What’s the Group Structure?

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Viewing a company’s Group Structure is a great way to see the bigger picture

Our Fully Comprehensive company credit reports have an area dedicated to the company ‘Group Structure’ – but what is this?

The Group Structure defines ownership of different companies when they hold shares in each other. For example, if Company A held shares in Company B, Company B would appear in Company A’s Group Structure along with the date of its last set of accounts.

What’s more, to build a bigger picture, you can click on the company name from the Group Structure and proceed to purchase a report on that company.

If a company does have a Group Structure, this information can be found in the final tab of our Fully Comprehensive company credit reports.

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What factors affect your company’s credit ratings?

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What impacts upon your company’s credit rating?

Your credit rating is an important part of maintaining and managing your company’s financial health. However, is it enough to sustain this by just knowing your credit rating? Well, it is also important to understand how it is calculated and the key factors which influence the calculation process.

There is no universal credit rating system, but rather, a system specific to each individual credit rating agency. The rating is based on a company’s overall credit history and is calculated using a complex algorithm, which takes into account a huge number of variables. Continue reading →

How can I remove Company and Director Information from Google (and other search engines)?

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How can I remove Company and Director information from search engines?

You can sometimes find company and director information directly from a search engine (such as Google). If your own company or director information can be found this way, and you’d rather it wasn’t displayed, we may be able to help.

If you would like company information removed, please send us:

• Your company name
• Your company number
• Your company page URL (Search for your company name from our homepage > View Details > Copy the URL)

If you would like director information removed, please send us:

• The director’s name
• The director page URL (Search for your director’s name from our homepage > View Details > Copy the URL)

Once we have this we’ll look into having the information removed.

For more information please see our dedicated page:

Removing Company and Director information from search engines

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How to save a company report to your computer

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Our company reports have an expiry date for a reason. Reports are correct up to the point that they’re purchased. Any changes that occur to the company after the purchase will not be reflected in the report. Therefore, to prevent you from viewing reports that contain wholly outdated information, we remove them from your account after one year.

That’s not to say that you can’t save the reports to your computer where we can’t get our grubby little mitts on them.

Here’s how to download a company report (once signed in to Company Searches Made Simple):

After this, you simply select where you want the report to be saved.

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I’ve lost my company’s certificate of incorporation

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Don’t worry if you’ve lost your company’s certificate of incorporation; we can help

Don’t worry, it happens. If you have lost your limited company’s certificate of incorporation, we can provide you with a copy of it for just £2.50 plus VAT.

All you need to do is search for your company from our homepage, click on your company name and then wait for the list of documents to load. Then simply pop the “New Incorporation documents” into your basket and complete the purchase.

Once bought, all documents are stored in the “My Documents” area of your account.

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Demo: Buying Company Documents

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Buying company documents with us is extremely simple. How simple? This simple:

At the stage when the demo stops, all you need to do is sign in as a New Customer or Existing Customer and then make payment. You can then view the document!

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What they are saying about Company Searches Made Simple on Feefo (10th-17th January)

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Feefo is a ‘customer review and feedback system for service and products’. After a purchase is made on any of our sites (Companies Made Simple, London Presence, Business Training Made Simple and here on Company Searches Made Simple), we ask our customers to anonymously give us a rating and review. We then have the opportunity to respond to the review. Ultimately we use these reviews to tailor our service.

At the moment all reviews are accessible directly from Feefo, and now we’re going to start publishing the most recent Company Seraches Made Simple reviews (positive and negative) here on the blog too.

First up, here’s the ratings guide:

 

 

 

And now the reviews:

Finally, our overall rating for the last 6 months:

 

 

 

 

 

We’ll publish more reviews in the coming weeks!

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Purchasing Company Documents: Abbreviations and Explanations

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Our Company Documents Service allows you to purchase copies of documents that have been filed with Companies House shortly after they have been accepted (it normally takes just a few days for them to become available).

Once you’ve searched for and found the relevant company from our homepage, we present you with a list of documents that the company has filed. In this list we use the abbreviated document name as well as a brief explanation of the document. It looks like this:

If you are unsure of what information is included within a document, feel free to contact us and we’ll do our best to help.

For information on how to purchase company documents, take a look here: How to find and buy Company Documents

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Looking for Director information? We can help.

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We can provide director information in a variety of different ways

We can provide UK company director information in a number of different ways:

Via our Company Credit Reports – £3.95/£5.45

Our Standard Credit and Fully Comprehensive Company Reports provide the director’s name, address, date of birth and nationality. They also include a list of any other companies that the director is a director of (as well as a list of any previous companies that the director was a director of).

Via our Director Reports – £1.95

Director Reports provide the director’s name, address, date of birth and nationality. They also include a list of any other companies that the director is a director of (as well as a list of any previous companies that the director was a director of).

Via the Annual Return Document – £2.50

If the company has filed an annual return, you can purchase a copy of the document to find the director’s name, address, date of birth and nationality.

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Introducing our Smarter Company Search Function

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We’ve now got a smarter company search

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve launched a smarter company search function. So what does this mean for you?

Previously, if you searched for a company using Ltd at the end of the name, the company would not appear as a result if it used Limited instead (and vice versa). For example, if you searched for Made Simple Group Ltd, you would not get a result as the company is actually called Made Simple Group Limited.

This has now been fixed. It doesn’t matter if you use Ltd or Limited, the company will appear in the search results.

We’ve also fixed the “spacing” issue”. Previously our search was sensitive to spaces in a company name. For example, if you searched for MadeSimpleGroup, your search would come back empty as the company is called Made Simple Group with spaces.

This has now been fixed. It doesn’t matter if you use spaces or not, the company will appear in the search results.

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