Company evidence a file can stand on.

Primary records from 400+ government registries across 200+ countries. Every field carries the registry it came from and the date it was pulled. Good enough for an intake file. Good enough for an exhibit.

Intake check — proposed clientChecking
Halden Marine Services Ltd
11482096 · active
Halden Group Holdings BV
parent · 74.0%
Brant Maritime Holdings SA
ultimate parent
Kestrel Offshore GmbH
sister · 100%
Adverse party — matter 2024-1187, acting against
Brant Chartering Pte Ltd
sister · 100%
Adlerhaven Bunkering AS
sister · 51%
+ 25 further entities across 7 jurisdictions
One name cleared. Thirty-one entities behind it.
Primary registry sources
Companies House
Delaware Division of Corporations
Handelsregister
Registre National des Entreprises
KvK Handelsregister
Registro Mercantil
Registro Imprese
Companies Registration Office
RCS Luxembourg
Zefix
Bolagsverket
Brønnøysundregistrene
CVR
Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus
Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy
Firmenbuch
Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen
Registo Comercial
Obchodní rejstřík
ONRC
ACRA
ASIC
NZ Companies Office
Corporations Canada
National Tax Agency
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Companies Registry
DMCC Registry
CIPC
Receita Federal CNPJ
Registro Público de Comercio
Companies House
Delaware Division of Corporations
Handelsregister
Registre National des Entreprises
KvK Handelsregister
Registro Mercantil
Registro Imprese
Companies Registration Office
RCS Luxembourg
Zefix
Bolagsverket
Brønnøysundregistrene
CVR
Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus
Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy
Firmenbuch
Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen
Registo Comercial
Obchodní rejstřík
ONRC
ACRA
ASIC
NZ Companies Office
Corporations Canada
National Tax Agency
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Companies Registry
DMCC Registry
CIPC
Receita Federal CNPJ
Registro Público de Comercio

One entity, followed from intake to closure.

Six checks, in the order a matter actually needs them. Each one hands its result to the next, and all six run on the same record.

Step 01Intake and conflictsBefore the engagement letter goes out, the name on the enquiry is resolved into every entity in its corporate family. Conflicts then run against the group rather than the one company the client happened to name.
Step 02Entity identificationWith the group resolved, the entity itself is pinned down. Registered number, address for service, officers as at the date, charges and status history. The facts a pleading or a certificate has to survive.
Step 03Ownership and controlThe chain above the entity is walked registry by registry until it reaches natural persons, or a register that publishes nothing. Every holding carries the filing behind it, and derived percentages show their working.
Step 04PEPs and sanctionsScreening runs across the group resolved in the previous step, not the subject alone, because designation attaches to ownership. Each hit arrives with the list entry it matched and the date that entry was published.
Step 05Company financialsFiled accounts across that same group answer the question that decides whether the matter is worth running. Solvency, security already granted, and whether recovery stays proportionate to the costs.
Step 06Perpetual monitoringEvery entity identified in the five steps above stays under watch for the life of the retainer. Officer changes, share transfers, new charges, insolvency and status changes arrive as they are filed.
Conflicts expansion11 entities · 6 jurisdictions
Verrick Holdings S.à r.l.Ultimate parent
Northgate Logistics B.V.100%
Northgate Logistics Limited100%
Northgate Freight Services Ltd100%
Northgate Cold Chain Ltd75%
Verrick Real Assets GmbH100%
Cross-checkVerrick Real Assets GmbH appears in your matter index as an opposing partyMatter ref. 2024-0918 · flagged before engagementReview
Entity record
Companies House
Legal nameNORTHGATE LOGISTICS LIMITEDCompany no. 08842119 · incorporated 21 Jan 2014Active
Registered office14 Wellington Place, Leeds LS1 4APEffective from 03 Apr 2023 · address for service
Trading addressUnit 7, Trafford Park, Manchester M17Correspondence only — service here is not valid serviceNote
Officers4 current, 6 resignedLatest appointment 11 Feb 2026 · latest resignation 30 Nov 2025
Charges4 outstanding, 2 satisfiedMost recent: fixed and floating, registered 08 Jan 2026
AccountsFiled to 31 Dec 2025Full accounts · next due 30 Sep 2026
Ownership and control4 registries traversed
Northgate Logistics LimitedSubject
Northgate Logistics B.V.100%
Verrick Holdings S.à r.l.100%
Beneficial ownerNatural person, 62.4% indirectDerived across 3 holdings · each step evidenced to its filingTraced
ScreeningEvery entity and officer in the chain screenedOFAC · EU · UK OFSI · UN consolidated · PEPNo match
Intermediate hitOne director of the Luxembourg holder is a domestic PEPOffice held since 2022 · enhanced due diligence indicatedPEP
Screening — full chain6 entities · 14 officers
ListsOFAC SDN, EU consolidated, UK OFSI, UN consolidatedRe-screened on every list update, not on a scheduleCurrent
ScopeEvery entity and officer in the ownership chainScreening the subject alone would have missed the hit belowFull chain
Aggregated holdingsCombined stakes tested, not only direct onesA holder under the threshold on its own can cross it in aggregateTested
ResultOne domestic PEP. No sanctions match.Director of the Luxembourg holder, office held since 2022PEP
AdjudicationEach hit carries the entry it matchedList, entry reference and the date that entry was published
Filed accounts
Companies House
Latest accountsYear to 31 Dec 2025Full accounts, filed 18 Jul 2026 · next due 30 Sep 2026Filed
Turnover£48.2mAs reported in the filed accounts
Net assets£6.9mDown £4.5m from £11.4m at 31 Dec 2024, a 39% fallTrend
HistoryFive years of accounts, held comparablyRestated where the entity changed reporting regime
CoverageDepth follows the filing regimeSmall-company and micro-entity filings publish less. Shown as filed, with the gap left visible.Note
Register monitoringWatching since 14 Feb 2026
18 Jul 2026Charge registered — fixed and floating over all assetsChargee: a lender not previously in the fileSecurity
02 Jun 2026Director appointedAlso a director of two entities outside the mapped groupOfficer
29 Apr 2026PSC statement updated — control moved above the Dutch holderOwnership chain re-traced automaticallyControl
11 Mar 2026Registered office changedAddress for service updated in the matter recordAddress
14 Feb 2026Sister entity entered administrationNorthgate Cold Chain Ltd · CRO IrelandInsolvency
01

Sourced directly from government registries

02

Source name and link on every dataset

03

Retrieval timestamp on every field

04

The original filing attached

05

12 years sourcing registry data

01

Disputes and litigation

Confirm the correct defendant before proceedings are issued. Establish the registered office for service. Assess whether a judgment is worth pursuing by looking at filed accounts, charges and group assets before the costs run.
02

Corporate and M&A

Build the subsidiary schedule from the registers rather than from a management spreadsheet. Verify signing authority against the officers on file. Pull the group as it stood at a given date for disclosure and warranty work.
03

Restructuring and insolvency

Find the security already registered over the assets. Identify connected entities and common directorships across a group. Track insolvency events across jurisdictions where a debtor holds subsidiaries.
04

Risk, compliance and client intake

Evidence client due diligence with a dated, sourced record instead of an undated screenshot. Identify beneficial owners through the chain. Screen the whole ownership structure, then keep it under watch for the life of the retainer.
05

Real estate and finance

Check the counterparty is the registered proprietor's actual legal entity, that it is still active, and that the person signing holds office. Surface existing security before a facility is drawn.
06

Business development and pricing

Registry events are legal-work signals. A charge registered means a financing. A new subsidiary means corporate work. An administration filing means restructuring. Firms use the change feed to reach the client before the panel review does.

Six places registry data does actual work in a firm.

Same underlying record, different question asked of it. Firms buy once and use it across practice groups rather than licensing a separate tool per team.

Trace the corporate tree from the bottom to the very top.

Hallard Terminals Ltd — resolved ownershipSAMPLE data · 14 registries
Subject — Hallard Terminals Ltd, Companies House
61%22%88%100%82%45%18%100%85%62%100%60%100%75%25%100%82%18%
Hallard Terminals LtdGB · Companies House · SAMPLE-09410902
Oriel Bay HoldingsIE · SAMPLE-IE 488210
Arden Capital B.V.NL · SAMPLE-KVK 64119027
Kirana Trustees LtdJE · SAMPLE-JE 112938
Castelmar S.à r.l.LU · SAMPLE-RCS 201847
Selvik Invest ABSE · SAMPLE-556677-1234
Nordline NVBE · SAMPLE-BCE 0765.432.109
Verrick Capital AGCH · SAMPLE-CHE-105.837.921
Meridian Holdings Pte LtdSG · SAMPLE-ACRA 199912345K
Halborn Beteiligungen GmbHDE · SAMPLE-HRB 84213
Corvin Holdings LtdCY · SAMPLE-HE 298144
Fjeldstad Kapital ASNO · SAMPLE-921 456 789
Anchorage Trust SAPA · nominee arrangement — no public register
Hallard Family TrustJE · SAMPLE-Trust reg. 20194
Alpenrose StiftungLI · foundation charter — no public register
E. HallardNatural person · resident JE
16
Entities resolved
14
Jurisdictions traversed
06
Layers to a natural person
46.4%
Effective interest, E. Hallard
27.6%
Unattributed — two branches end at registers that do not publish
PEPs and sanctions screeningHalden Marine Services Ltd1 hit
This entityHalden Marine Services LtdThe party on the engagement letterWould have returned nothing
Entity + group12 entities and individualsParents, subsidiaries, directors, shareholders
Screening complete100%
9 Clear2 Review1 Hit
Halden Marine Services LtdPrimaryClear
Halden Group Holdings BVClear
Brant Maritime Holdings SAOFAC SDN · ultimate parent, two steps above the subjectHit
E. HaldenClear
M. BrantDomestic PEP · office held since 2022Review
Kestrel Offshore GmbHClear
Brant Chartering Pte LtdClear
Adlerhaven Bunkering ASName similarity 0.91 · adjudication requiredReview
A. LindqvistClear
Halden Bunkering Services LtdClear
R. OkonjoClear
Brant Marine Insurance LtdClear
12 entities and individuals screenedReview 3 flagged

Sanctions and PEPs attach to the group and the people in it. Not to the name you screened.

A designation can sit on a parent two steps above your client, or on a director who never appears on the engagement letter. Screening the named party tests the one entity least likely to be flagged.

Screening and group resolution have to be the same operation.

Coverage
Sanctions
OFSI, OFAC, EU and UN consolidated lists, plus national and regional regimes
PEPs
Domestic, foreign and international-organisation, with relatives, close associates and former officeholders
How it runs
What gets screened
Every entity and every person in the resolved group
What each hit shows
The ownership path back to your client, with a match score
How often
Re-screened as designations change, not on a schedule

Perpetual monitoring. The file moves when the register moves.

Periodic review re-checks a client when someone remembers to. Perpetual monitoring watches every entity in the matter continuously, so a filing reaches the fee earner the day it lands.

Periodic
Three snapshots across the retainer. Everything between them is assumed.
Perpetual
Every filing, the day it reaches the register. Nothing between is assumed.
LivePerpetual monitoring313 entities · 47 matters
CONTROLControl moved above the Dutch holderHalden Group Holdings BV
RCS Luxembourg
1s
ADDRESSRegistered office changed mid-matterHalden Marine Services Ltd
Companies House
26s
STATUSCompany dissolvedKestrel Offshore GmbH
Handelsregister
1m
CHARGESFixed and floating registered to a new lenderHalden Marine Services Ltd
Companies House
2m
OFFICERSSignatory on the facility resignedBrant Chartering Pte Ltd
ACRA
3m
STATUSSister entity entered administrationHalden Cold Chain Ltd
CRO Ireland
4m
SANCTIONSParent added to a consolidated listBrant Maritime Holdings SA
RCS Luxembourg
6m
Sample streamEvery alert carries the registry and the filing date behind it

Consequences shown are general orientation, not legal advice, and vary by jurisdiction and by the stage a matter has reached.

We built this because every alternative we looked at put a reseller between the register and the record. If you cannot point at the filing, you do not have evidence. You have someone's summary of it.

Nic BuldumacFounder and CEO, Global Database

How to access the data.

Seven routes into the same primary, government-sourced dataset. Pick the one that fits your stack.

Platform

Search, screen and export company records from the web application.

API

Query any company by registry identifier. Documented endpoints, JSON responses, provenance on every field.

Bulk data feeds

Full datasets and scheduled deltas, delivered to your warehouse on your cadence.

CRM

Enrich and verify accounts inside Salesforce, HubSpot and Microsoft Dynamics 365, against the same registry records.

MCP

Connect the dataset to any MCP-compatible agent or tool.

Assistant connectors

Pull registry data straight into the assistant your teams already use.

Regis AI

Ask questions in natural language across the dataset and get answers with their sources attached.

Test it the way you would test a witness.

Company data is easy to demo and hard to trust. Rather than ask you to take coverage claims on faith, we would rather you tried to break them. Three ways to do that.

01

Bring entities you have already checked

Send a list you have run yourself, ideally one that gave you trouble. We return our record for each and show you every field where ours differs from yours, with the registry and filing date behind it. Differences are the point of the exercise.

02

Ask for coverage up front, not after

Depth varies by registry because it varies at source. We will tell you what is available in the jurisdictions you actually work in, field by field, including where a registry publishes little or nothing. A gap stated up front is worth more than a gap found in month three.

03

Trace one ownership chain end to end

Pick a group with holdings across several jurisdictions and follow the chain we return back to the filings it came from. If any step cannot be traced to a document, that is worth knowing before the record goes near a file.

Straight answers.

Where does the data actually come from?

Government company registries, official gazettes and regulator filings across 200+ countries, taken directly from those sources. Each field in the record carries the registry it came from and the date the underlying document was filed. Where a value is derived rather than filed, such as an ownership percentage computed across several steps, the derivation is shown and the field is labelled.

Can we rely on this in a pleading or a report?

We provide the registered facts with their source and filing date so you can verify them against the primary record. That is the standard we hold ourselves to. Whether a given fact is sufficient for a particular filing is a judgement for the fee earner, and the licence includes redistribution rights so the record can go into a report, a schedule or an exhibit without a separate permission.

Is what we search confidential?

Your searches are not shared with other customers, sold on, or used to inform anyone else's results. This matters more in legal than in most sectors, because a search can reveal a prospective matter or an adverse party before an engagement letter exists. If your risk team needs the position in writing, we will put it in the contract rather than leave it in a policy page.

How does this differ from what we get from Dun & Bradstreet, Moody's or Bureau van Dijk?

Three practical differences. We source directly from registries rather than through intermediaries, so the chain back to the filing is short and visible. We attach provenance at field level rather than at record level. And we use open identifiers with redistribution rights included, so nothing you build on top of the data is locked to us. Coverage and price are worth comparing directly. We will run a side-by-side on your own list of entities.

Does it cover offshore and harder jurisdictions?

Coverage spans 400+ registries including offshore centres, free zones and jurisdictions with limited electronic filing. Depth varies by registry because it varies at source. Some publish full officer and shareholder detail, others publish very little. We show you exactly what is available per jurisdiction before you buy rather than after.

Can we put the output into work we bill for?

Yes. Redistribution rights are included in the licence, so a record can appear in a report, a disclosure schedule, an exhibit or advice you charge for, without asking us each time. Identifiers are open, so a matter file stays portable if you ever move platform.

How do you handle personal data?

Records include personal data about directors, officers and beneficial owners, taken from public registers where the registry itself publishes it. Every field carries its source and date, so your own record of processing can point at where it came from. The data protection terms, including the controller and processor positions and any transfer mechanisms, sit in the data processing agreement, which your risk team should review before onboarding.

Can we get certified or official copies of documents?

Underlying filed documents are available for many jurisdictions through the platform. Where a matter needs a certified or apostilled copy, tell us the jurisdiction and we will confirm what we can fulfil directly and where an agent is required.

How does monitoring work in practice?

You put entities on a watchlist by matter, by client group, or in bulk. When a filing changes the record, the change is delivered by email, webhook or into your CRM, with the old value, the new value and the source. Firms typically watch client groups for the life of the retainer and opposing parties for the life of the matter.

How long does it take to get running?

Platform access is same day. An API or bulk integration depends on what it connects to, and firms usually start with one practice group before wiring the record into intake or practice management. We will scope it against your systems rather than quote a number that assumes an easy case.

What does it cost?

Pricing is per seat with volume tiers on API and bulk. Firms usually start with one practice group and expand once the record is inside the intake workflow. See pricing or ask for a quote against your actual expected volume.