UK public bodies, on the record

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Committee papers, officers, contracts, spend and land titles from councils, NHS trusts, police forces, regulators and BIDs. Parliament, the NHS, and Electoral Commission donations each have their own page.

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The catalogue is free to browse. A seat searches the full text of the papers, the people, the land and the money. We only index public bodies.

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27 September 2026

Papers

  • Searchable text3,584,759
  • NHS board papers84,617
  • 13 Scottish boards, included above16,242
  • Hansard speeches117,469
  • Written questions22,674

People

  • Linked to a company number5,236
  • Further company appointments23,477

Charities

  • Registered, England and Wales185,479
  • With a company number31,612
  • Linked to a person or body11,998

Land

  • UK company titles4,450,117
  • Overseas company titles91,137
  • Proprietors linked by LEI805,036
  • Crown and overseas territory titles68,010

Contracts

  • Notices699,980
  • Awards linked to a company167,941
  • Awards linked to a public body106,688
  • Parties linked by LEI46,465

NHS, England

  • Organisation directory53,441
  • Active trusts228
  • Integrated care boards36
  • Independent providers6,578

NHS payments

  • Organisations linked to a body256
  • NHSBSA payments1,009,992
  • Trust payment lines1,139,908
  • Trust accounts linked to a body1,284

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People

MPs, former MPs, peers, former peers, and ministers, MSPs and former MSPs, MLAs and former MLAs, plus councillors, officers, board members and trustees on the bodies we track. Not every UK director.

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Bodies

Councils, NHS trusts, police forces, regulators and BIDs, with their papers attached.

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Companies

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Papers

Agendas, minutes, reports, accounts, FOI responses and decision notices. Titles are public to everyone.

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Land

HM Land Registry titles owned by UK and overseas companies in England and Wales.

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Money

Published accounts, spend lines and contract awards on the bodies we track.

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How it works

One simple journey.

Start with a name, a place or a number. Every step opens the original paper.

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A name, a place or an identifier.

2

Find

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3

Connect

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4

Verify

Open the body's own paper at the cited page.

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Follow

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The flagship

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A key searches papers, opens the one you choose, and shows how a record attaches. It can pin what it finds onto an investigation you keep here. It does not take the whole library.

Search and open

Titles first. Then the text of the paper you choose, not every paper on a body.

A join stays a join

A published number attaches two records. A name in the text stays a name.

Your file stays here

The key can add a pin. You download the investigation yourself, from the site.

Who it is for

Built for people who have to be right.

The same index, read three ways.

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Newsrooms

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The full text of the papers, cited to the page. A name in the text is shown as a mention, never dressed up as a connection.

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Practices

Every connection labelled.

A company, a person or a body. Company numbers, charity numbers, NHS organisation codes and title numbers do the attaching.

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Researchers

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Search, people, companies, money, land and registers. Watches email you when a new paper or appointment attaches.

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How records attach

A published identifier attaches a record.

We do not guess. Two kinds of match, always kept apart.

Published identifierA company number, an NHS organisation code, a charity number, a title number. That is a join. The record attaches.
Name in the textA mention, shown as one. Never counted as a join. Never used to allege.

How records attach

Head of the Section 114 report to elected members of Birmingham City Council by Fiona Greenway, Interim Director of Finance, dated 5 September 2023.
  1. 1 Body: Birmingham City Council
  2. 2 Person: Fiona Greenway, Section 151 Officer
  3. 3 Term: s.114(3) Local Government Finance Act 1988
  4. 4 Date: 5 September 2023
Birmingham City Council. Section 114 report to all elected members. 5 September 2023. Page 1 of 4. Original

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