ABOUT CONTRACTORCHECK
What we do
ContractorCheck turns UK government data — company filings, directors, insolvency and bankruptcy information, environmental enforcement, EPC activity and (where relevant) food hygiene ratings — into a single, defensible risk view for every contractor and supplier you work with. We do the heavy lifting so you can approve with confidence and keep a clear audit trail.
One report. One decision. One trail.
Every check and alert is time-stamped and traceable so procurement, H&S, and auditors work from the same facts.
Who it's for
Procurement teams, health & safety managers, compliance officers, and anyone who needs to verify contractor or supplier risk quickly and keep a defensible record.
Procurement
Pre-qualify and onboard suppliers with a clear risk snapshot and ongoing monitoring.
Health & safety
See HSE enforcement history — improvement notices, prosecutions, and outstanding actions.
Compliance & audit
Demonstrate due diligence with time-stamped reports and an append-only audit trail.
Facilities & operations
Keep contractor lists up to date and get alerted when risk changes.
Why it matters
Contractor risk lives in multiple government systems. Checking each one by hand is slow, error-prone, and hard to prove when auditors ask.
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Speed
Turn 30+ minutes of manual checks into under a minute.
Audit-ready
Defensibility
Every check and alert is time-stamped and stored.
One view
Coverage
Companies House, HSE, Environment Agency, Land Registry, EPC registers and Food Standards Agency data in one place.
Always on
Continuity
Ongoing monitoring so you catch changes between tenders.
How it works
We pull live and bulk data from official UK sources, match it to companies, score risk, and surface it in reports and alerts.
UK government sources
ContractorCheck
Ingest · Match · Score · Monitor
You
Reports · Alerts · Audit trail
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Ingest
Companies House APIs and events; HSE, Environment Agency and other public registers; EPC and Land Registry data.
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Match
We match notices and entries back to Companies House entities and directors so each company has a joined-up picture.
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Score
The risk engine produces a Green / Amber / Red rating and a clear narrative based on your policy rules.
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Monitor
Watched suppliers are monitored continuously; you get alerts by email, in-app and via API/webhook.
When to use it
From a one-off check before a contract to ongoing supplier monitoring.
- Pre-tender and pre-qualification checks
- Onboarding new contractors or suppliers
- Periodic re-checks (e.g. annual review)
- Continuous monitoring of a watch list
- Audit and compliance evidence
Where our data comes from
All company and enforcement data is sourced from official UK government systems and used under the Open Government Licence.
Companies House
The UK’s register of companies. We use the official API for company profile, status, registered address, directors, disqualified officers, and filing history (accounts, confirmation statements).
company-information.service.gov.uk →
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Public enforcement notices: improvement notices, prohibition notices, and prosecution outcomes. We ingest the published dataset and match notices to companies for a complete risk view.
resources.hse.gov.uk/notices →
Gaps / risks to watch
We want users to understand both the strength and the limits of government-only data.
- Data coverage. Today we focus on Companies House, HSE and other UK public registers. We do not yet collect insurance certificates, RAMS (risk assessments / method statements) or ISO certifications, even though procurement teams often still expect them.
- Contractor pushback. Some contractors will not have heard of ContractorCheck. We give them clear explanations, sample reports and a way to see what you see, but you may still hear “we're not on ContractorCheck” as an initial objection.
- False authority risk. A Green rating only means we have not found relevant adverse entries in the registers we check. It does not guarantee overall safety or competence and cannot replace your own site audits, method statement review or supervision.
- Enterprise integrations. Large buyers often want ContractorCheck inside existing tools such as SAP Ariba or Coupa. Our API and webhooks are designed for this, and we are building out reference integrations and case studies.
What we show — example HSE notice
In contractor reports we list each matched notice like this (example only; not a real notice):
Improvement notice· EX-2024-XXXXXX
Issued 12 Mar 2024 · Remediated 10 May 2024 · North West
Failure to ensure adequate control of exposure to respirable crystalline silica during cutting operations. (Breach: Regulation 7(1) COSHH 2002.)
Company information and HSE data are used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ContractorCheck is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any UK government department.
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