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What is Company Watch?

Company Watch provides Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) reports that allow you to meet AML requirements and conduct KYC checks on your customers.

The Vigilance™ tool analyses filings submitted to Companies House, identifies any anomalies across critical triggers, and allows you to protect yourself against potential fraud.

Who Uses Company Watch?

Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Public Sector, and more.

Where can Company Watch be deployed?

Cloud-based
On-premise

About the vendor

  • Company Watch

Company Watch support

Countries available

Ireland, United Kingdom

Languages

English

Company Watch pricing

Starting Price:

£354.00/month
  • Yes, has free trial
  • No free version

Company Watch does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Company Watch paid version starts at £354.00/month.

Pricing plans get a free trial

About the vendor

  • Company Watch

Company Watch support

Countries available

Ireland, United Kingdom

Languages

English

Company Watch videos and images

Company Watch Software - Dashboard
Company Watch Software - Portfolio Overview
Company Watch Software - Data Search
Company Watch Software - Enhanced Director Matching
Company Watch Software - Search Companies House Documents
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Company Watch video
Company Watch Software - Dashboard
Company Watch Software - Portfolio Overview
Company Watch Software - Data Search
Company Watch Software - Enhanced Director Matching
Company Watch Software - Search Companies House Documents

Features of Company Watch

  • Compliance Management
  • Fraud Detection
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Risk Analysis

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Reviews of Company Watch

Average score

Overall
4.8
Ease of Use
4.8
Customer Service
5.0
Features
4.8
Value for Money
4.9

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001

Find reviews by score

5
83%
4
17%
James
James
Senior Procurement Manager in UK
Verified LinkedIn User
Real Estate, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great service

4.0 last year

Pros:

Companywatch is easy to use and gives a user-friendly picture of financial stability

Cons:

The charging per click is a bit irritating

Murray
Strategic Operations Manager in UK
Civil Engineering, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Exceptional Fintel tools with high efficacy.

5.0 last year

Comments: From initial functionality and application enquiries, through to highly detailed discussions at C-Suite level, all communications have been positive, informative, frank, honest, candid and well-informed. All the team have proven supportive, helpful and keen to assist us in extracting optimal value from the platform. This year we have upgraded to the top offering available, as this is now embedded into our Strategic Management Suite.

Pros:

Versatility of the data analysis capability, high accuracy of the data and reporting tools, exceptional efficacy of the predictive modelling and 'at a glance' informational graphics, allowing my Group MD to quickly understand the basis of a risk assessment providing a driver on a significant or critical commercial decision.

Cons:

I reviewed the entire market in considerable depth over a three year period, and from careful evaluation and in depth interrogation of providers, weighed up the offerings, and ultimately selected Company Watch from a shortlisted three strong candidate providers. This decision is re-audited annually, to ensure optimal suitability of the selected provider.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Financial Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Company Watch - KYC/CDD Review

4.0 11 months ago

Pros:

- System is easy to navigate - API is strong with data returned - Ability to view directors/shareholders in a user friendly view with little effort - Support is always available from both Relationship Manager and Support Desk with speedy responses.

Cons:

- Information can sometimes be out of date when Companies House has an updated view.

Carl
Group Risk Manager in UK
Financial Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Companywatch Makes Performing Due Diligence on third party Suppliers a Doddle

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: I often visit company watch numerous times a day as all the information I need when making a supplier based decision is easy to locate, meaningful and up to date. In fact I often use this when third parties are collating information on one of our group of companies as its just so easy to locate everything.

Pros:

I like the ease of use of the platform. Everything is clearly laid out and its a very easy system to navigate. Some of the information can be obtained from other services, but company watch has everything easily at hand.

Cons:

The only thing I don't like about company watch is the way in which I have to log in with three pieces of information. Company/Username/Password. Are all those strictly necessary? Email and p/w would suffice.

Eleanor
Officer in UK
Government Administration, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Review of Company Watch services - for Commercial purposes

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: Easy to navigate and get risk rating reports for a range of entities, can check the group structure of suppliers, provides a link to reports on the company you are searching.

Pros:

It is possible to get a download of all published UK registered entities.

Cons:

I have nothing to report here and the question is N/A to me

STEVEN
RM in UK
Financial Services, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great system

5.0 10 months ago

Pros:

Gives valuable insight to businesses and their current operating structures to make sure we fully understand who we are dealing with.

Cons:

Sometimes the servers can be a little slow and the links a little cumbersome to navigate at first

Jamie
Underwriter in UK
Insurance, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Solid data partner

5.0 10 months ago

Pros:

The ease of use. It is easy to access the necessary data. It's also great being able to upload my risk portfolio for monitoring purposes.

Cons:

Companywatch Ireland seems less consistent than UK in terms of accuracy of data.

Ebunoluwa
Compliance Analyst in UK
Financial Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

User Experience review

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: My experience using Company Watch for screening merchant is excellent, account records and necessary incorporation documents are available and for complex structures, the shareholding structure is provided.

Pros:

It gives accurate information about company and all the documents filed are available for download. It also provides group structure information for companies with complex structure.

Cons:

Nothing really, I have not identified anything

Sebastian
Senior Credit Analyst in UK
Financial Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Necessary financial risk provider

5.0 10 months ago

Pros:

Company Watch offers risk assessment tools for businesses to identify and mitigate risks associated with their clients. The platform provides financial analysis insights into companies' performance to assess their liquidity and solvency. These tools have been helpful for our underwriter process

Cons:

Company Watch's database may not provide comprehensive coverage of all companies or industries, especially in emerging markets and niche sectors.

levi
underwriter in UK
Insurance, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Very useful for org structure + bad debtor info

5.0 10 months ago

Pros:

Great for org structure + bad debtor info.

Cons:

I use it as a tool along side other analytical tools and companies house. It isn't a complete package but a useful addition.

Matt
Underwriter in UK
Insurance, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Essential tool for those in the insurance industry

5.0 11 months ago

Pros:

Ease of use. In seconds it returns all the data I need, doing this task manually would take a lot longer!

Cons:

There is nothing I would criticize about the platform, it operates exactly how I want

Maria
Governance and Supply Chain Director in UK
Construction, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Company Watch Review

5.0 last year

Comments: Very Good, our business has benefitted from the use of Company Watch

Pros:

Company Watch portfolios for individual projects

Cons:

Data can quickly be out of date subject to the company accounts being filed

chris
Finance Manager in UK
Government Administration, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Using CW for supplier financial health monitoring

4.0 last year

Comments: Very good product that we use every day.

Pros:

Fast, simple to use and explain to stakeholders

Cons:

Occasionally slow updates and ratio inaccuracies

Mark
Credit analyst in UK
Utilities, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Company Watch Review

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: Out of all the tools I use in assessing Company watch is the most reliable

Pros:

Ease of use. Lots of features that help give the full picture whilst assessing a companies financial strength.

Cons:

The only con that I can think of is the amount of time that it takes to upload newly filed accounts

Richard
Business development director in UK
Banking, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

April 2024

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: Efficient and easy to use, provides me with the information I need to do my job.

Pros:

Easy to use, accurate and up to date information available, download of financials easy to use.

Cons:

Self serve for password reset could be better

Prakash
Sales Manager in UK
Financial Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Fantastic! Happy to use everyday!

5.0 last year

Comments: Love the Autofill function which helps me save the time

Pros:

Love the Autofill function which helps me save the time

Cons:

Sometimes does not give accurate yearly sales and annual turnover correctly

Robbie
Assistant Commercial Underwriter in UK
Insurance, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Great, Professional Product

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: I like using the reports and find it easy to navigate.

Pros:

it is easy to access, the dashboard has a vast of information at your finger tips. The reports down load with full title of company. the full report is very helpful.

Cons:

Not every report has full information so can be quite sparse. This may be due to filing in certain countries.

Stephanie
Lead Procurement Coordinator in UK
Construction, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Great platform for all your financial checks

5.0 last year

Comments: Very happy with Company Watch since we changed from another provider

Pros:

The ease of running company checks and the ability to add portfolios to group together companies.

Cons:

Nothing bad to report for Company Watch currentl

Val
Corporate Procurement Officer in UK
Government Administration, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Company Watch Reviewr

5.0 last year

Comments: I use the system when i am conducting due diligence on out preferred bidders

Pros:

How easy the system is to use and the information you can retrieve

Cons:

There isn't really anything I least like about Company Watch

Nick
Supply Chain Development Lead in UK
Oil & Energy, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Due diligence

5.0 last year

Pros:

Company Watch is an integral tool to support due diligence checks and general research on the stability of a company, either prior to contracting or as part of ongoing appraisals.

Cons:

Some of the international reporting isn't as strong as the main markets.

David
Relationship director in UK
Banking, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A good service

5.0 last year

Pros:

Lots of info available including all companies house info, ratio's, ccj, audit reports etc

Cons:

Seems clunky and needs a new interface Expand to research entitites for prospecting

Wayne
Analyst in UK
Financial Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Review of services

5.0 last year

Pros:

Easy to use and the page layout is easy on the eye.

Cons:

Not always sure on his upbringing date the information is

Sanam
Senior Business Analyst in UK
Computer Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

Free Trial for a Project - Client uses this site

4.0 last year

Comments: Very good - from Customer Service to Ease of Using the Product

Pros:

Quick Response to Queries; Quick and Easy Search; Comprehensive data on UK Registered Companies

Cons:

Balance Sheet layout - latest year is on the right hand - Total Liability is not available