Data Sources

Where our data comes from.

Verivello answers your questions from official UK public registers and open data — the same records used by solicitors, banks and accountants. Here is every source behind the Verivello company-intelligence chat.

Companies & directors

Companies House

Official

Company profiles, status, registered address, SIC codes & incorporation dates — 5.7M UK companies.

Directors & officers

Official

Current and former directors, secretaries and their appointment history across companies.

Persons with Significant Control

Official

Beneficial ownership — who really owns and controls each company (PSC register).

Filing history & documents

Official

Every document filed, with the original filed PDFs downloadable.

Filed accounts

Official

Filed annual accounts and multi-year financial history from the structured iXBRL archive.

Insolvency & disqualifications

Official

Insolvency, administration & liquidation records, plus the disqualified-directors register.

Financial & tax

FCA Register

Official

Financial Conduct Authority authorisation, permissions and approved individuals.

HMRC VAT validation

Official

Live UK VAT-number validation against official HMRC records.

HMRC tax rules & rates

Official

Tax rates, thresholds, deadlines and official guidance, via GOV.UK.

Risk & compliance

Sanctions lists

Official

Screening against the UK (OFSI), UN Security Council and US (OFAC) consolidated sanctions lists.

ICO register

Official

Information Commissioner's Office data-protection (GDPR) registrations.

The Gazette

Official

The UK's official public record — insolvency, winding-up and bankruptcy notices.

Property

HM Land Registry

Official

Which UK properties a company or person owns — corporate & overseas-entity ownership, with prices paid.

Charities & care

Charity Commission

Official

The charity register for England & Wales — status, trustees, income & financial history.

Care Quality Commission

Official

CQC inspection ratings for care homes, hospitals, GPs and clinics in England.

Public interest & safety

Food Standards Agency

Official

Food-hygiene ratings for any UK food business, plus product recalls and safety alerts.

Electoral Commission

Official

The register of political donations made by companies and individuals.

Geographic & reference

ONS / Postcodes.io

Open data

Postcode lookups and Office for National Statistics geographic data.

Wikidata

Open data

Background enrichment for well-known organisations and people.

GOV.UK

Official

Latest HMRC, Treasury and Companies House news, rule changes and guidance.

Live web search

Live web

Up-to-date public information for current news about a UK company or its sector.

About this data. All information comes from official public registers and open-data services, much of it published under the Open Government Licence. Verivello presents it for information only — it is not a credit reference, credit rating or financial advice. Always verify against the official source before relying on it.