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Learn borsch.ai

Everything you need to get started with UK business intelligence. Guides, API reference, and data source documentation.

Quick Start

Get started with borsch.ai in under 5 minutes. Create an account, run your first search, and understand what the platform offers.

01

Create Your Account

Sign up for free at borsch.ai/login. No credit card required. You get access to company search, AI chat, and basic risk scores immediately.

02

Search a Company

Use the Explorer to search by company name, number, SIC code, or region. Click any result to see the full company profile with signals, risk scores, and entity network.

03

Ask the AI

Open the Chat and ask questions in plain English. The AI orchestrates specialised tools to search databases, analyse networks, and run analytics — with cited sources.

04

Explore the API

Integrate borsch.ai into your workflows. Generate an API key from your account page and use our REST endpoints for search, risk scoring, and signals.

Platform Features

A deep dive into every major feature of the platform.

FeatureDescriptionAccess
Company ResearchSearch 5.7M UK companies by name, number, SIC code, or semantic query. Structured and AI-powered search modes.FREE
Risk Intelligence v2Multi-dimensional scoring across Financial Health, Compliance, Governance, Network Risk, and Operations with critical overrides and industry percentiles.FREE
AI Chat AssistantNatural language interface with specialised tools. Cross-session memory, web search, and advanced analytics. Powered by state-of-the-art AI models.PLAN
Entity NetworkInteractive graph showing directors, shareholders, named entities, and corporate ownership chains. Millions of entities and relationships.FREE
Live Web SearchAI-verified real-time web search. Cross-references results with official data. Auto-citations with source links.PLAN
Signal ExplorerBrowse millions of individual signals across 50+ data sources. Filter by source, category, score, and date. Full data lineage for every signal.FREE
REST APIProgrammatic access to search, company profiles, risk scores, signals, and graph data. JSON responses with pagination.PLAN

Data Sources

borsch.ai collects and matches data from over 50 official UK government and regulatory sources. Here are the major categories.

Corporate Registry

Companies House (company data, appointments, PSC, mortgages, accounts, gazette, disqualified directors, liquidation). Daily sync from official data feeds.

Financial Regulators

FCA, PRA, HMRC AML, ICO, and Payment Practices registers. Comprehensive coverage of regulated firms and financial compliance data.

Operational Quality

CQC healthcare ratings, FHRS food hygiene, Ofsted education, Environment Agency permits, and DVSA operator licensing.

Property & Land

Land Registry company ownership, overseas ownership, price paid transaction data, and VOA business rate valuations.

ESG & Governance

Gender Pay Gap, Modern Slavery, Living Wage, Disability Confident, B Corp, SBTi climate targets, and ESOS energy reports.

International & Sanctions

UK Sanctions (FCDO), international sanctions databases, offshore leak datasets, LEI relationships, and Charity Commission data.

Risk Score v2 Methodology

Our multi-dimensional risk scoring system evaluates companies across multiple dimensions and sub-scores. Fully transparent — every score shows its inputs.

Score Range
Scores range from 0 (critical risk) to 100 (robust). Classifications: Robust (75+), Stable (55–74), Watch (40–54), Elevated (25–39), Critical (<25).
DimensionKey Signals
Financial HealthAccounts, mortgages, payment practices, grants
ComplianceFCA, sanctions, gazette, AML, ICO, disqualified
GovernancePSC structure, director tenure, filing history
Network RiskDirector network, PSC network, ownership hierarchy
OperationsCQC ratings, FHRS scores, website verification
Critical Overrides
Certain signals automatically cap the score: active sanctions, winding-up, liquidation, disqualified directors, and dormant/struck-off status. These reflect severe risks that aggregate scoring alone may understate.

API Overview

Access borsch.ai programmatically via our REST API. Full documentation with endpoint tables, code examples, and rate limits is available on the dedicated API Reference page.

Base URL
https://borsch.ai/api/v1
curl
# Search for companies
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://borsch.ai/api/v1/search?q=Revolut&limit=5"

# Get risk score
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://borsch.ai/api/v1/risk/companies/09215862/score"
Full API Reference

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