validating a company

How to verify a company

Verifying the trading status of a UK company

ukdata.com lists over 3.7 million UK and Irish private and public limited companies, all of whom are registered with the official companies registry. A listing on our database implies nothing about a business, it's trading status or it's ethics.

UK Data Lts is not a Government body. We offer an impartial credit report based on the company's financial figures and other criteria provided by official sources. UK Data Ltd has no connection with the businesses listed. Credit reports are based on a number of factors including filed accounts, duration of trading, any County Court judgements and about 100 other criteria. For details of how we calculate the credit reports, risk score and credit limit, please see Calculating the Credit Score.

How do i know whether or not a company is good to do business with?

The only way to ensure that a company is safe to do business with, is to buy the credit report and make a decision based on the facts we supply. If there is no credit report available then the company may not have filed accounts and as with all new companies caution should be exercised.

UK Data Ltd provides company information in order for you to make an informed business decision on the company concerned. Although we are happy to advise you where possible, we are unable to make this decision, we can only provide you with the facts.

To see examples of our credit reports please click the samples link at the top of the page.

Tips on verifying the legitimacy of a company listed on ukdata.com

"Scammers" often pretend to be legitimate companies from our database and so, while the address details they use are valid, it does not mean the seller is actually a member of that organisation or is entitled to use their identity.
If you want to check the validity of a company on our database call them first - you can usually find a UK company will have a listed phone number on 192.com or 118118.com.
90% of British companies will be on Yell.com (UK site).
If in doubt, write to the registered office address for the company on our database - you can find this information for free by searching our website.

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