How the numbers work.
Four kinds of figure.
As filed; read from the accounts (page cited); from a public register; a formula with its inputs shown. Every figure on Diliagents is one of these and says which.
Not filed means not filed.
A blank is never a zero, an older period or another currency shown as current. We don't estimate turnover, EBITDA or growth.
Reading accounts.
Many mid-sized groups file their accounts as PDFs with few or no tagged figures. We read the figures off the page and cite it.
- A new way of reading a field goes live only after a hand-checked sample of 30 documents it wasn't built on, with at most one wrong.
- Where two readings disagree, the figure is withheld and says why.
Formulas you can see.
- EBITDA, EBIT, margins and growth are worked out from the filed figures, and the formula is on the page.
- Leases are treated as an operating cost by default.
- Annualising a short period is your choice, never the default.
Labels.
- “AI read” marks a figure read by a model.
- “Platform Checked” marks a figure with a recorded check.
- “AI draft, unverified” marks drafted text.
Sources.
Companies House
The register, filed accounts and their documents, filing history, officers, people with significant control, shareholder lists from confirmation statements, charges
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Find a Tender and Contracts Finder
Public contract notices and awards
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Public bodies' payment files
Payments to suppliers published by councils, NHS bodies and central government, as each body publishes them
Licence: As published by each body: mostly the Open Government Licence; some under Creative Commons Attribution. The body is named on every payment
The Gazette
Insolvency notices
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
GOV.UK
Competition and Markets Authority cases, employment tribunal decisions, guidance
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
legislation.gov.uk and UK Parliament
Legislation, bills and statutory instruments behind the Regulatory tab
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0; Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Office for National Statistics
Industry statistics (Annual Business Survey)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
The register and filings arrive daily; other sources on their publishers' schedules. Every figure shows its filing or publication date.