Corporate Risk Assessment

The Corporate Risk Assessment engine provides comprehensive due diligence on companies and individuals by cross-referencing 8.9M+ company records, 2.85M+ officers, 14.3M+ Persons with Significant Control (PSC), and 467.9K corporate ownership links against sanctions, regulatory, and adverse media databases.

How It Works

Navigate to Dashboard > Corporate Risk and enter:

• Entity Name (required, 3+ characters) — Company or person name
• Type — Auto-detect, Company, or Person
• Jurisdiction (optional) — Filter to a specific country/region
• Include Related Entities — Check to expand analysis to officers, shareholders, and subsidiaries

Analysis Pipeline

The engine executes a multi-step analysis:

Step 1 — Entity Resolution

The platform searches across multiple registries:

| Registry | Records | Coverage | |---|---|---| | Companies House | 5.7M companies | UK registered companies, officers, PSC data | | GLEIF (Global LEI) | 3.2M companies | Global Legal Entity Identifier system | | Company Officers | 2.85M records | Directors, secretaries, and other officers | | PSC / UBO Data | 14.3M records | Persons with Significant Control / Ultimate Beneficial Owners | | LEI Relationships | 467.9K links | Parent/subsidiary corporate ownership chains |

Step 2 — Sanctions & Regulatory Screening

The resolved entity and all related parties are screened against:

• 7.5M+ screening entities — Covering OFAC, EU, UN, UK, and 26+ additional sanctions lists
• Regulated entity registers — Checking for WITHDRAWN or SUSPENDED regulatory status
• Debarment lists — Government exclusion and debarment databases

Step 3 — Adverse Media Cross-Reference

Automated web search for negative coverage using the same multi-source engine as the dedicated Adverse Media module. Articles containing critical keywords (fraud, money laundering, sanctions, arrest, terrorism, ponzi, scam) are flagged.

Step 4 — Risk Score Computation

All findings are aggregated into a 0–100 risk score with a risk level classification:

| Score | Level | Action | |---|---|---| | 0–20 | LOW | Standard due diligence sufficient | | 21–40 | MEDIUM-LOW | Review flagged items | | 41–60 | MEDIUM | Enhanced due diligence recommended | | 61–80 | HIGH | Senior compliance review required | | 81–100 | CRITICAL | Do not proceed without thorough investigation |

Risk Flags

The engine generates specific risk flags, each with:

• Severity — LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, or CRITICAL
• Category — STRUCTURE, JURISDICTION, SANCTIONS, REGULATORY, or ADVERSE_MEDIA
• Evidence — Supporting data points for the flag
• Score Impact — How much this flag contributes to the overall risk score

Common Risk Flags

| Flag | Severity | Trigger | |---|---|---| | Sanctioned entity match | CRITICAL | Direct match on sanctions list | | Sanctioned jurisdiction | CRITICAL | Registered in Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, Russia, or Belarus | | Dissolved/suspended company | HIGH | Company status is DISSOLVED, SUSPENDED, or INACTIVE | | Withdrawn regulatory license | HIGH | Previously regulated entity with withdrawn/suspended authorization | | Not found in public registry | MEDIUM | Company not found in any public company registry | | High adverse media volume | CRITICAL | 3+ critical articles found | | PEP-linked officer | MEDIUM | One or more officers are Politically Exposed Persons |

Related Entities

When Include Related Entities is checked, the results include a table of associated parties:

• Officers & Directors — With individual risk scores
• Shareholders / PSC / UBO — Persons with Significant Control and Ultimate Beneficial Owners
• Parent & Subsidiary Companies — Corporate ownership chain from LEI relationships
• Relationship Type — Director, Secretary, Shareholder, Parent, Subsidiary

Each related entity shows its own risk score, jurisdiction, and any flags.

AI Narrative

Every Corporate Risk report includes an AI-generated narrative that summarizes the findings in plain language. The narrative covers:

• Overall risk assessment and key concerns
• Sanctions and regulatory findings
• Corporate structure observations
• Recommendations for next steps

Report Actions

• Download PDF — Full report with risk flags, related entities, and narrative
• Add to Monitoring — Track the entity for ongoing risk changes

Rate Limits

Corporate Risk assessments are rate-limited to 20 requests per minute per user to ensure data quality and API stability.

Pricing

Corporate Risk assessments count against your Name & Entity Screening subscription quota.