Established companies that are scaling, with the reason why
Advisory work starts with a company that has outgrown compliance. We read the public record every week for the companies that are hiring, growing their turnover, raising money, borrowing, winning contracts or taking on premises, and send your practice the ones in your region, graded, each with the reason it's there in one line.
What puts a company on the list
One or more of these, from what the company itself filed or Companies House recorded in the last three months:
| Headcount growing | Staff up by 40% or by ten between the last two sets of filed accounts, now 8 to 60. |
| Turnover growing | Turnover up a quarter or more between the last two accounts that file it, now £300,000 to £10m. |
| Outgrew micro-entity size | The balance sheet crossed £500,000, so the company files fuller accounts from now on. |
| New shares issued | Money coming in, from the shares the company told Companies House it had issued. |
| A new owner or controller | A new person or company with significant control, which usually means a new plan. |
| Won a public contract | An award notice naming the company on Contracts Finder or Find a Tender. |
| A lender's charge | A charge registered by a bank or lender, or a change of lender. |
| New premises | A new site taken on by a company three or more years old: a rates list, a licence, a depot, a food site. |
| Past the small company limits | Accounts that will need an audit, with the reporting that brings. |
How the grade works
A is growth plus another strong signal. B is growth on its own, or any two signals. C is one strong signal that isn't growth. D is weaker evidence: a new director, an office move, headcount up but short of growth. Within a grade, more and stronger signals come first, filed turnover in the £300,000 to £5m band moves a company up, and a company that looks small on its filed figures moves down and says so. Holding companies, property vehicles, dormant companies, shells and accountancy practices are left out.
What your practice gets
A spreadsheet each week, or each morning if you prefer, cut to your region. Each row is one company: its registered name, council, grade and the reason it's on the list in one line; the firm named in its accounts, where there is one, so you know who it would be leaving; its latest filed staff, turnover and net assets where it files them; and a checked website, mailbox or landline where one is public. Nothing about people.
How many, where
Companies graded A to C on the list as of 19 October 2026: 17,743 across the UK. 117 name the firm that prepared their accounts, and 3,776 have a website, mailbox or landline we have checked. The rest are reached the way their accountant is: by post to the registered office, or by the firm named in the accounts.
| Region | Graded A to C | With a checked contact | Naming their accountant |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 3,532 | 666 | 15 |
| South East | 2,461 | 510 | 9 |
| North West | 2,021 | 446 | 31 |
| East of England | 1,602 | 335 | 2 |
| West Midlands | 1,592 | 340 | 5 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,472 | 318 | 17 |
| East Midlands | 1,227 | 283 | 8 |
| South West | 1,226 | 286 | 7 |
| Scotland | 1,107 | 248 | 12 |
| Wales | 601 | 141 | 5 |
| North East | 503 | 115 | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | 399 | 88 | 2 |
Built for selling within the rules: businesses not people, every row with its source and date, and nothing your team can't explain to someone who asks. How it's done.
Questions
Is this the new-company list?
No. The new-company list is companies formed this week, most without premises or staff yet. The growth list is established companies at the moment the public record says they are scaling: every A and B company is three or more years old.
Where does it come from?
The register, the accounts companies file and the events Companies House records, read every week. The signals are listed on this page. How we weigh them into a grade is ours, and we don't publish it.
Does it name people?
No. Every row is a company: its registered name, its council, why it's on the list, a checked website, mailbox or landline where one is public, and the firm named in its accounts where there is one. No director names, no home addresses, no personal email addresses.
Can we have our own patch first?
Yes. The list is cut to a region, a group of councils or the whole of the UK, and a short call at the start tells us which kinds of company you want at the top.
What does it cost?
£250 a month for a region, or £1,000 a month for the whole of the UK, monthly, and you can stop at any month's end. The first two weeks are free, so you can judge it on real companies before paying anything.
Sell to businesses taking on premises rather than advise them? Premises data for suppliers is the daily file for that, at the same price. How the weekly list and the growth list differ.