ABN Lookup
Australian Business Register
- Confirms
- ABN business record, ABN status, entity details and GST registration when returned
- Does not confirm
- Does not replace ASIC corporate legal-status evidence
SENTINEL / TRUST CENTER
Data sources and evidence boundaries
Every integration has a defined role, operating mode and limitation.
Legal and national registries
Supported routes include Companies House and selected national EU registry services. A provider is queried only when the jurisdiction and available identifiers make it applicable.
Tax-registration services
European Commission VIES validates EU VAT numbers. National VAT sources answer jurisdiction-specific tax questions. VIES is not a company registry.
Australia and the United Kingdom
Official ABN Lookup provides ABR business and GST facts when configured; it is not ASIC. HMRC VAT currently runs in sandbox mode and returns labelled test data, not production VAT evidence.
Reference-only coverage
BRIS is an official European e-Justice reference layer. It describes registry availability and never increases SENTINEL’s confirmed evidence count.
Primary source websites
Official integrations and their boundaries
Companies House API
Companies House
- Confirms
- Company identity, registration number, status, incorporation and registered office when returned
- Does not confirm
- Does not confirm VAT registration, ownership or solvency
HMRC VAT API
HM Revenue & Customs
- Confirms
- Integration behavior using official HMRC test responses
- Does not confirm
- Not production VAT verification
VIES
European Commission
- Confirms
- EU VAT validity and identity fields when supplied by the member state
- Does not confirm
- VAT validation, not a company registry
BRIS
European e-Justice
- Confirms
- Official national-registry coverage information
- Does not confirm
- Not queried as independent verification evidence and never counted in Sources Confirmed
KRS
Ministry of Justice
- Confirms
- National Court Register identity and legal status where returned
- Does not confirm
- Separate from national and EU VAT validation
KAS VAT Register
Ministry of Finance
- Confirms
- Polish national VAT registration evidence
- Does not confirm
- Tax-registration result is not a substitute for KRS legal status
ARES
Ministry of Finance
- Confirms
- Czech economic-subject registration data
- Does not confirm
- IČO is not itself an EU VAT number
PRH / YTJ
Finnish Patent and Registration Office / Tax Administration
- Confirms
- Finnish Business ID and returned registration facts
- Does not confirm
- Business ID and VAT ID remain distinct identifiers
Recherche d’entreprises
French Government
- Confirms
- French enterprise identity and returned establishment facts
- Does not confirm
- SIREN, SIRET and VAT identifiers have different roles
Register of Legal Persons (RPO)
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
- Confirms
- Slovak legal-person identity and returned register facts
- Does not confirm
- Separate from VIES VAT validation