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Learn borsch.ai

Everything you need to get started with UK business intelligence. Guides, API reference, and data source documentation.

Quick Start

Get started with borsch.ai in under 5 minutes. Create an account, run your first search, and understand what the platform offers.

Create Your Account

Sign up for free at borsch.ai/login. No credit card required. You get access to company search, AI chat, and basic risk scores immediately.

Search a Company

Use the Explorer to search by company name, number, SIC code, or region. Click any result to see the full company profile with signals, risk scores, and entity network.

Ask the AI

Open the Chat and ask questions in plain English. The AI orchestrates 25 tools to search databases, analyse networks, and run analytics — with cited sources.

Explore the API

Integrate borsch.ai into your workflows. Generate an API key from your account page and use our REST endpoints for search, risk scoring, and signals.

Platform Features

A deep dive into every major feature of the platform.

Feature	Description	Access
Company Research	Search 5.7M UK companies by name, number, SIC code, or semantic query. Structured and AI-powered search modes.	FREE
Risk Intelligence v2	5 dimensions (Financial Health, Compliance, Governance, Network Risk, Operations), 28 sub-scores, critical overrides, and industry percentiles.	FREE
AI Chat Assistant	Natural language interface with 25 specialised tools. Cross-session memory, web search, and DuckDB analytics. Powered by Claude Sonnet + Haiku.	PLAN
Entity Network	Interactive Cytoscape.js graph showing directors, shareholders, named entities, and corporate ownership chains. 2.1M entities, 80M+ relationships.	FREE
Live Web Search	AI-verified real-time web search with Brave integration. Cross-references results with official data. Auto-citations with source links.	PLAN
Signal Explorer	Browse 50M+ individual signals across 53 data sources. Filter by source, category, score, and date. Full data lineage for every signal.	FREE
REST API	Programmatic access to search, company profiles, risk scores, signals, and graph data. JSON responses with pagination.	PLAN

Data Sources

borsch.ai collects and matches data from 53 official UK government and regulatory sources. Here are the major categories.

Corporate Registry

Companies House (company data, appointments, PSC, mortgages, accounts, gazette, disqualified directors, liquidation). Daily sync via CH Bulk Gateway.

Financial Regulators

FCA (430K firms), PRA (1.2K regulated), HMRC AML (36K supervised), ICO (1.36M registrations), Payment Practices (108K reports).

Operational Quality

CQC (34K providers), FHRS (603K businesses), Ofsted (22K), Environment Agency (10K permits), DVSA (179K operators).

Property & Land

Land Registry CCOD (4.37M), OCOD (91K overseas), Price Paid (30.9M transactions), VOA Business Rates (74K valuations).

ESG & Governance

Gender Pay Gap (85K), Modern Slavery (71K), Living Wage (16K), Disability Confident (19K), B Corp (1.9K), SBTi (14K), ESOS (8.6K).

International & Sanctions

UK Sanctions (FCDO), OpenSanctions (1.24M entities), ICIJ Offshore Leaks (1.6M), GLEIF LEI (227K), Charity Commission (355K).

Risk Score v2 Methodology

Our multi-dimensional risk scoring system evaluates companies across 5 dimensions with 28 sub-scores. Fully transparent — every score shows its inputs.

Score Range

Scores range from 0 (critical risk) to 100 (robust). Classifications: Robust (75+), Stable (55–74), Watch (40–54), Elevated (25–39), Critical (<25).

Dimension	Weight	Sub-Scores	Key Signals
Financial Health	32%	8	Accounts, mortgages, payment practices, grants
Compliance	23%	7	FCA, sanctions, gazette, AML, ICO, disqualified
Governance	15%	5	PSC structure, director tenure, filing history
Network Risk	15%	6	Director network, PSC network, GLEIF hierarchy
Operations	15%	2	CQC ratings, FHRS scores, website verification

Critical Overrides

Certain signals override the calculated score: active sanctions → max 5, winding-up → max 8–10, liquidation → max 8–10, disqualified directors → max 15, dormant/struck-off → age-graded (28–42). These reflect severe risks that aggregate scoring alone may understate.

API Overview

Access borsch.ai programmatically via our REST API. Full documentation with endpoint tables, code examples, and rate limits is available on the dedicated API Reference page.

Base URL

https://borsch.ai/api/v1

curl

# Search for companies
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://borsch.ai/api/v1/search?q=Revolut&limit=5"

# Get risk score
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://borsch.ai/api/v1/risk/companies/09215862/score"

Full API Reference

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