For developers
One API key gives you Companies House, food hygiene, MOT history and property sale data in one consistent format.
Read the API docsFor UK accountants, bookkeepers and the firms they look after
Check your clients and suppliers in seconds.
GovBridge checks UK companies for you. Paste a list, see who is active, dissolved or needs a closer look, and download a dated report. No forms, no jumping between government websites.
500 free credits when you verify your email. No card needed. What works today
- Example Trading LtdActive
- Example Supplies LtdActive
- Example Former LtdDissolved
3 checked · 1 needs a closer look · dated report ready to download
In short: you give it a list of companies. It tells you which are fine and which need checking.
Sound familiar?
“We’re about to take on a new client. Is their company even still trading?”
What GovBridge does: Check the company against Companies House in seconds. You see its status straight away, and dissolved companies are flagged so they stand out.
“I’ve got a spreadsheet of 40 suppliers and an afternoon of browser tabs ahead of me.”
What GovBridge does: Paste up to 50 company numbers at once. One list, one check, one set of results.
“The partner wants to know when we last checked them.”
What GovBridge does: Download a dated report showing what the register said and when you checked. Keep it on file.
“Who actually runs this company?”
What GovBridge does: Open any company to see its registered details and its officers, all in one place.
“I need more than company details: a café’s hygiene rating, a van’s MOT history, what a property last sold for.”
What GovBridge does: The same account looks those up too. Property results are sale records, not proof of ownership.
“Our clients will need Making Tax Digital for VAT. Can we do that here?”
What GovBridge does: Not yet. VAT filing is what we are building next. Today our HMRC connection is a test environment only, so nothing is filed through GovBridge.
How it works
Create a free account
Sign in with your email. No password and no card. You get 500 free credits once your email is verified.
Add your companies
Search by name or paste company numbers from your spreadsheet. You see the most it can cost before anything is checked.
Check and download
See who is active, dissolved or needs a closer look. Download a dated report for your file.
Watch a real check
1 minute 27 seconds. Virendra, who built GovBridge, uses the actual app: finding companies, spotting a dissolved one and downloading the report. Pauses are shortened. Captions and a transcript are included.
Read the demo transcript
Hi, I'm Virendra, founder of GovBridge. We help UK teams check public business information without jumping between different services.
Let me show you. I open the customer-list checker, search for a company, and select the right match using its company number and address. I add companies to my list, review the credit cost, and run the checks.
GovBridge returns the registered details and company status. A dissolved company is clearly flagged, showing which record needs attention. I can expand the details and export a dated report for my team.
GovBridge also offers food hygiene, property sale and MOT history lookups. These are public-record checks, not credit assessments. HMRC features remain sandbox-only. Explore GovBridge at govbridge.co.uk.
What it costs
Start free. You get 500 free credits when you verify your email. No card needed.
After that you only use credits for what you check. Paste 20 company numbers and checking them uses up to 20 credits. Adding or removing companies from your list is free.
See full pricing| What you check | Credits |
|---|---|
| Find a company by name | 1 credit |
| Check a company’s record | 1 credit |
| Food hygiene rating | 1 credit |
| MOT history | 2 credits |
| Property sale history | 150 credits |
What works today, and what’s coming
Works today
- Company checks against Companies House, one at a time or up to 50 in a list
- Food hygiene ratings
- MOT history
- Property sale history (sale records, not ownership)
Coming next
- Making Tax Digital (MTD) VAT filing through GovBridge. Today our HMRC connection is a test environment only. There is no live filing, and HMRC has not approved GovBridge for it.
Not available right now
- DVLA vehicle lookup
- New Income Tax connections (paused)
This is an early service with no uptime guarantee.
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GovBridge AssuranceVirendra Vyas
Founder, Yug Solutions Ltd
Eastbourne, UK
Who you’re dealing with
A real person behind it
Hi, I’m Virendra. I build GovBridge at Yug Solutions Ltd, a small company in Eastbourne. I think checking a company should take seconds, not an afternoon of government websites.
Questions, or something you need that isn’t here yet? I read every message.
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