Look closer before your next supplier or contractor appointment.

A practical five-question checklist

1. Who are we contracting with?

   Confirm the legal entity and distinguish its activities from those of related businesses or its group.

2. What supports its financial strength?

   Review available financial disclosures and their periods. Identify what remains unknown about current liquidity and obligations.

3. What has it actually delivered?

   Separate completed work from announced awards and ongoing projects. Consider the relevance of past work to your requirement.

4. What could change our risk view?

   Examine material public disputes, regulatory developments, rating actions and disclosure inconsistencies in context.

5. How current is the evidence?

   Distinguish the date you found a source from its publication date and the period to which the information relates.

Use public research alongside transaction checks

A company intelligence report can support shortlisting and pre-contract discussions. Product specifications, site inspections, references, insurance, licences and contractual requirements may require separate checks appropriate to your transaction.

An announcement of a project award does not establish successful completion. A group credential does not automatically establish the capability of the entity you will appoint.

How Credosint fits your evaluation

Request a report for the company you are considering and add authorised supporting documents where useful. Credosint brings available company, financial, execution and material risk information into a referenced PDF delivered to your verified email and workspace.

Review the protected sample to understand the presentation before commissioning research. The sample demonstrates the format; it is not a completed assessment of the company you enter.

When public information is limited

Private companies and businesses in different jurisdictions publish different levels of detail. Treat a missing disclosure as a point for further enquiry. Keep the report’s information gaps visible in your internal review rather than assuming that an unreported issue has been cleared.

A connected view of company risk

New reports combine financial and execution analysis with PEP and UBO changes, sanctions screening and vendor risk assessment. Findings are source-referenced, with coverage limitations and possible matches identified for review.