How to check the shareholders of a company

HOW TO CHECK THE SHAREHOLDERS OF A COMPANY

When performing due diligence on a potential business client, knowing who the shareholders are can be very beneficial. It’ll help you understand the company structure, give you an idea of the resources they have access to and, if any of the shareholders themselves have financial struggles, it’ll give you an understanding of the financial stability of the company itself.

Checking shareholders with Companies House

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

Here’s how to check the shareholders 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 whose directors you wish to check. You can search either by company name or registration number.

Using the registration number is most accurate way of looking up a company to find the directors. The registration number is typically used as the identifier when it comes to API integration with Companies House.

3. Review company details

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

4. Navigate to the ‘Filing History’ section

Under the filing history tab, you’ll see the information previously filed by the company. This includes the shareholders.

Automatically checking a company’s shareholders

Manually accessing shareholder data through Companies House is both time-consuming and expensive. Particularly if the company has a long and complicated filing history or a complex shareholder structure. 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.