MULTI-AWARD-WINNING ANTI-FRAUD SOftware
It shows up in the filings, and in the people behind the company. Vigilance™ monitors the entire UK company population for the anomalies and director-level signals that flag potential fraud, so your team can investigate early, before exposure escalates.
500k+
UK companies flagged by Vigilance™
25
Fraud indicators across five risk zones
12-14%
of the average portfolio carries a flag
58,000+
Phoenix directors flagged
Trusted by 350+ leading risk teams across the uk
A score tells you if a company can pay. It won’t tell you whether the company is what it claims to be.
Fraud doesn’t read as a bad score. A shell company can look healthy on paper right up to the loss. Vigilance™ watches how a company files and behaves, not only what it appears to be worth.
of UK companies carry a Vigilance™ flag.
phoenix directors flagged
Duplicate accounts, early or fast filing, abnormal share capital, a virtual or default registered office, accounts filed in rapid succession. On their own, noise. Together, a pattern.
Vigilance™ surfaces the pattern.
“We absolutely would recommend Vigilance™ to our industry peers. We find it really effective and helps out with our day-to-day tasks.”
Lewis Culpin
Credit Manager
Multiple director resignations, a non-conforming PSC, a board with no UK residents, directors linked to companies that have already failed.
The risk is often in the network, not the name on the door.
Shell companies, false accounts, layered ownership. A retrospective check finds them after the money has gone. Always-on monitoring finds them as they emerge.
Jane Hull
Chief Underwriting Officer
Simon Howell
Senior Credit Manager
Ian Selby
Chief Underwriting Officer
Gemma Knight
Head of Credit
Murray Ambler-Shattock
Group Strategic Operations Manager
vigilance™
Vigilance™ watches the entire UK company population, flagging 25 factual indicators across 5 key risk zones. It flags the anomalies that may signal elevated risk, so your team investigates the right companies.
director intelligence
Fraud moves through directors and the companies they’re linked to. Company Watch maps director histories, disqualifications and the hidden links between companies, so a name that looks new isn’t quietly carrying a trail of failed ones.
How we compare
Most credit checks were built for a different era — global models, static scores, one-off checks at onboarding. We built ours for the way UK risk teams actually work today.
A point-in-time score.
Tells you whether they can pay.
Black-box static scoring, hard to understand.
You react after the loss.
Director data you piece together manually.
Always-on monitoring of the entire UK company population.
Flags whether the company and its filings actually add up.
Factual indicators you can see, explain, and act on.
You investigate before exposure escalates.
Director histories and hidden company links, automatically mapped.
see vigilance™ in action
When Vigilance™ triggers, you see it in the dashboard: a flag, the indicators behind it, and the filing that caused it. Drill in, investigate, decide. No black box.
Prioritise investigations across a large portfolio instead of chasing every alert.
Accept and price risk with the anomalies surfaced up front, not after.
Screen a new customer before you extend terms.
Check a supplier is real before you sign.
See the warning signs before you advance funds.
Three ways to put our fraud intelligence to work.
Book a demo and we’ll run Vigilance™ across companies you choose. You’ll see the flags, the indicators behind them, and how it fits your workflow.
what you’ll unlock:
FAQS
The most effective way to prevent business fraud is through early detection and continuous monitoring of high-risk activities. Vigilance™ delivers this by scanning company filings in real time, identifying anomalies before fraud becomes a financial or reputational threat.
Vigilance™ uses advanced algorithms to analyse Companies House filings and identify suspicious patterns. It flags inconsistencies across multiple risk areas so you can act fast and stop business fraud before it escalates.
Find out more about how Vigilance™ works.
Vigilance™ helps detect a wide range of fraud types, including:
Vigilance™ is designed for professionals responsible for managing financial risk, including:
Vigilance™ analyses company filings across five key risk areas:
Each trigger is automatically flagged in your dashboard for easy follow-up. By analysing each trigger, you can prevent business fraud before it turns into financial loss.
Yes. By detecting fraud indicators early, Vigilance™ helps you:
Read about the key early indicators of business fraud.
Yes. Vigilance™ integrates seamlessly with the Company Watch platform to help you prevent business fraud without complexity. It features:
Some of the most common types of business fraud include:
These can be especially hard to spot without automated tools. Vigilance™ by Company Watch allows you to spot risks early, and act on them proactively to stop business fraud in its tracks.
To stop business fraud before it happens, companies should:
Preventing business fraud protects your company from:
Proactive fraud detection not only saves money. It builds trust with partners, customers, and stakeholders.
use cases
Wherever risk shows up in your business, we’ve built a tool to find it.
