Guides

Plain guides to the work we do.

Plain guides to due diligence, sanctions checks, hiring an investigator and finding trackers: what each covers, how it works, and what it cannot show.

• How a due diligence check works, UKWhat a due diligence check covers, which public records and sources it uses, how findings are weighed, and what the report should say.Read the guide
• What a TSCM sweep can and cannot showWhat a technical surveillance countermeasures sweep checks, how it is carried out, what it cannot prove, and when a space is worth sweeping.Read the guide
• How to check a UK company directorWhat Companies House shows about a company and its directors, the other free registers worth checking, and what the public record cannot prove.Read the guide
• Hiring a private investigator, UKWhat a private investigator may lawfully do in the UK, what they may not, the laws that bind the work, and the questions to ask before you hire one.Read the guide
• Signs a phone or car is being trackedHow trackers and stalkerware work, the checks you can make on a phone or a car, the myths that mislead, and how to act safely if you are worried.Read the guide
• How to check the UK sanctions listWhere the official UK Sanctions List is, how to search it, how to read a possible match, and why a clean search is not the end of the check.Read the guide