DueDil alternative — free UK company checker

Because DueDil is no longer sold as a self-serve subscription. Since the 2021 merger into FullCircl, DueDil sits inside an enterprise KYC / onboarding platform with contracts from ~£8,000/year. Anyone who used the old individual DueDil for SME research now needs a differently priced tool. This page is that map.

For UK company data, Companies House Service (find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk) is the underlying source DueDil re-served. For sanctions/PEP screening on top, no fully free consumer tool exists — the OFSI consolidated list and UK sanctions list are free downloads but you'll have to run matching yourself.

Endole (£29–£99/month) or CompanyCheck (£24.99/month). Both republish Companies House filings with a credit score and cleaner UI. They lack DueDil's KYC-grade workflow, screening and API — but they cost 1/20th of an entry FullCircl contract and cover the SME research job well.

FullCircl itself (the same house), Bureau van Dijk / Moody's Orbis (deep multi-jurisdiction filings), Creditsafe Compliance (KYC + credit combined), ComplyAdvantage (screening-first), Refinitiv World-Check (sanctions/PEP) and Kompany (cross-border original documents). Match on the specific onboarding pain — screening depth, jurisdiction coverage or API SLA.

Only via a FullCircl contract. Historical DueDil URLs redirect into fullcircl.com and no separate DueDil login remains. If you had a saved company list, export what you can from your last active account or reconstruct it against Companies House — every underlying filing is still there for free.

Only for buyer-side research. Sell Ltd's free checker gives you Companies House data with an AI business summary and watchlist — good for acquisition targeting. It does not replace DueDil's regulated KYC workflow. If you need screening, audit trails and API delivery, we are not your tool.

Creditsafe is a global credit bureau — deeper on credit data across ~200 markets and more used by finance teams. DueDil is UK/IE-first with a KYC-onboarding workflow better suited to banks and insurers. For UK credit checks at scale, Creditsafe wins; for structured SME onboarding, DueDil/FullCircl wins.

Kompany (now part of Moody's) specialises in original commercial-register documents from ~200 jurisdictions — the raw filing artefacts KYC teams need for cross-border onboarding. DueDil is stronger on UK & Irish depth and workflow; Kompany is stronger on international jurisdiction breadth. Many enterprise KYC stacks use both.

ComplyAdvantage's entry tier starts around £150/month for screening-first workflows and small volumes. It won't give you DueDil's company financials or credit signals — but for a small team that just needs sanctions/PEP hits on UK counterparties, it's the cheapest KYC-grade option that isn't enterprise-only.

Insolvencies: yes — The Gazette (thegazette.co.uk) publishes appointments and notices free, and the Insolvency Service register is free too. CCJs: partly — Registry Trust (trustonline.org.uk) charges £6 per search. If your workflow needs CCJ hits on every check, budget for those searches or take a paid credit tool.

If you're a bank / insurer: get a FullCircl or Creditsafe Compliance quote and negotiate on API SLA and screening depth. If you're an SME running credit checks: Endole £29.95/report or CompanyCheck £24.99/mo. If you're doing one lookup a month: Companies House Service + Sell Ltd checker, free.