Records research
- Company, business name and property registries
- Court lists, judgments and insolvency records
- Licensing and regulatory registers
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Factual & Desktop Investigations
Many questions can be answered without anyone leaving the office — through methodical research across public records, registries and open sources.
- Method
- Records & open-source research
- Turnaround
- Often days, not weeks
- Reporting
- Sourced written findings
The quiet workhorse of investigation
A factual investigation assembles the documentary picture of a person, business or event: who owns what, who is connected to whom, what the public record actually says. It is thorough, lawful and entirely invisible to the subject.
Every finding in our reports is sourced. Where a record is ambiguous or cannot be verified, we say so plainly — the value of a factual report lies in knowing exactly how much weight each fact can bear.
Desktop investigations frequently resolve a matter outright, or sharpen the scope of field work so that surveillance time is spent only where it counts.
Scope of work
Open-source enquiry
- Online presence and published material
- Media and archival research
- Cross-referencing and verification of findings
Common questions
Will the subject ever know an enquiry was made?
No. Desktop investigations use records and sources that leave no trace back to you or to us.
What can and can’t you access?
We work with public records, licensed data sources and open-source material — lawfully. We do not access private records such as bank accounts, phone records or medical files; nobody lawfully can without legal process, and you should be wary of anyone who claims otherwise.