Counterparty Check 490 EUR, report in 3 working days. Deep Check 1 490 EUR, 5 working days. Sanctions and ownership screening 390 EUR per entity. Fixed fees, paid in advance, credited against further work on the same matter.
Who orders this
- A foreign company about to sign a supply, distribution, construction or IT contract with a Polish partner.
- An investor buying a Polish company, a stake, or a receivable.
- A creditor deciding whether to extend credit terms to a Polish customer.
- A compliance officer who needs a documented sanctions and ownership check on a Polish business partner.
What a credit report does not show you
A credit score is built from filed accounts and payment data. It does not tell you that the director’s previous three companies went insolvent, that the shares were transferred last month to a company in another jurisdiction, that the firm has lost two court cases to suppliers this year, that one of its owners sits on a sanctions list, or that the person signing the contract has no authority to do so. Our tools read the public registers with their full history and cross-check them. An advocate reads the result and tells you what it means for your contract.
What a finding looks like
Every finding in the report has the same four parts, so you can act on it without reading Polish law. Illustrative example, not a real company:
| Finding | The managing director signing your contract was removed from the board 11 days ago; the change is filed but not yet entered in the register. |
| Source | National Court Register, full extract and filed documents, read on the report date. |
| Status | Confirmed in a primary source. |
| What to do | Ask for a current board resolution or a power of attorney before signing. We can draft the request. |
Two levels
| Counterparty Check | Deep Check | |
|---|---|---|
| Company register with full history of filings, management and ownership changes | yes | yes |
| Financial statements filed for the last years, key ratios, warning signs | yes | yes |
| Beneficial owners, VAT and EU VAT status, insolvency and restructuring announcements | yes | yes |
| Sanctions screening: EU, UN and Polish lists, company and owners | yes | yes |
| The people: directors’ and owners’ other companies, past insolvencies, patterns | no | yes |
| Foreign parents and subsidiaries, ownership chains outside Poland, ownership-and-control test for sanctions | no | yes |
| Court decisions involving the company, public tenders, enforcement announcements | no | yes |
| Written recommendations for your contract: securities, retention of title, payment terms, jurisdiction and governing law | no | yes |
| Report in English | 2 pages, 3 working days | 5 to 8 pages, 5 working days |
| Fixed fee, paid in advance, credited against further work | 490 EUR | 1 490 EUR |
Sanctions and ownership screening
Since 2022, trading with a Polish company can expose a foreign business to EU sanctions through a route many compliance teams miss: ownership and control. A Polish company whose name appears on no list may still be owned or controlled by a listed person or entity, directly or through companies in third countries. Polish law adds its own national list on top of the EU and UN lists.
We screen the company, its shareholders and its beneficial owners against all three, trace the ownership chain through Polish and foreign registers, and document the result in a form your compliance file can hold. Where exposure exists, we say what it means for the contract, the payment route and your own reporting duties. Available on its own: Sanctions and ownership screening, 390 EUR per entity, 3 working days. Ongoing monitoring of your Polish partners by subscription on request.
How it works
- You send the company name or tax number and, if you have it, the draft contract.
- We run our reconnaissance across over 50 public registers and databases and read the result.
- You receive the report within the deadline. A 20-minute call to discuss it is included.
All sources are public. We use them for the lawful purpose of assessing a business relationship.
What people usually do with the report
Sign with a better contract. Ask for a guarantee or a deposit. Walk away. All three are good outcomes if they happen before the money leaves your account.