[cma-l] Company Details

[Eddie Stuart]

We used a similar service last year www.companysearchesmadesimple.com/   and found similar results to Roger - one of our own Directors who runs his own Company appeared as 2 separate entities....

To be absolutely certain that we did have cast-iron information and the correct target, we ran through every company with a name that Companies House regarded as the same/similar as ......... Took a while but beats being sued. (eg:- to ensure that 'Acme Bolt Company' was our target and that we shouldn't have been investigating an outfit called the 'Acme Bolts Corporation')

We did then pay the fiver or so for a few specific detailed reports. A fair amount of reading but less than £30 and we had all the necessary information - we didn't need to access full detailed financial information thankfully.

These services are just front ends to the Companies House database - extremely useful as a small fee saves you needing a Company House Account. However, if it looked like all out battle in the courts, I'd probably pay the Companies House fees and go direct to be as certain as I could about the veracity of the information. One small gap like one of Roger's directorships could, in the hands of a skilled QC, sink an otherwise sound case......

Company Reports and Directors Listings sound tediously dull, but they can paint very revealing pictures........

Regards,

Eddie Stuart

KCR broadcasts across Moray and beyond on 107.7FM
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On 13/04/15 09:06, Roger Thorne wrote:
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> Interesting – but be careful, my details on it are incomplete in that they don’t list all my directorships when searching by name.  Searching by Company appears correct though.
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> *From:*cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] *On Behalf Of *Ian Hickling
> *Sent:* 11 April 2015 11:49
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> *Subject:* [cma-l] Company details
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> This week I needed to find out who were the current Directors of a company that was being - shall we say - a little slow in honouring its debts.
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> I found that there is a very useful website:
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> http://companycheck.co.uk/director/index
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> which will not only provide that information - but also a full timeline of Board membership and even cash at bank/assets/fixed assets/liabilities/net worth/creditors/debtors information - and it's all free!
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