Know who you are doing business with before you sign
An independent investigation of a company and the people who run it: who owns it, how sound it is, from filed accounts to its credit score, what courts, regulators and the press have said, and how exposed it is online. Every finding is sourced and dated, with the questions to ask before you commit.
The company and its leaders
One report covers the company in 20 sections and adds a separate report on each director or key person you name.
Every finding sourced and dated
Each fact cites where it came from and when it was read, and the report lists every search, including the ones that found nothing.
Questions to ask, not just facts
It ends with recommendations: what to ask the company, what to check in the contract and what to keep watching.
Read a real report before you order one
The sample is a complete corporate due diligence report on a UK telecoms and IT group and its five directors. It comes from a real investigation, with every company, person, address and identifying figure replaced, so you see exactly the depth you will receive.
- pages
- 197
- pages
- findings
- 93
- findings
- searches run
- 33
- searches run
- watch lists screened
- 73
- watch lists screened
- reports on directors
- 5
- reports on directors
- data tables in the appendix
- 26
- data tables in the appendix
Teluvia Limited and the people in the sample are fictional.
Reports on the people who run it
For each director, owner or executive you name, a separate 13-section person report sits inside the company report, with a credit check on each key person. The sample has five.
Person reports matter because a company's risk often lives with its people: a founder's earlier insolvencies, a director's other businesses dealing with the company, or an executive's leaked password that opens a door into the network.
- 01ProfileFull name, month and year of birth, nationality, career and reported wealth
- 02AddressesKnown addresses from filings and the press
- 03Leaked credentialsWork and personal email addresses found in breach data
- 04Social media presenceAccounts confirmed as theirs
- 05Phone detailsPublished phone numbers
- 06Personal blogPersonal sites and writing
- 07Family, friends and associatesSpouses, business partners and co-investors
- 08Articles and interviewsPress coverage, quotes and awards
- 09Other online presenceProfiles, charities and foundations
- 10Corporate affiliationsEvery company appointment, shareholdings and control, and loans to their own companies
- 11Watch list and sanctions screeningSanctions, politically exposed person and disqualification lists, the bankruptcy register and political donation records
- 12Adverse mediaPast companies that failed and what creditors lost, past allegations and how they ended
- 13Litigation and regulatory mattersCourt cases, and court judgments on the companies they direct
Built to stand up to scrutiny
A due diligence file is only as good as its defense when an auditor, a regulator or your board asks how you reached a decision. Every report is written for that moment.
Records read in full
Filings, accounts, judgments and regulator decisions are read in full, not summarized from search results, and key records are kept as screenshots.
Every finding graded
Each finding carries a confidence grade (confirmed, probable, possible or unverified) and, when adverse, a severity, so you can tell fact from indication.
No guilt by name
Records under the same or a similar name that cannot be tied to the subject by role, company or date are listed separately and never counted against it.
An audit trail of every search
Every search is logged with its outcome, including the ones that found nothing, and every source is cited with the date it was read.
Limits stated plainly
The method and its limitations are written into the report, so nobody reads more certainty into it than the evidence supports.
Confidential and lawful
Built from public records and licensed data only. The subject is not contacted, every page is marked confidential, and we confirm the purpose of each report before we start.
Questions buyers ask
What is a due diligence report?
An independent investigation of a company, and optionally the people who run it, before you enter a relationship with it. It establishes who owns and controls the company, whether it is financially sound, what courts, regulators and the press have said about it, whether it or its people appear on sanctions and enforcement lists, and how exposed it is to cyber attack.
Is this enhanced due diligence (EDD)?
Yes. Standard due diligence confirms who a company is and screens it against sanctions and watch lists. Enhanced due diligence goes further for higher-risk relationships: ultimate beneficial owners, the people in control, litigation, regulatory history, adverse media and finances. This report covers all of that, and adds credit standing and cyber exposure, which are often sold as separate services.
How deep does the research go?
Depth follows the risk. A low-risk supplier may need only the company and its directors; a joint venture partner or an acquisition may need the whole group and a person report on every key individual. We agree the depth with you before we start, and the report records every search it ran.
How is it different from a security questionnaire or a credit check?
A questionnaire records what a supplier says about itself, and a credit check gives one number. This report gathers independent evidence across ownership, finances, litigation, regulation, media and cyber exposure, cites the source of every finding, and ends with the questions to put to the company. It is the evidence that makes a questionnaire meaningful.
Which sources do you use?
Company registers and filed accounts, registers of owners and of lender security, commercial credit reports, court records and published judgments, insolvency registers and official notices, regulator decisions, sanctions, law enforcement and politically exposed person lists, news and web searches, domain and certificate records, internet scanning data, staff directories, and breach and dark web collections. The report lists every search and the date each source was read.
Can you investigate companies outside the UK?
Yes. The sample is a UK company, and the registers and courts available differ by country. When we scope your request we tell you which sources we can search for that country, and the report records each search, including the ones that found nothing.
Do you contact the company or the people in the report?
No. The research uses public records and licensed data sources only, so the subject is not told that it is being researched.
How do you handle personal data?
We prepare reports for a legitimate business purpose, such as supplier due diligence, a transaction or an appointment, and confirm that purpose before we start. Leaked passwords are never shown in full: the report shows only enough to tell whether a password was readable.
Is the sample a real report?
It is a real investigation with every company, person, address, web address and identifying figure replaced, and screenshots blurred. Teluvia Limited and the people in it are fictional. The structure, depth and method are exactly what you receive.
How much does a report cost?
It depends on the scope: one company or a group, how many people, and which countries. Tell us what you need and we will reply within one business day with the scope and a quote.
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