Fragmented data
Information is scattered across records, systems and formats.
PANOPTIS Website v4.1 · Public release edition
UK company due diligence & corporate intelligence
Know who you're doing business with.
PANOPTIS gives SMEs, solicitors, accountants, AML professionals, investigators and individuals access to connected business intelligence once associated mainly with expensive enterprise platforms.
Understand companies, people, addresses, appointments and relationships before making an important decision.
Official UK company dataCompanies House intelligence at the core
Connected intelligenceSee the connections. Discover the story.
Secure by designDesktop-first and investigator focused
Platform FoundationCompleted
Core IntelligenceCompleted
Investigation ExperienceEstablished
Rules & ReportingOperational
Governance & Behaviour IntelligenceOperational
Reporting & Evidence IntegrityOperational
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Trusted dataOfficial Companies House data at the core.
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Secure & privateDesktop-first and secure by design.
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Built for professionalsClear tools and explainable insights.
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Faster decisionsTurn complex records into clearer action.
Limited visibility
It is difficult to see the full picture of a company and its people.
Higher risk
Incomplete context can lead to missed concerns and costly mistakes.
Time consuming
Manual research can take hours while important decisions wait.
The PANOPTIS solution
Connected intelligence. Complete confidence.
Companies, people, addresses, appointments and events are brought together into a coherent investigative view.
Company intelligence
See the organisation
Identity, status, history and filings in one structured profile.
Officer intelligence
Follow the people
Appointments, tenure and directorship histories across connected entities.
Relationship analysis
Reveal the network
Shared people, locations and entities become visible as connected intelligence.
Timeline intelligence
Understand the sequence
Corporate events and role changes arranged in meaningful chronological context.
Explainable intelligence
Review the evidence
Investigative prompts remain connected to supporting evidence, context and professional judgement.
A clearer investigative journey
From first question to better decision.
PANOPTIS is designed around the way real due diligence and corporate investigations progress.
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Search
Begin with a company, officer or address.
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Investigate
Review identity, status, history and context.
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Connect
Follow people, appointments and shared locations.
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Understand
Build the wider story around the evidence.
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Decide
Act with greater confidence and clarity.
The platform today
More than a company search. A complete investigative environment.
PANOPTIS combines corporate records, officer intelligence, relationship analysis, risk signals, explainable findings, timeline evidence, monitoring and integrity-checked reporting inside one connected desktop workspace.
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Company Intelligence
Identity, status, previous names, filing context, addresses and related investigation evidence.
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Officer Intelligence
Appointments, resignations, tenure, corporate officers, LLP roles and cross-company history.
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Relationship Intelligence
Interactive entity graphs, executive layouts, node selection and evidence-linked exploration.
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Executive Investigation Intelligence
Objective graph metrics, clusters, findings and explainable investigative recommendations.
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Timeline Intelligence
Company, officer and filing-history events merged into a deterministic chronological view.
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Investigation Tools & Reporting
Canonical report versions, investigator notes, PDF integrity checks and monitoring extend the investigation beyond analysis.
Built for the way you work
Professional intelligence for people who need answers.
SMEs come first, supported by dedicated use cases for advisers, financial crime teams, investigators and individuals.
Small & Medium Businesses
Research customers, suppliers, contractors and prospective partners before committing time, money or reputation.
Explore SME due diligence →Solicitors
Support client onboarding, disputes and due diligence with connected company, officer and address intelligence.
Explore solicitor use cases →Accountants
Understand directorships, business histories, related entities and the wider context behind a client or transaction.
Explore accountant use cases →Property Professionals
Explore companies, officers and addresses connected to landlords, developments and commercial opportunities.
Explore property use cases →Investigators & Researchers
Follow corporate histories and relationships while retaining context inside one coherent investigative workspace.
Explore investigation use cases →AML Professionals
Strengthen customer due diligence and uncover connected corporate context that may require further review.
Explore AML use cases →Journalists & Media
Uncover corporate stories by connecting companies, people, addresses and chronological events.
Explore journalism use cases →Individuals
Gain a clearer picture before trusting a company, paying a contractor, investing or entering an agreement.
Explore personal-use cases →Why PANOPTIS exists
Professional business intelligence shouldn't be exclusive.
PANOPTIS started with a simple goal: make public UK company information easier to understand. It has grown into an evidence-led investigation platform designed around the questions professionals actually need to answer.
Built from investigative questions
Each material capability starts with a real-world question, supporting evidence and clear analytical boundaries.
Each material capability starts with a real-world question, supporting evidence and clear analytical boundaries.
Meaning, not just records
Move beyond isolated data to understand relationships, context, chronology and explainable findings.
Move beyond isolated data to understand relationships, context, chronology and explainable findings.
Evidence before opinion
Keep findings traceable, confidence explicit and the investigator in control of the final judgement.
Keep findings traceable, confidence explicit and the investigator in control of the final judgement.
Where PANOPTIS is now
Investigation platform established. Screening intelligence expanding.
✓Platform & Company IntelligenceEstablished
✓Officer, Address & Relationship IntelligenceEstablished
✓Timeline & Executive Investigation IntelligenceOperational
✓Rules Engine, Profiles & CalibrationOperational
✓Investigation Reporting & ProvenanceOperational
✓Governance Transition IntelligenceOperational
✓Shell Behaviour IntelligenceOperational · evidence-led
●Cross-company Pattern IntelligenceIn development
How the journey has changed
PANOPTIS now looks beyond individual records.
The platform has progressed from retrieving corporate information to organising evidence, identifying explainable patterns and helping investigators understand how those patterns relate across an investigation.
01 Company and officer intelligence established
02 Relationship and timeline intelligence established
03 Rules, calibration and reporting operational
04 Governance transition intelligence integrated
05 Behaviour convergence intelligence integrated
06 Cross-company cohort analysis next development phase
Insights
Practical guidance for better business decisions.
Search-focused guides for SMEs, advisers and professionals using UK company information.
How to check a UK company before doing business
A practical starting point covering company identity, status, directors, ownership and filing history.
Read the guide →Due diligence checklist for SMEs
A clear checklist for reviewing a prospective customer, supplier, contractor or business partner.
Read the checklist →Director and PSC: what is the difference?
Understand why management and significant control are related but not identical concepts.
Read the explainer →Early access
Help shape professional intelligence for everyone.
PANOPTIS is in active pre-release development. We welcome conversations with SMEs, advisers, AML professionals, investigators and potential partners.