CompanySetupGuideData & sources

Company intelligence, starting at the beginning

What can the public record tell you about a company?

Search an exact company number or name to see when it was set up, where it is registered, who is listed, and what the filing record says.

01Start with identity

A name can be shared. A company number is the stable key we use to keep the answer attached to the right legal record.

Example evidence answer

A company, read in context

High confidence · 98%

PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY · 12345678

Northstar Workshop Limited

The company was incorporated on 12 June 2019 and is currently recorded as active.

Company number12345678
Registered officeManchester · M1
Incorporated12 Jun 2019
Current statusActiveLast confirmed
24 Aug 2026

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Questions worth asking

Move from the legal starting point into the evidence that gives it shape.

Evidence trail

Facts, signals and unknowns stay separate

Every row shows what was observed, where it came from and how confidently it matched.

Evidence itemFindingSource & dateConfidence
Legal identityNorthstar Workshop Limited
Company no. 12345678
Companies House
24 Aug 2026
High · 99%
Incorporation12 June 2019
Private company limited by shares
Incorporation record
12 Jun 2019
High · 98%
Latest filingAccounts filed
Period ended 30 Jun 2025
Filing history
15 Mar 2026
Medium · 86%
?Financial healthNot established from this source setNot a conclusion of this product
Checked 24 Aug 2026
Not assessed

Coverage boundary: public UK company records admitted to this product. “Not found” means not found in the stated source set; it does not prove that an event did not happen. Read the method

Dated record

The setup story, without invented certainty

Chronology helps you see what the register records. It does not, by itself, explain why a change happened or whether a company is financially healthy.

  1. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by shares · Manchester
  2. Registered office updatedAddress change recorded in the filing history
  3. Accounts filedPeriod ended 30 June 2025 · source date shown above

How it works

A dependable answer starts with a dependable join.

We prioritise the exact company number, then attach public facts to that permanent identity. Names and aliases are useful search keys, but they do not replace identity resolution.

We show source, observation date, match confidence and coverage on the page. Calculated signals are labelled as calculated; unknown, not published and not checked are kept distinct.

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Source notes

Know what the record can and cannot say.

Companies HouseLegal identity, incorporation, status and filing history.Public source · retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Method version 1.0Identity-first matching; no inference of control, causation or financial health.Coverage and transformations are recorded per fact.