What our India company report includes
Our India reports are researched directly from sources including Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) filings, the Registrar of Companies (RoC), GST records, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board (IBBI) database, and direct in-country enquiry; fees may apply for certain records. Depth of any given section reflects what the subject company has filed and what is publicly retrievable at the time of the search. Findings are translated and presented in plain English.
Identity & registration
- ✓ Corporate Identification Number (CIN, 21-digit)
- ✓ PAN, GSTIN and TAN identifiers
- ✓ Company type (Pvt Ltd, Public Ltd, LLP, OPC)
- ✓ Date of incorporation, RoC jurisdiction
- ✓ MCA status (active, dormant, struck off, under liquidation)
People & ownership
- ✓ Directors with DIN (Director Identification Number)
- ✓ Director disqualification flags
- ✓ Shareholders and shareholding structure
- ✓ Authorised, issued and paid-up capital
- ✓ Group / parent / subsidiary relationships
Financial & trading
- ✓ Audited annual accounts (where filed)
- ✓ Turnover, profit and balance-sheet trend
- ✓ Charges and secured borrowing on the company
- ✓ Risk indicator and calculated credit limit
Risk & public records
- ✓ Insolvency (CIRP) status from IBBI
- ✓ High Court & NCLT proceedings
- ✓ GST registration status & suspensions (case-specific)
- ✓ Regulatory penalties and adverse press (case-specific)
Note on Indian data: MCA filings can lag by 6–18 months, and a company's last filed accounts may not reflect current trading. Our agents can research MCA records alongside GST registration and other available public sources to give as current a picture as the records allow.
Why verify an Indian company?
India is one of the largest sources of services exports, software, pharmaceuticals, textiles, engineering goods and agricultural commodities, and one of the fastest-growing import markets in Asia. The Companies Act regime requires every limited company to register with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, file annual accounts, and identify each director by a unique Director Identification Number. On paper, the country has one of the better corporate transparency frameworks in the region.
In practice, the data has known gaps. Filings can lag by a year or more, audited accounts arrive late, and a company can remain marked "active" on the MCA register long after it has ceased to operate. The strike-off list, companies removed for non-filing, runs into the hundreds of thousands, and entities sometimes resurface with new directors and the same address. Separately, the GST regime added a second registry layer in 2017: GSTIN registration is required for most trading businesses, and a missing or suspended GSTIN is often a stronger signal of trading status than the MCA record.
The risk patterns we can most often identify in India verifications include companies trading without a current GST registration; directors disqualified under the Companies Act who continue to hold positions in connected entities; insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (CIRP) that have not yet been reflected in publicly visible filings; and address mismatches between the registered office and the operating premises. Each of these is straightforward to check once you know where to look, and each is easy to miss working from MCA data alone.
For procurement and credit decisions, the practical question is usually whether the company is actively trading, financially stable, and free of court or insolvency proceedings. A freshly investigated India report answers all three, and ties the answers to recent rather than stale information.