Checks
Each check queries a government register directly. We store nothing and add nothing to the answer — you see exactly what the register returned.
Can this employer sponsor a work visa
If a job comes with the promise of a visa, check whether the company actually holds a sponsor licence. Without one it cannot issue the certificate a work visa application needs. The register is kept by the Home Office and updated every working day.
Source: UK Visas and Immigration · organisations listed: 128 163 · edition of 15.10.2026Check the UK sanctions list
Before you send money, settle an invoice or start work with a partner, check the person, company or bank against the consolidated list of financial sanctions targets. Search by name, organisation, country or sanctions regime.
Source: OFSI, HM Treasury · entries on the list: 5 135 · list edition of 03.06.2026This is a search of the official list, not a legal opinion. The OFSI consolidated list is the source of record and prevails in case of any difference. We store no queries. Breaching financial sanctions is a criminal offence and the responsibility sits with the payer; if in doubt, ask your bank or a solicitor.
Check the right to rent and the right to work
Renting a room out or taking someone on — you have to check their status. One thing first, without which the rest makes no sense: nobody can run this check for you — not us, not an agent, not a friendly solicitor. The law only protects you from a penalty if you did the check yourself through the government service. All we can do is point you at the right one and tell you what it takes.
I am letting a property
You need two things from the tenant: their share code and date of birth. Nothing else — no passport, no copies.
Check right to rent →I am employing someone
The same, but a different service: the worker’s share code and date of birth. The check is done before the first day of work.
Check right to work →Someone is checking me
You view your own status and generate the share code for a landlord or employer yourself. The code is yours to hand out — you decide who gets it and when.
My status and share code →Right to rent checks are required in England only — the scheme has not been commenced in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The civil penalty for renting to someone without the right: £5,000 per lodger and £10,000 per occupier for a first breach, £10,000 and £20,000 for a repeat breach within three years; a first-breach penalty paid within 21 days is reduced by 30%. And the rule people forget most often: check every new tenant, without exception. Checking only those who look foreign to you is discrimination — a separate breach of the law. We neither see nor store any of this: you enter it on the government service itself.
Check a VAT number
The official HMRC register. Shows whether the number is valid and who holds it.
Source: HMRC — api.service.hmrc.gov.ukCheck a postcode
Council, region and constituency for any UK postcode — useful for council tax and address registration.
Source: postcodes.io (Office for National Statistics)Check a company
Search the Companies House register: number, status, address.
Source: Companies HouseResults are reference information from open government sources. They are not legal, tax or financial advice.
