Useful information when deciding whether to give credit
Head of service Steven Docherty
Credit check your customers
The links below take you to Equifax and Experian, two of the world’s largest and best known credit checking companies. Their services can be used to credit check your customers whether they are individuals or other businesses.
We hope you find the following links to be useful to you. We have carefully selected the websites we link to, so that only websites relevant to helping you with your cashflow and your customers will appear.
Equifax can allow you to credit check your customers before contracting with them, so that you can assess the level of risk you are taking on. Equifax are one of the world’s largest credit assessment companies, and offer competitive prices for this important part of your overall cashflow strategy. Click to them on Equifax. http://www.equifax.co.uk/
Experian offer similar services to those of Equifax. Click to them on Experian. http://www.experian.co.uk/
Callcredit also offer credit checking services, to help with your assessment of risks. Click to them on Callcredit http://www.callcredit.co.uk/
Companies House can provide you with basic information about your debtor or, for a fee payable to them, more detailed information including full copies of annual accounts, annual returns, director appointments and so on. Click to them on Companies House. http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Registry Trust is a not-for-profit company which provides information about judgements which might have been issued against your debtor in the Scottish or English courts. You have to pay a fee for a search of the Register, but the information obtained can be vital in assessing your debtor’s credit history. Click to them on Registry Trust. http://www.trustonline.org.uk/
The ScotCourts website gives you information about the Scottish court system, including information about your local Sheriff Court. The site is operated by the Scottish Courts Administration. Click to them on ScotCourts. http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/
Our Group
- Steven Docherty (Head of service)
- Marie Rafferty
- John Grant
