# Check a UK supplier before you sign. Registry facts first, then what the press says A supplier check reads what the company has filed before it reads what anyone says about it. Companies House gives the status, directors, owners, accounts, charges and insolvency record, GLEIF confirms the legal entity where it holds an LEI, and Tavily finds recent press. - For: Procurement teams, finance leads and founders - Providers: 3 (Companies House, GLEIF and Tavily), 9 tools - Example (One name search, one LEI match, six registry reads for one company and one press search. Further suppliers are quoted separately): at most $0.008, computed from the live catalog - Updated: 2026-11-04 ## Each provider does one part No single provider covers this job. Through Agentik your AI calls each one for its part, from one connection and one prepaid balance. - **Companies House** (7 tools, free): The official status, directors, owners, filed accounts, charges and insolvency cases. - **GLEIF** (1 tool, free): The legal entity identifier record, when the company holds one. - **Tavily** (1 tool, at most $0.008): Recent press to read beside the filings. ## Give this to your agent ```text Use my connected Agentik MCP server for this job: uk supplier check. Check a UK supplier before I sign with them. Resolve the exact company first and confirm with me if several names are close. Read its status, directors, persons with significant control, latest accounts filings, charges and insolvency record. Look for a matching LEI and search recent press. Separate filed facts from press claims, flag overdue filings, outstanding charges and recent director changes, and end with the questions I should ask the supplier. Use these Agentik tools for the written steps: companies-house/search-companies, gleif/fuzzy-match, companies-house/company-profile, companies-house/officers, companies-house/psc, companies-house/filing-history, companies-house/charges, companies-house/insolvency, tavily/search. Inspect their current schemas and availability first. Ask for missing inputs and use identifiers returned by actual earlier results. The page's example identifiers illustrate input shapes. Quote more pages before expanding. Preserve source links, dates and uncertainty. Before running anything, inspect each tool with inspect_tool, ask me for any input you don’t have instead of inventing it, and tell me the total price. Wait for my go. At the end, tell me what Agentik charged. ``` ## You provide - The supplier's name or company number - The size of the contract - What would stop you signing ## Before this job - The tools must be available in your connected Agentik catalog. Ask for the missing provider configuration if a tool is unavailable. ## What you get: a supplier brief with registry facts and open risks - The exact legal entity and its status - Directors and persons with significant control - Accounts dates, overdue flags and charges - Insolvency cases, press findings and questions to ask ## How to check a UK supplier before signing in Claude or ChatGPT Prices are the most each call can reserve for this example: One name search, one LEI match, six registry reads for one company and one press search. Further suppliers are quoted separately. ### 1. Resolve the legal entity Trading names often differ from registered names. Keep the company number and reuse it for every later call. - [Companies House company search](/tools/companies-house/search-companies.md) `companies-house/search-companies` (Companies House): free - [GLEIF fuzzy name match](/tools/gleif/fuzzy-match.md) `gleif/fuzzy-match` (GLEIF): free ### 2. Read status, people and owners Note the status, the accounts and confirmation dates, any overdue flag and recent appointments. An empty owner list is normal for a listed company. - [Companies House company profile](/tools/companies-house/company-profile.md) `companies-house/company-profile` (Companies House): free - [Companies House company officers](/tools/companies-house/officers.md) `companies-house/officers` (Companies House): free - [Companies House beneficial owners](/tools/companies-house/psc.md) `companies-house/psc` (Companies House): free ### 3. Read filings, charges and insolvency Outstanding charges show who is secured ahead of other creditors. A 404 from the insolvency record means no case is on file. - [Companies House filing history](/tools/companies-house/filing-history.md) `companies-house/filing-history` (Companies House): free - [Companies House charges](/tools/companies-house/charges.md) `companies-house/charges` (Companies House): free - [Companies House insolvency cases](/tools/companies-house/insolvency.md) `companies-house/insolvency` (Companies House): free ### 4. Read recent press Keep each article's date and separate reporting from the company's own statements. - [Tavily agent search](/tools/tavily/search.md) `tavily/search` (Tavily): at most $0.008 Example total: at most $0.008. Each call is billed for measured usage; unused reservations are released. ## Ask it your way - Check a UK supplier before I sign with them. - Keep the sample small and cite the source for each conclusion. ## Why through Agentik - Collect the official sources through one Agentik connection. - Inspect the price of each bounded call before running it. - Keep each figure beside its source and date. ## Good to know - Filed accounts can be more than a year old, and small companies file shortened accounts. - A clean record removes known flags. It does not prove the supplier can deliver. ## When to use something else For credit scores and payment behaviour across a whole supplier base, use a commercial credit bureau. This playbook prepares a one-off check from public records. ## UK supplier check: questions ### What does the example cost? At most $0.008 for the illustrated calls. The official records are free through Agentik, and the paid calls are the press, maps or email steps. ### Does the result cover every source? No. Public records have publication lags and search results can be incomplete. Keep the collection date, sample size and missing evidence visible. ### Does this send messages or change an account? No. These steps read public records and prepare a brief. Sending a message or changing an account requires a separate instruction. ## Keep going - [Company due diligence](/company-due-diligence.md): Its legal identity and status, its SEC filings when it is US-listed, when its domain was registered, and any lawsuits or liquidation in the news. - [Software vendor comparison](/vendor-comparison.md): Three vendors’ pricing pages, their Trustpilot and Capterra reviews and what users say on Reddit, side by side before you buy. - [Invoice check before payment](/invoice-supplier-check.md): An invoice read from its image, the VAT number and company checked against official records, and a search for scam warnings. - [Company data tools for your agent](/tools/company.md) - [Research tools for your agent](/tools/research.md) [All playbooks](/playbooks.md) · [Connection guides](/docs/clients.md) · [Billing](/docs/billing.md) --- [HTML page](/uk-supplier-check) · [Agent index](/llms.txt)