Can Company and Director Information be removed from Company Searches Made Simple?

The information contained within our Company Credit Reports and Director reports is sourced directly from Companies House. Because this information is available to the public, we are unable to remove it from our system or make any amendments to it. We can however remove company and director results from search engines.

For further information please see our Company and Director Listing Policy.

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Try before you buy: View samples of our Company Reports

Company Credit Report SamplesWant to know what you’re buying before parting with your cash? Well that’s understandable. It’s for this very reason that we provide samples of all of our Company Credit Reports. This includes:

Snapshot Company Reports
Standard Company Reports
Fully Comprehensive Company Reports
Non Limited Reports
Director Reports

You’ll find the samples dotted throughout the site, but the best place to view them is here:

Products & Pricing

Not only are the samples handy for giving a general idea of what each report looks like, they’re also great for comparing what information is and isn’t included in the report.

Any questions? Let us know via the comments section below.

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Watch your company’s back with a company tracker

Company Credit ReportsNot only are company trackers great for monitoring your competition (we email you when they file something with Companies House), they’re pretty handy when it comes to protecting your own company from fraudulent activity.

How?

Unless your company is signed up for PROOF (this means that Companies House will stop accepting paper forms for your company), all it takes for someone to illegitimately file a document on your company’s behalf is to complete the relevant form and sign it.

Companies House accept documents “on good faith”, therefore if the form has been completed correctly, Companies House are likely to accept it. This means someone could appoint themselves as a director of your company, resign a current appointment or even request a dissolution. Continue reading

Using Company Credit Reports to find out what a company does

Now we know what you’re going to say; “If I want to know what a company does, I’ll just google it”. And that’s fair; however, believe it or not, not all companies have a website. So, for such instances, here’s how you can find what industry a company operates in using a Company Credit Report or Company Document.

When a company files an annual return, it needs to select an SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) code. This is a 5 digit code that classifies the industry that the company works in. Here are some examples:

01450: Raising of sheep and goats
30110: Building of ships and floating structures
37000: Sewerage
90030: Artistic creation
99990: Dormant company

A full list of these codes can be found here: SIC codes

If a company has filed an annual return, you can view the code that they have selected in all of our Company Credit Reports. Alternatively you can purchase the annual return Company Document.

Please note that this method only works for companies that have filed an annual return.

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Buying our Company Reports & Director Reports: It’s Confidential

company credit reportsWhen you purchase any of our services (or pick up a free company check), be it a Company Credit Report, Director Report, Company Document or Company Tracker, you can be safe in the knowledge that the transaction is between you and us.

We will never contact companies or directors and inform them that a Report/Document/Tracker has been purchased on them.

If you have any questions, get in touch below via the comments section.

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Important Notice: Company Credit Reports are not “live” – they become outdated

company credit reportsCompany Credit Reports are correct up to the point that they are purchased.

That’s not to say that they are automatically incorrect once bought, all it means is that if a company makes any changes after you have bought the report, these changes will not be reflected in the report.

This is exactly why we give our Company Credit Reports an expiry date. After one year, the point at which we remove the report from your account, Company Credit Reports are likely to contain wholly outdated information.

To check the expiry dates of your reports:

Login > My Company Reports > Expiry dates can be viewed on the far-right

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Subscription Packages: 1 Credit = 1 Service

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If you use multiple credit reports (or any other of our services for that matter), rather than buy them as and when you need them, why not sign up for a Subscription Package?

Here’s how it works…

• You select which of the 6 packages you want (these are split into 2 groups; yearly and monthly)
• Once purchased we add a set amount of credits to your account that must be used up within a set period of time
• 1 credit = any 1 service

It’s that simple.

Not only does signing up save you the bother of entering your card details every time you make a purchase, it can also save you money.

Want more information? See here: Our Subscription Packages

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Free Company Tracker with the Fully Comprehensive Company Credit Report

Company Credit ReportWhen you purchase a Fully Comprehensive Company Report (or complete a free company check)  we’ll also chuck in a free Company Tracker.

What is the Company Tracker?

Good question. A Company Tracker is a means of tracking the activity of a limited company. This works the following way; when you set up a Company Tracker we’ll email you whenever your tracked company files a document of significance. We’ll let you know: Continue reading

Our Top Tips for Company Searching Efficiently

Are you struggling to find a company on our system? Fear not, here are some hints and tips to get you searching with the best of them.

Ltd or Limited? Don’t use either.

Our system recognises the precise name that a company was formed with (unless the company has changed its name), therefore if you search for An Example Ltd, but the company was formed as An Example Limited, it will not appear in your results. Our tip? Just search for the name and leave off limited or ltd.

Got the name? Got the number?

We recommend searching with the company name or company number, not both. The reason for this? The more streamlined the search, the fewer margins for error.

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How To Use Directorship Information To See The Bigger Picture

If a limited company director is, or was, the director of multiple companies we use the terms “Current Directorships” and “Previous Directorships” when listing all the companies that they are (or were) involved with.

You can find a director’s directorship information in the following report types:

  • Standard Company Reports
  • Fully Comprehensive Company Reports
  • Director Reports
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