GBCompany registry
Companies House
Official United Kingdom company register.
Used to verify
- Legal company name
- Registration number
- Company status
- Incorporation date
- Registered office
- Jurisdiction
01 Company verification for procurement
Verify a companybefore you do business.
Check legal registration and VAT information using trusted public data sources, presented in one clear verification record.
Verify a company→Official sourcesCompanies HouseEuropean Commission VIESHM Revenue & Customs
Legal registry + VAT
VAT validation only
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- Belgium
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Poland
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02 What SENTINEL does
A clearer first step in supplier qualification.
SENTINEL Company Intelligence helps procurement and supplier qualification teams verify basic legal entity and VAT information before onboarding a supplier.
The system checks available public registry data and presents the result in one consistent verification view. It does not provide financial, sanctions, AML or credit due diligence.
- One query
- Company, country and optional VAT details.
- Applicable sources
- Only services relevant to the supplied data are queried.
- Auditable result
- Source evidence, reasoning and a downloadable report.
03 How SENTINEL works
From company details to a reviewable record.
A straightforward workflow designed for people who need a reliable answer, not a technical dashboard.
- 01
Enter company details
Provide a company name, country and optional VAT number.
- 02
Select data sources
SENTINEL determines which official services apply.
- 03
Verify
Registry and VAT information are checked independently.
- 04
Normalize
Different responses become one consistent entity record.
- 05
Review and report
Read the evidence and generate a source-attributed PDF.
04 Data sources
Know exactly where the information comes from.
Each source has a specific purpose and a visible boundary.
EUVAT validation
European Commission VIES
VAT Information Exchange System for supported EU VAT numbers.
Used to verify
- EU VAT number validity
- Available VAT registration name
- Available VAT registration address
UKVAT verification
HM Revenue & Customs
Official UK VAT number lookup for configured production or sandbox environments.
Used to verify
- UK VAT registration
- Registered business name
- Available VAT address
- Check reference
Companies House verifies a UK legal registry record. VIES validates supported EU VAT numbers. HMRC verifies UK VAT registration. VAT services do not establish that a legal entity exists.
05 What gets verified
The essential facts behind a supplier name.
01Legal identity
Registered legal name and company number.
02Operating status
Active or inactive state returned by the register.
03Jurisdiction
Country and available registered office details.
04VAT validity
EU validation through VIES and UK verification through HMRC.
05Source consistency
Clear signals when available source details agree or conflict.
06 Product preview
A verification view built for decisions.
See the overall result first, then inspect the legal entity, each source and the reasoning behind the outcome.
Open the verification toolCompany
Northstar Components Ltd
United Kingdom · 09876543Overall statusVerified activeHigh confidence
Legal entity
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 18 Apr 2016
- Jurisdiction
- GB
Source verification
Companies HouseMatched
HMRC VATValid
Fictional demonstration data. Sources are selected from the submitted jurisdiction and identifiers.
Overall verification
Verified active
Legal entityNorthstar Components Ltd
SourceCompanies House
VAT validationVIES · Valid
07 Reporting
Evidence you can review and share.
Generate a professional PDF containing the verification outcome, company details, checked sources, timestamps and source references.
- Generated on demand
- Source attribution included
- No permanent PDF storage required
08 Reliability and security
Clear evidence. Honest limitations.
Missing, unavailable or unsupported information is shown as such — never invented.
Source-level transparency
Every provider result remains visible, including failures and not-applicable states.
Protected credentials
API credentials stay server-side and are redacted from logs.
Bounded external calls
Provider timeouts and failure isolation keep the wider verification readable.
No fabricated data
Unavailable fields remain clearly marked as not available.
09 Start a verification
Verify the company behind the supplier name.
Use public registry and VAT information as a clear first step before onboarding.