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Ventur is a UK company screening platform before formal due diligence. It combines filings, directors, financial health, news, reviews, and horizontal risk intelligence for faster live decisions.

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Used by teams who need live decisions before formal due diligence begins.

Atom Bank Ltd
ActiveIncorporated 2016
Risk Rating
Medium
Risk Flags
Late filing 2022Director overlapAdverse news (2024)
Signals
Hiring ↑ 12 rolesGlassdoor 4.2Trustpilot 4.1
Assessment ConfidenceHigh

Why does UK company screening still take so long?

Checking a company properly means jumping between Companies House, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Trustpilot, and news archives: manually, across multiple tabs, hoping nothing gets missed.

Most teams cut corners, or wait until formal due diligence to start.

How does Ventur handle it instead?

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Screen any UK company in minutes.

Enter a company name. Ventur pulls from statutory filings, director registers, news archives, customer reviews, and hiring data, then layers in horizontal risk intelligence. You get a clear, source-linked profile with director and media sentiment checks, so you can assess a company before formal due diligence.

OwnershipDirectorsFinancialsRisk Flags
Company Profile4 sources
Company No.10477751
Statutory Register
RegisteredDurham, DL1 1GL
Statutory Register
CoverageFCA authorised: retail bank
News Media
DirectorMark Mullen (CEO, 2016–)
Statutory Register
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Monitor companies after the initial check.

Once you have researched a company, set it to monitor on a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule. You will get an email alert when anything material changes, a new director appointment, an overdue filing, or a shift in adverse news coverage.

Useful when you need to layer in risk insights alongside an existing financial or compliance platform.

Monitored Companies3 active
Atom Bank Ltd
No changes
Today
Monzo Bank Ltd
New director filing
Today
Starling Bank Ltd
No changes
Yesterday
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Ask a human analyst when you need a second opinion.

If something looks unclear or you want independent scrutiny before a decision or formal due diligence, a qualified analyst can review the full research or respond to a question on any specific section. It is not an automated summary, it is a person who has read the research and is answering your specific question.

Request a full review on any completed report
Ask a question on any individual section
Get an email when the analyst responds
Analyst Review, Director History
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You2h ago

Please double-check the director history, there are two overlapping appointments I want to understand.

V
Verified Ventur AnalystJust now

The overlap between the two appointments runs from March 2021 to November 2021. Both roles appear to be in group entities under common ownership, which is consistent with a restructuring. The Companies House filings confirm this. No indication of a conflict of interest.

How does Ventur verify its findings?

The Evidence Annex maps each claim in your research back to the specific URL or filing it came from. So you are never taking the platform's word for it when a live decision is on the line.

Source-linked throughout

Every finding cites the statutory record, news article, or review it came from.

SourceFindingReference
Statutory RegisterOverdue filing: 2022 accountscompanieshouse.gov.uk
News MediaDirector named in insolvency reporttheguardian.com
Employer ReviewsGlassdoor rating 2.1: high turnover flaggedglassdoor.co.uk
How do horizontal risk checks work?

Layer in risk insights alongside existing financial platforms. Pull balance sheet data, P&L figures, and key ratios, then add director intelligence plus media sentiment checks.

Financial Health
Current Ratio1.4
Debt / Equity0.6
Net Assets£2.3m
Companies House · Mar 2024
Director Network
Sarah Chen4 appointments
Michael Roberts7 appointments
James WilsonPSC · 25%
Low risk
Figures from filed statutory accounts
How does the audit trail work?

Record live decisions against any report with a timestamped, immutable audit trail. Capture outcomes, rationale, and conditions for defensible screening.

Approved: proceed to contract

Strong financial position, clean regulatory history, references checked.

27 Feb 2026, 14:32·Due Diligence Team
Approved with conditions

Minor compliance gap identified. Requires evidence of updated policies.

Condition

Submit updated GDPR policy by 15 March 2026

24 Feb 2026, 09:15·Senior Analyst

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