Free Company Search Sites???

Don'tskipit

Hiya,
Need to do a search on a company before doing any business with them.

Company House only giving basic info - have to pay for more.

Any ideas on free check??


Edit: Not just 'being nosey'. Need to know credit rating of a particular company.

Caggie

I don't think that I can really help with some of the information you are looking for. But details of many companies can be found on:



http://www.applegate.co.uk/
and
http://www.kellysearch.com/

Not financial stuff though unless on companies own website.

Or these might be better :
for a fee
http://www.checksure.biz/

free
http://www.hemscott.com/companies/company-summary.do?companyId=2869

purplepurple

http://www.b4usearch.com/
basic info on this site..... personally I hate this site as they've got too much info on individuals addresses and details for my liking:mad:

littlejaffa

purplepurple wrote:

http://www.b4usearch.com/
basic info on this site..... personally I hate this site as they've got too much info on individuals addresses and details for my liking:mad:

i've never seen this site before - well scary!

and worrying all that info can be got so readily

bones61

littlejaffa wrote:

i've never seen this site before - well scary!

and worrying all that info can be got so readily

well scary indeed, at least i'm not on there yet

Don'tskipit, I used to have access to a site at work, I will try and find it for you. Gave you company accounts and a credit rating as well. Fingers crossed I still have it

05/09 have searched but can't find the details any more. sorry

purplepurple

littlejaffa wrote:

i've never seen this site before - well scary!

and worrying all that info can be got so readily

I know.... it's worrying that all you have to do is put in a surname and a town and you can get precise directions to that person's house! Try to remove yourself from it if possible....

Caggie

If you run a decent company you have nothing to worry about. The occasional disgruntled customer might keep you on your toes. If you are out for profit without taking into consideration customer satisfaction you derserve what you get.

No man/stroke woman is an island Ltd or not.

Caggie

purplepurple wrote:

http://www.b4usearch.com/
basic info on this site..... personally I hate this site as they've got too much info on individuals addresses and details for my liking:mad:

If you want to go down that route https://www.whois.com is ( I thnk) a better alternative.

seanparkin

Depends on how many companies you want.

https://www.graydon.co.uk provide very detailed information, but only allow one free search. (go to 'UK Credit reports' then click 'free uk company search' near the top of the content).

However, if you have one of those email addresses that allow *@domain.com then you can just clear your cookies after every search, and use a different email address.

Don't have one of those email addresses? Then buy a domain and set it to forward everything emailed to *@newdomain.co.uk to your usual email. You can now give graydon an infinate number of email addresses - just clear your cookies inbetween searches!

sprouter

seanparkin wrote:

However, if you have one of those email addresses that allow *@domain.com then you can just clear your cookies after every search, and use a different email address.

altenatively, use https://www.dodgeit.com to pick up email from any address @dodgeit.com

Mandles

purplepurple wrote:

http://www.b4usearch.com/
basic info on this site..... personally I hate this site as they've got too much info on individuals addresses and details for my liking:mad:

Our business is not on there either. ..not complaining though!