, with all available documents per company needing to be downloaded individually costing you valuable time and human resources.

We provide a choice of competitively priced document packs sourced directly from Companies House, with package types and content equivalent to that which are available via the Companies House Direct system. All packages are delivered within minutes as a single bookmarked PDF file together with an optional company profile. Bespoke packages are also available.

Free and instant access to over 155 million documents filed at Companies House on all registered companies in the UK.

A search of the Registry Trust by company name or trading name to reveal CCJs, Administration Orders and other Judgements.

A search of the Companies House archive records dating back to 1856. If the relevant company is located and the file is still available the following information and documents will be included:

• Certificate of Incorporation and all changes of name
• Company number
• Date of Incorporation
• Any previous names (if available)
• Registered Office (if available)
• Dissolution documents

A search of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) register for ‘mutual societies:

• Friendly societies
• Registered societies including co-operative societies and community benefit societies
• Credit unions
• Building societies

Reports are sourced from Experian™ a trusted custodian of vast databases of information relating to business. Limited company searches can be completed to generate the following report types:

• Limited Company Risk Report
• Limited Company Corporate Tree Report
• Limited Company Corporate Tree with Risk Score Report

Reports are sourced from Experian™ a trusted custodian of vast databases of information relating to business. Reports may contain the following information:

• Business details
• Credit Score
• Credit Assessment
• Principal Activities
• Number of Employees
• County Court Judgements
• Consumer Credit Licence Details
• Payment Profile
• Bankruptcy information

Proprietor Details (where available)