HOW WE WORK
The report is the product.
Everything we do ends in a document someone else has to rely on — a compliance officer, a solicitor, a protection lead, a court. So the method is designed backwards from that: consistent, sourced, checked and honest about its limits.
Our method, step by step
Sourced and dated
Every finding carries its source and retrieval date, so you can check any line yourself. We also record where we looked and found nothing.
0304Plain ratings
Due diligence reports carry a low, medium or high rating and the facts behind it. Identification reports state our confidence and why.
Discretion
We don't discuss clients or publish case studies. Material is held for the agreed period, then deleted.
07See it in full
Every engagement follows a written methodology. Ask, and we'll send it before you instruct us.
Official records first
Companies House, court and insolvency registers, regulators and sanctions lists come before commercial data, news and the open web. Where a finding rests on a weaker source, we say so.
01Scope first
Every engagement starts with a conversation and a written scope: the question, the sources, how far back we look, the turnaround and a fixed price. Nothing starts until you've agreed it.
02Lawful basis
Every engagement has a documented lawful basis under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), and we collect no more than the purpose justifies.
05One analyst
The person you brief does the research, writes the report and signs it. Every finding is checked against its source before it leaves.
06What a report looks like
Every report follows the same structure, so it can be checked line by line and relied on by someone who was not in the room.
Rating and summary on page one
A findings table with source and retrieval date
The sources checked that returned nothing
Method and limitations
An appendix of captures
Want to see the methodology in full before you instruct us?
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