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Can I trust this company?

Before you extend credit, sign a contract, or send money to a UK company, you want one answer: can you trust them. Here is how to find out, and the fast way to check all of it at once.

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The five things to check

  1. Company status and accounts at Companies House. Is it active, and are the accounts filed and recent, or overdue and minimal?
  2. Insolvency notices in The Gazette. Is there a winding-up petition, an administration, or a liquidation in progress?
  3. The directors. Have they run companies that failed before, or are any of them disqualified?
  4. Sanctions and regulatory flags. Are the owners or directors on the UK sanctions list or the FCA Warning List?
  5. Payment behaviour. Does the company actually pay its suppliers on time, or is it a known late payer?

The fast way: check all five at once

Doing this by hand across Companies House, The Gazette, the disqualified-directors register, the sanctions list, and payment data takes hours. RecoupIQ runs every one of these checks automatically and returns a single plain-English verdict, with the evidence and source links behind it. A Quick Check is £29; a full Forensic Report is £167. No subscription needed.

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Common questions

How do I check if a UK company is trustworthy?

Check its status and accounts at Companies House, look for insolvency notices in The Gazette, check the directors for past failures or disqualifications, screen for sanctions, and look at whether it pays its suppliers on time. RecoupIQ runs all of these checks automatically across 12 live public sources and 10 UK compliance registers, and returns a single verdict.

What are the warning signs that a company is in trouble?

Overdue or filleted accounts, a recent change of name or registered office, directors resigning, a winding-up petition or insolvency notice, a history of failed companies among the directors, and a record of paying suppliers late. Any one can be innocent; several together are worth taking seriously.

Is checking a company at Companies House enough?

It is the right starting point, but Companies House alone does not tell you about sanctions, court winding-up petitions, the directors history across other companies, or how the company actually pays. A trust check should join all of those records together.

How much does it cost to check a company with RecoupIQ?

A Quick Check is £29 and a full Forensic Report is £167, both one-off with no subscription required. Subscriptions for ongoing monitoring start at £19.99 per month.