Both established business and business start-ups can take advantage of the wealth of company information available through Business and Patents Information Services. Company information will enable you to:
- Increase knowledge of competitors and customers
- Provide financial intelligence on potential partners within the UK and overseas
- Identify suppliers of specialist products and services
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Indepth financial reports are available for most medium to large companies and include the following information:
- Trade descriptions
- Number of employees
- Turnover
- Full profit and loss accounts
- Detailed balance sheet
- Financial and profitability ratios
- Peer analysis
- Date of incorporation
n.b. The amount of information available is very much dependent upon the company size
Credit Scores, Qui Scores and Qui Ratings
These are available within the Mint database and take into account a range of factors including, adverse documents appearing against the company on the public file and the timeliness of getting the accounts filed. In additon, the underlying economic conditions are factored in to the equation. However, the most important factors relate to the financial performance of the company as evidenced by their balance sheet and profit and loss account.
The QuiScore is a measure of the likelihood of company failure in the twelve months following the date of calculation.
County Court Judgements - The number of satisfied and unsatisfied CCJ's against a company are given for the past 6 years
Company Annual reports On-Line - Access to listed companies balance sheets, profit and loss statements and financial highlights is available through the CAROL on-line service.
SCoRe (Search Company Reports) - is a catalogue of printed company reports held in UK libraries. Holdings include both current and historic company reports.
To find out what financial information is available for companies overseas visit our international page.
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Many of our databases provide access to director details. Searches can be made for details of an individual director including current and past directorships or via company name. Biographical information is provided for directors of listed companies.
Ownership information is available to enable you to plot a company's structure in a tree diagram for a clear picture of its holdings and subsidaries.
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