Why screen the whole list
You rarely get a warning from the supplier. You find out when the delivery does not arrive, or when a replacement costs more. The signs are often in the public record weeks earlier: an overdue filing, a winding-up petition, a charge held by HMRC, a sister company that has just gone into liquidation.
About 1 in 193 registered companies in England and Wales entered insolvency in the 12 months to April 2026, according to Insolvency Service statistics. Across a list of 25 suppliers that is a small chance for each one, but the cost of a single failure at the wrong time is not small.
What each row tells you
- Priority review. The record shows a status such as liquidation or administration, an insolvency filing, a winding-up petition, an HMRC charge or defaulter match, or a connected company in distress. Look at these first.
- Review. Overdue accounts or confirmation statement, an audit warning, stacked or factoring charges, negative net assets, or a connected company worth watching. Worth a closer look before you extend more credit or commit more work.
- No flags found. None of the indicators we check appear in the record. This is not a clean bill of health.
Need more than a one-off screen?
Monitoring watches the suppliers you choose and alerts you when their record changes, so you do not have to remember to check. See the plans or tell us what you need in the form above.
Questions
What does know your supplier mean?
Checking who a supplier is, how healthy it is, and who it is connected to, before you rely on it and while you keep using it.
Is this a credit check?
No. It summarises public records as indicators to verify. It is not a credit decision.
What happens to my list?
We read it to produce your results and do not store the names or numbers you submit.