CRADLE

Make Hard-to-Search Public Records Instantly Searchable

Cradle unlocks UK records that are fragmented or hard to search by name, including planning registers, rental licences, shareholder filings and insolvency data. By bringing them together, you save hours and uncover properties, addresses and hidden connections in one search.

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Why Critical Records Get Missed

Cradle solves industry problems by making hard-to-search records instantly searchable in one place.

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Not Searchable by Name

Planning registers, rental licences and shareholder data often can’t be searched by name, making it nearly impossible to connect people to properties and assets.

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Scattered Across Sources

HMO registers and planning portals are published by individual councils, forcing investigators to dig through multiple websites for every case.

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Manual Work Eats Up Hours

Even when records can be accessed, sources have to be checked one by one, slowing investigations and increasing the risk of missing important red flags.


 

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Find the Clues That Manual Searches Miss

  • Uncover Hidden Addresses and Properties
    Search planning registers, rental licences and electoral data together to reveal where people live and what assets they hold.

  • Connect People to Businesses and Networks
    Link individuals to companies, shareholders, charities and affiliations to expose financial interests and hidden ties.

  • Save Hours on Every Case
    Replace endless portal lookups with one search that delivers verified records instantly.

How Investigators Use Cradle

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Run a Name Search

Enter a person or company to scan 50M⁺ UK public records at once.

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Uncover Records and Links

Confirm addresses, properties, and company ties from trusted public sources.

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Build Evidence and Close Cases

Verify identities, trace assets, and make faster, defensible decisions using verifiable records.

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Transparent Sources

Every record links back to its original UK public database for verification.

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Public Data

Cradle only aggregates records that are legally published publicly.

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Every record is transparent, legal and verifiable.

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131K+

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Find addresses, contacts, and property links in one search.

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Access Unique Investigative Data

Access planning PDFs, HMO licenses, PSCs & sports data not found in other OSINT tools.

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Query hundreds of datasets simultaneously without jumping platforms.

Data Sources for Comprehensive OSINT Investigations

Leverage Cradle's trusted data sets to uncover critical publicly available information on UK people and businesses.

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Electoral Roll

Access the opted-in voters' register to locate addresses linked to persons of interest across the UK. Ideal for verifying identities and finding hard-to-track individuals.

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Company Data

Search company registrations to identify registered addresses and persons linked to a business, including directors, secretaries, and shareholders.

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Planning Records

Find names from planning portals and attached PDFs to identify property links missed by other tools, even when the data is not listed in searchable fields.

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Insolvency Filings

Extract personally identifying information from bankruptcy and insolvency records, while finding indicators of financial distress or potential fraud.

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Phone Numbers

Retrieve landline and mobile numbers from telephone directories across the UK, supporting further OSINT activity to discover a subject's social accounts.

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Landlord Licences

Search licensed rental properties to uncover properties connected to landlords by name or address, or flag unlicensed properties.

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Sports Teams

Find memberships in football clubs, from professional leagues to local teams. Access rosters to connect subjects to areas and uncover their network.

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Manual searches waste hours and still risk blind spots. Public Insights unifies 50M+ UK public records into one search, so you never miss an address, asset, or connection.

CRADLE PUBLIC-RECORD SEARCH

Search the UK records other tools miss.

Search planning records, rental licences, shareholder filings and other fragmented UK sources by person or company—all in one place.

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18 matching records Results for Maya Ellison · Bristol
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How Cradle works

Every investigation starts somewhere.

Begin with a person, company, address or other known detail. Cradle searches fragmented UK public records and turns that starting point into new investigative leads.

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Searching the Open Electoral Roll One query across 22 UK public-record datasets
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Search subject Maya Ellison Bristol · BS6 5TR
Map view Grouped view · Source Grouped view · Person
18 matching recordsMatches returned from 7 of 22 datasets
Exact name match: Off
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Company recordsCompanies, officers and controlling interests
6 records High
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Planning applicationsNames extracted from applications and attached records
3 records High
Maya Ellison 14 Bramble Lane, Bristol Source: Bristol planning register
High
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Electoral recordsPeople and addresses linked through public registers
2 records Review
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HMO and rental licencesProperty and contact records published by councils
1 record High
Map view Grouped view · Source Grouped view · Person
Public-record coverage

Search across the UK’s most useful public records.

Search people, companies, addresses and risk indicators across 22 datasets in one place—then compare the records that connect.

52M+ searchable records
22 UK datasets
1 connected search
CRADLE Grouped View · Source
Search subject Maya Ellison · Bristol
Dataset family People & contact
Coverage 19.3M records
Sources ready to search
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Open Electoral Roll Address and co-resident records for UK individuals.
16M
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Phone Directory Landline and mobile phone records.
3M
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Wills & Probate Records Estate, executor and deceased individual records.
260K
Beyond search

More than search results.

Search engines return lists. Cradle gives you different ways to examine, compare and continue an investigation, all without losing sight of the original records.

CRADLE Public-record investigation
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Results Map view Grouped by source Grouped by person
18 matching records Across 7 public-record datasets
Exact name match: Off
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Planning applicationMaya Ellison
High
Address
14 Bramble Lane, Bristol
Postcode
BS6 5TR
View source ↗Select record
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Company directorMaya J. Ellison
High
Company
Harbourstone Consulting Ltd
Appointed
16 March 2021
View source ↗Select record
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Electoral recordMaya Ellison
Review
Address
8 Clifton Rise, Bristol
Period
2018–2020
View source ↗Select record
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Review the records behind every match.

Inspect names, addresses, dates and original sources before deciding what belongs in the investigation.

CRADLE

Make Hard-to-Search Public Records Instantly Searchable

Cradle unlocks UK records that are fragmented or hard to search by name, including planning registers, rental licences, shareholder filings and insolvency data. By bringing them together, you save hours and uncover properties, addresses and hidden connections in one search.

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Why Critical Records Get Missed

Cradle solves industry problems by making hard-to-search records instantly searchable in one place.

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Not Searchable by Name

Planning registers, rental licences and shareholder data often can’t be searched by name, making it nearly impossible to connect people to properties and assets.

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Scattered Across Sources

HMO registers and planning portals are published by individual councils, forcing investigators to dig through multiple websites for every case.

Group 745

Manual Work Eats Up Hours

Even when records can be accessed, sources have to be checked one by one, slowing investigations and increasing the risk of missing important red flags.


 

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Find the Clues That Manual Searches Miss

  • Uncover Hidden Addresses and Properties
    Search planning registers, rental licences and electoral data together to reveal where people live and what assets they hold.

  • Connect People to Businesses and Networks
    Link individuals to companies, shareholders, charities and affiliations to expose financial interests and hidden ties.

  • Save Hours on Every Case
    Replace endless portal lookups with one search that delivers verified records instantly.

How Investigators Use Cradle

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Results

Run a Name Search

Enter a person or company to scan 50M⁺ UK public records at once.

Cradle

Uncover Records and Links

Confirm addresses, properties, and company ties from trusted public sources.

Data Loading

Build Evidence and Close Cases

Verify identities, trace assets, and make faster, defensible decisions using verifiable records.

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Continue the investigation

When a search result becomes a lead, take it further.

Cradle works independently, but deeper investigations do not have to stop at search. Move selected records into Canvas, explore the network around them and use the AI Assistant when you need to accelerate the work.

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Find the information.

Search fragmented UK public records together and select the people, companies and addresses relevant to your enquiry.

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Search subject Maya Ellison · Bristol
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Maya EllisonPerson · High match
Selected
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Harbourstone Consulting LtdCompany director record
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14 Bramble Lane, BristolAddress · BS6 5TR
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Canvas

Understand the relationships.

Turn selected records into an editable visual investigation and explore the people, companies and addresses around them.

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ME Maya Ellison Harbourstone Consulting Bramble Property Ltd 14 Bramble Lane Daniel Mercer
Person Company Address
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AI Assistant

Accelerate the investigation.

Expand relevant relationships, analyse public records and supporting sources, and return findings for investigator review.

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Summary

The network centres on Maya Ellison and connects a consultancy, property company and two Bristol addresses through shared officers and historic records.

Corporate relationship confirmedShared director and registered-address records connect two companies.
Historic address identifiedPlanning and electoral records support an earlier Bristol address.
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Possible officer matchOne similarly named officer requires independent confirmation.
Recommended follow-upReview the officer appointment and verify the shared address before relying on the relationship.
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Investigative use cases

Built for the investigations you perform every day.

Whether you are tracing an individual, checking a company or exploring possible financial misconduct, Cradle helps you find relevant UK public records faster while keeping every result linked to its source.

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Locate and verify

Person tracing

Start with a name, phone number or known address and search historic records for possible locations, contact details and people connected through the same household.

Address history Contact records Co-residents Source verification
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Maya EllisonPossible address history
3 locations
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2021–202414 Bramble Lane, BristolElectoral and phone records
Current
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2018–20208 Clifton Rise, BristolOpen Electoral Roll
Historic
3
2015–201722 Harbourside Walk, BristolPhone Directory
Possible
Each location remains linked to the supporting record.
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Understand ownership and control

Enhanced due diligence

Examine a company, director or beneficial owner across corporate, insolvency and risk records before deciding which relationships require closer manual review.

Director appointments Beneficial ownership Related companies Insolvency checks
Company under review Harbourstone Consulting Ltd Company number 12874631
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Active directorMaya Ellison

Appointed March 2021

PSC
Significant control75%+ ownership

Active PSC record

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Related appointmentNorth Quay Trading

Shared officer identified

Insolvency screening No company insolvency record identified
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Prioritise suspicious connections

Fraud & financial crime

Search people and companies across ownership, court and insolvency records to identify repeated officers, related entities and risk indicators that warrant further investigation.

Shared directors Company relationships Court records Risk indicators
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Court recordCommercial dispute
Review
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Company insolvencyFormer related entity
High
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Director appointmentsOfficer appears 4 times
High
Records requiring assessment North Quay Trading Ltd

Three independent record types point to areas for further review.

Investigator decision
Risk indicators are not findings of wrongdoing.
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Investigate external affiliations

Corporate security & insider threats

Check employees, suppliers or external individuals for public-record links to companies, addresses and professional roles that may be relevant to a security or conflict-of-interest enquiry.

Identity checks Corporate affiliations Shared addresses Professional roles
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Subject under reviewDaniel Mercer

London · Full-name match

8 records
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Corporate affiliationsTwo company appointments identified
2 records
AD
Shared registered addressAlso used by an external supplier
Review
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Professional registrationCurrent public-register entry
Current
Identity confidenceHigh
Affiliations to review3
Sources availableYes