How to Check Company Ownership

Knowing who owns a company before working with them is an essential part of the due diligence process. Not only will it help you confirm the legitimacy of the business, but knowing who owns a business can help you understand the structure of a company, give you an idea of the resources they have access to and enlighten you as to whether the owners themselves have any financial struggles.

Checking company owners with Companies House

Companies House holds detailed information on every limited company in the UK. This includes owner details that can prove invaluable to your financial assessment of a business.

Here’s how to check the owners of a company with Companies House:

1. Visit the Companies House website

Navigate to the Companies House website.

2. Search for the company

Use the search function to find the company that you wish to check. You can search either by company name or registration number.

3. Review company details

Once you have found the company, click on it to access detailed information.

4. Navigate to the ‘People’ section

In the people section, you will see both the ‘Officers’ and ‘Persons with significant control’ tabs. Within these you will be able to see the owners of the company.

Automatically checking a company's owners

Manually looking up company owners every time a new potential business lead comes in can be very time-consuming. However, this data is incredibly important and often integral to bringing on new business clients.

SalesTech is our business intelligence platform that seeks to automate the lookup, due diligence and onboarding process by integrating data from Companies House with your existing processes.

When you use SalesTech, you establish the criteria necessary to work with a company – including any shareholder information – and we do the rest. Each applicant will be scored against your bespoke requirements and can be automatically approved or denied so you can allocate your time to more efficiently growing your business.