How it works
How it works and our wording rules
How current the information is, and the rules that keep every statement to plain, dated fact.
How current it is
When you search a company, we bring its record together in plain English and show the date it applies to. We keep the information continuously updated through the day, so the picture you see is current. For any company, the full official filing record is always a click away, and we link to it on every result.
Our wording rules
These rules are the heart of the site. They keep it honest and fair to every company and every person named.
- Every statement is a fact, shown with its date.
- We never rate, score, rank or predict. There is no overall verdict and no colour that means good or bad for a whole company.
- We do not use words like risky, failing, struggling or about to go bust. We describe the recorded state, such as accounts shown as overdue or an active strike off proposal.
- A row marked for attention reflects a state that is on record. It is a flag to read the detail, not a judgement.
- For directors, we show counts and nothing more. We state plainly that a dissolved or wound up company in someone's history is not, by itself, evidence of any wrongdoing.
- Where a term needs explaining, we explain it in plain words next to the fact.
About director track records
For each current director we show how many companies they have been appointed to and the current status of those companies, for example how many are active, dissolved or in an insolvency process. These are simple counts. Companies close for many ordinary reasons, and a closed company in a person's history says nothing on its own about how they run a business. We show the numbers so you can see the full picture and check the record yourself.
Companies in an insolvency process
The liquidations directory lists every UK company currently in a liquidation, administration or other insolvency process, kept up to date through the day. Where an insolvency practitioner has been appointed, their name and contact address are shown on the company record, because the practitioner is who a creditor or supplier would normally contact.
Company information, not advice.