Company Check
Company Check is the simplest RunOnProof solution. It answers: Which legal company is this, and what supported company-status facts can we report now?
It is a foundation, not a universal approval. Supplier onboarding, invoice acceptance, payee change, and payment release require additional questions and policies.
Inputs
Useful inputs can include a registration number, legal name, trading name, address, country, state or jurisdiction, and the purpose of the check. Strong identifiers reduce ambiguity. A name alone may describe several businesses.
What happens
Resolve the legal entity
RunOnProof compares the supplied identity with available source records. It should explain whether the match used an exact company number, multiple corroborating fields, or a weaker name match.
Read supported status evidence
After identity is resolved, the product reads facts that the declared source can support, such as recorded legal status or registration details. Each fact keeps its source and observation time.
Return a scoped result
The response includes the resolved entity, evidence, coverage, freshness, decision state, and limitations. If the entity is ambiguous or a required source is unavailable, the result must not guess.
What Company Check does not prove
- that the company is financially healthy;
- that its owners are suitable;
- that every licence is valid;
- that an invoice is authentic or has not been duplicated;
- that a bank account belongs to the company;
- that no sanctions or restrictions exist outside the declared screening scope;
- that a supplier meets a particular buyer's onboarding policy;
- that a payment should be released.
Example result in plain language
“The company number uniquely resolves to Northstar Services Ltd. The official company source recorded it as active at the stated observation time. This check did not verify sanctions, licences, invoice authenticity, payee ownership, solvency, or payment authorization.”
That statement is more useful than a green “verified” badge because a person and an agent can see what was actually proved.
Common decision patterns
| Situation | Expected direction |
|---|---|
| Unique entity and required status evidence supported | PROCEED for the narrow company-check action |
| Two plausible entities | REVIEW and request a stronger identifier |
| Required source unavailable | REVIEW or STOP according to policy and consequence |
| Entity status conflicts with the policy | STOP for that action |
| Company Check passed but payment evidence is absent | No payment permission; run the appropriate workflow |
Reuse
A committed Company Check may produce claims that can be reused through the Company Capability Passport while they remain valid for the same jurisdiction, policy, and purpose. Reuse does not refresh evidence or expand its scope.
Integration advice
Display the legal name and registration identifier prominently. Keep limitations near the decision, not hidden in logs. Store the decision identifier and evidence references. If the next action is supplier approval or payment, start that explicit solution rather than treating Company Check as a shortcut.