PUBLIC RESEARCH · SOURCE DIRECTORY

Public records. Questions you can check.

Keep the published records in view, and distinguish what they show from what still needs establishing.

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A benefit. A purchase. A person.

Separate the records. Establish each connection.

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Public sources remain part of the research.
Two ways to test a public explanation.
Following a company through changes.
Company-record directory.
A living white paper, with a clear record of revisions.
From register entries to a complete sequence.

Public sources remain part of the research.

Company registers, published policies, product documentation and articles can help explain a system. Each source answers a different question: a register records filed company information; product documentation describes available functionality; an article presents its publisher’s explanation.

These sources are not private correspondence or disclosures. We link to the originals, avoid reproducing personal names, and distinguish the source’s contents from our interpretation. External websites remain under their publishers’ control and may contain names or other information not reproduced here.

Two ways to test a public explanation.

Company identity

Compare two displayed names with the same company number, then check the name history.

Read the Companies House example →

Cinema savings claims

On 14 December 2022, the ASA upheld a complaint about Taste Marketing Ltd’s “Up to 40% off” cinema-ticket claim. The published ruling includes the advertiser’s response and the ASA’s assessment.

The educational question is how a saving is calculated: compared with which ticket, venue, time and usual price? This ruling concerns that advertisement.

Read the ASA ruling and response →

Reviewed 31 October 2026.

Following a company through changes.

A current company name, a change of control and the date a document was filed can describe different parts of the same history. Compare the legal entity, event date and record date before connecting events.

Event or reference date	What the public source records	Record date and source
31 December 2024	Mission's results identify the disposal of April Six. This is a subsidiary disposal, rather than a sale of Mission itself.	24 March 2026: Mission's later results restate this disposal date. Company RNS announcement held by the FCA.
31 December 2025	Ello Group Holdings Ltd (09685437) has significant-control entries and share-capital events effective on this date.	Control notifications filed on 27 January 2026; share consolidation filed on 9 February 2026. Companies House filing history.
1 May 2026 — article update date	The purchaser's legal adviser describes acting for Dragonpass Group on its acquisition of Ello Group Holdings Ltd. The article describes completion over the festive period; its displayed update date is not the completion date.	Acquisition adviser's published account.

What this comparison establishes: identifiable public events and the different dates attached to them.

Ask: What changed—name, ownership, assets or control? Which legal company was involved? When did the event take effect, and when was it recorded publicly? An accounts year-end is not automatically a transaction date.

Read this alongside the same-company-number and name-history examples. A current name displayed beside a historical date should be checked against the name in force at that time; the display alone does not establish deliberate backdating.

Public sources checked 1 November 2026. Source links lead to third-party publications; personal names in those sources are not reproduced here.

Compare three 2022 name changes and the original 2021 accounts covers →

Compare Ello’s original and replacement share-class notices →

Company-record directory.

Public register links retained from our earlier research. This is a reading directory, not a chronology of alleged wrongdoing. Individual filing documents need to be read in full before drawing conclusions; inclusion does not independently verify the accuracy of the filing.

A living white paper, with a clear record of revisions.

Future additions will identify the question, the source and its date, the mechanism or observation, the conditions required and the limits of the conclusion. We will record substantive changes rather than silently presenting later research as an earlier publication.

Private emails, letters, disclosures, transaction schedules and court or complaint documents are maintained separately. They are not embedded here or released through a PIN.

From register entries to a complete sequence.

See how names, disposals, financial presentation, reporting dates and adviser changes fit together in a fictional chronology.

Open the interactive corporate-record example →