Use this check to confirm whether a UK company is live, dormant, dissolved, or showing another status that changes how you rely on the record. Match the company number, registered name, status, and filing history before you treat the entity as current.
Start with the record
Read the legal name, company number, status, and filing trail first. Those fields should tell one consistent story before you treat the record as settled.
What to review
- company number, status, and filing history should all line up
- ownership changes should make commercial sense
- late filings or missing records can justify a closer review
When to escalate
Escalate when the record is incomplete, contradictory, or harder to attribute than it first appears. At that point you need the filing trail, ownership chain, or linked records before you rely on the result.