Linking Identifiers to Business Registers and Other Authoritative Sources

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GLEIF’s 'linking' initiative aims to streamline counterparty due diligence processes and increase transparency in global transactions by boosting businesses' identifiability and discoverability globally.

Each LEI record contains key reference information registered by local authoritative sources to enable the clear and unique identification of legal entities globally. The 'linking' initiative adds a dedicated URL to the LEI records of entities registered by participating authoritative sources, enabling easy and direct access to each entity’s official registration data and associated documentation on the relevant register's website.

This will significantly streamline Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Supplier (KYS) checks, and other due diligence obligations for global data users. It removes the requirement for global data users to initially identify the relevant registration authority, navigate to the correct website, translate it into the local language, and then manually search for an organization using its business registration number.

The following authoritative sources are currently linked:

Kamer van Koophandel (KVK); Netherlands Chamber of Commerce; website
The Netherlands
LEI: 724500A93Z8V1MJK5349
Registration Authorities Code: RA000463

Companies House; website
United Kingdom
Registration Authorities Codes: RA000585 (England and Wales), RA000586 (Northern Ireland) and RA000587 (Scotland).

Example of how the linking is incorporated in the webpage with the LEI Reference Data:

Each register contains additional data compared to the LEI reference data, specific to its registry and national legislation. See below for a table describing each linked register and its additional data resources. This includes information on officers, other authorized representatives, ultimate beneficial owners, annual accounts, number of employees and more.

The available data differ per registry and is not always available free of charge.

In the table below, an overview is provided of the most relevant data which are available from the registry in addition to the LEI Reference Data:

Available additional data; + means data is available; - means data is not available; Footnotes provided below the table	KVK - The Netherlands	Companies House - United Kingdom
LEI	724500A93Z8V1MJK5349
RA Code	RA000463	RA000585 (England and Wales), RA000586 (Northern Ireland) and RA000587 (Scotland).
Seat of the entity	+	- 1)
Date of first registration	+	+ 2)
Share capital	+	+ 3)
Officers of the entity (directors etc) with role title, date of birth, date of entry into role and powers (e.g. sole/jointly authorized)	+	+
Authorized representatives	+	+
Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBO)	+	- 4)
Persons with Significant Control (PSC)	-	+
Sole shareholder with date of birth and date of becoming single shareholder	+	+ 5)
Activities of the entity (text and code)	+	+
Number of employees	+	-
Annual accounts	+	+
Group structures	+	-
Historical data	+	+
Registry extract (official document with fixed set of data)	+	+
Filed forms and documents (incl. e.g. articles of association)	+	+
Confirmation statement / Annual return	-	+
Charges against the entity	-	+
1) Unknown legal concept in the UK
2) In the UK, incorporation occurs through the registration
3) Capital to be found in the filings
4) UK registers PSC (of each company) instead of UBO
5) To be found in the PSC