Just spent the morning snooping companies on Cashiq.net

Rabidlamb

Lad on Matt Cooper last night making a big deal about this new website.
http://cashiq.net/
You can access filed company accounts for free for the first time.
It's where I've just found that while the company wage bill dropped 50% since 2008 the 5 shareholders have been paying themselves the same. :mad:

You can also search by directors & find their company history.
This could be a very useful tool or the work of the devil, I'm still not sure.

Where To

My mother told me never to click on links with misused qs in them.

CreepingDeath

Interesting... I logged in via Google id, and was able to see high level financial returns, lists of directors and shareholders of a few sample companies I picked.

FloatingVoter

Bono is a director of a lot of companies alright.

CardBordWindow

Jaysus! :eek:
It's kinda scary that this info is available so freely.
Even our family business which closed a few years ago is up on it.

Stiffler2

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Lad on Matt Cooper last night making a big deal about this new website.
http://cashiq.net/
You can access filed company accounts for free for the first time.
It's where I've just found that while the company wage bill dropped 50% since 2008 the 5 shareholders have been paying themselves the same. :mad:

You can also search by directors & find their company history.
This could be a very useful tool or the work of the devil, I'm still not sure.

FFS don't send us sites that you have to register on, what a pain in the hole.
The least you could have done was put up a generic login we can all view the site on.

I'm not setting up an account, what is this....

Rabidlamb

Stiffler2 wrote: »

FFS don't send us sites that you have to register on, what a pain in the hole.
The least you could have done was put up a generic login we can all view the site on.

I'm not setting up an account, what is this....

You can use your Google login ffs

Gyalist

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Jaysus! :eek:
It's kinda scary that this info is available so freely.
Even our family business which closed a few years ago is up on it.

What's so scary about it? It is information that has always been publicly available. Except where previously you'd pay the CRO or solocheck.ie it's now easily available online.

I saw my name there and I don't care (I won't reveal who I am though).

smash

I tried it and can't access any of the financial returns.

Dan Chipowski

Very interesting site. I'll be busy snooping for the next hour.

Scioch

Rabidlamb wrote: »

You can use your Google login ffs

Is that safe to be logging into sites called CashIQ with google details ?

Rabidlamb

smash wrote: »

I tried it and can't access any of the financial returns.

Click on the vertical orange bar which says Financial.

Stevieg08

Stiffler2 wrote: »

FFS don't send us sites that you have to register on, what a pain in the hole.
The least you could have done was put up a generic login we can all view the site on.

I'm not setting up an account, what is this....

Check it out, it's free and you can log in with your LinkedIn, Google account or register with an email address, takes 1 min. It is free company information, financials, directors etc. You can look up your employer/potential employers, friends, family whoever, whatever in UK & Ireland..

Gyalist

LordSmeg wrote: »

Is that safe to be logging into sites called CashIQ with google details ?

That's why you have a throwaway Google account.

Stevieg08

LordSmeg wrote: »

Is that safe to be logging into sites called CashIQ with google details ?

Yes, this is a normal service most social netw sites provide...

Seachmall

LordSmeg wrote: »

Is that safe to be logging into sites called CashIQ with google details ?

Yes, it's safe.

Scioch

Seachmall wrote: »

Yes, it's safe.

I'll take your word for it, the others sound like they are trying to sell me somethin. Specially Stevieg, he's just way too eager.

Scioch

Log in failed, please register.

Fcuk off.

smash

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Click on the vertical orange bar which says Financial.

And all it does is give a list of returns and dates. It doesn't let me open them.

Rabidlamb

LordSmeg wrote: »

Log in failed, please register.

Fcuk off.

Oooooooooh your missing all the fun.:D

Seachmall

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Oooooooooh your missing all the fun.:D

It's actually great fun.

It's also terrifying at the same time (looking up businesses of friends and family).

AnonoBoy

Thankfully none of my sham businesses ever published legitimate accounts so I'm not on there!

FloatingVoter

The "company" that owns my local is worth €4 - with fixed assets worth €2.6 million. Craftly little publican divil.:rolleyes:

bladebrew

This is fecking brilliant:D
when the minus sign is gone from in front of the net profit im demanding a raise:)

Rabidlamb

FloatingVoter wrote: »

The "company" that owns my local is worth €4 - with fixed assets worth €2.6 million. Craftly little publican divil.:rolleyes:

Our local publican has cash totaling €550,000 but only €20,000 in fixed assets.
A lot of that cash is mine & we always thought he owned the pub, not so it would seem.
Unless he leases it to himself, I know nothing about accountancy.

Stevieg08

LordSmeg wrote: »

Log in failed, please register.

Fcuk off.

Register first THEN log in....

Stevieg08

here's a good one: do a People Search (any name) then clear that name and enter a part of your address like street name, see what your neighbours are involved with/worth!!

SEPT 23 1989

Valdazzo Brothers Olive Oil

Scioch

Stevieg08 wrote: »

Register first THEN log in....

Makes sense

tony007

What does it mean by ''dissolved'' under company status?

Seachmall

tony007 wrote: »

What does it mean by ''dissolved'' under company status?

Company was liquidated me thinks.

tony007

Seachmall wrote: »

Company was liquidated me thinks.

You sure? What does that mean exactly? I know Im slow in this area.

Seachmall

tony007 wrote: »

You sure? What does that mean exactly? I know Im slow in this area.

When a company is liquidated it sells off all it's assets and shuts down. I think "dissolved" is how they term a company that has shutdown this way.

I could be wrong, I'm sure someone here would know better than myself.

Edit -
"Dissolution is the last stage of liquidation, the process by which a company (or part of a company) is brought to an end, and the assets and property of the company redistributed." - Wiki

ejmaztec

tony007 wrote: »

You sure? What does that mean exactly? I know Im slow in this area.

It's completely and utterly dead.

Queen-Mise

It doesn't necessarily mean the company went broke. If a company was sold - then the original partnership would be dissolved - company sold, new owners & a new name etc.

While I was looking through some of the records - that seemed to be the case with some of the companies.


EDIT: from explanation above - I am wrong.

SharonLynch007

a company can be dissolved 'honorably' if it has agreement with its creditors to pay them off (or partly pay them off if they agree to a reduction). The CRO (companies reg. office) can also dissolve a company if they are behind with their legal obligation to file. A company can be reinstated but it will cost ya !

Rabidlamb

Stevieg08 wrote: »

here's a good one: do a People Search (any name) then clear that name and enter a part of your address like street name, see what your neighbours are involved with/worth!!

Doesn't work for me :mad:

It does if you search first under company, then delete the company name in the results & type in address.
Very revealing

JaManSnowFlake

How can they provide this information for free, is it available for free though other methods?

Dwork

JaManSnowFlake wrote: »

How can they provide this information for free, is it available for free though other methods?

3 searches are free, then you have to register for a min €10 a month. The nosey git in me feels it might be worth it.:D