Enhanced due diligence
Know who you are actually dealing with before you sign, hire, lend or litigate — and be able to show how you knew it.
Three depths, depending on the decision
The right depth is a function of what you are risking. A £2,000 supplier does not need the treatment a £2m acquisition needs. We will tell you which tier fits, and we will tell you when the cheaper one is sufficient.
Baseline check
£150 – £300
2 working days
For: Volume screening, pre-interview, low-value counterparties
- Identity confirmation
- Corporate record and directorships
- Insolvency and disqualification
- Sanctions and PEP screening
- Adverse media, first pass
Enhanced due diligence
£750 – £3,500
5–10 working days
For: Pre-transaction, senior hires, new partners, significant contracts
- Everything in baseline, verified rather than screened
- Corporate structure and beneficial ownership to ultimate owner
- Litigation and regulatory history
- Adverse media across relevant jurisdictions and languages
- Connections mapping — associates, common addresses, shared officers
- Red flags ranked by severity, with the reasoning shown
- Clear risk verdict and stated limitations of enquiry
Asset and connections mapping
£1,200 – £4,000
10–15 working days
For: Litigation, enforcement, pre-settlement, fraud
- Property and corporate interests from public registers
- Relationship graph across entities, addresses and officers
- Timeline of transfers and structural changes
- Assessment of what is likely held indirectly, with confidence stated
What a report looks like
Bottom line up front: a clear verdict in the first paragraph, because you are commissioning a decision aid, not a reading exercise. Then the evidence, each item graded and attributed, so you can see which findings are established and which are indicative.
Red flags are ranked by severity with the reasoning shown, not asserted. Where we could not establish something, the report says so — an honest limitations of enquiry section is more valuable than a confident silence, and it is what protects you if the decision is later questioned.
| Section | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Executive summary and verdict | The answer, and the confidence attached to it, in under 200 words |
| Subject identity | Confirmation you are looking at the right person or entity |
| Corporate structure | Ownership traced to ultimate beneficial owner where it can be traced |
| Adverse findings | Media, litigation, regulatory and insolvency, each graded |
| Screening | Sanctions, PEP and watchlist results with match confidence |
| Connections | Associated entities and individuals, and why the link matters |
| Red flags | Ranked by severity, with the reasoning exposed |
| Limitations of enquiry | What we could not establish, and why |
| Sources and grades | Every source listed with its reliability grade and retrieval date |
How we collect, and what we will not do
Everything comes from open sources, public registers, lawfully licensed commercial data, and material you provide. Every item is recorded with its source and the date it was retrieved.
No pretexting, no impersonation, no obtaining personal data by deception, no accessing accounts or systems, and no buying data from sources that cannot show lawful provenance. Obtaining personal data unlawfully is a criminal offence under the Data Protection Act 2018, and a report built that way is worthless to you the moment it is challenged.
We record a lawful basis and a proportionality assessment before collection starts on every instruction. If what you need cannot be obtained lawfully, we will tell you that instead of quietly doing it.
Tell us the decision you are trying to make.
We will tell you which depth of enquiry fits it, what it will cost, and how long it will take. If a baseline check answers your question, we will say so.
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