OpenCorporates

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OpenCorporates was launched in Dec.2010 by Chris Taggart and Rob McKinnon, to "have a url for every corporate entity in the world".[1] The database started off populated by data from Companies House in the UK, gradually expanding to include as many countries in the world as possible. Its data is used by the World Bank, LinkedIn Corporation, Stripe Inc, Creditsafe (owned by Luxembourg-registered Borasco Holding SàrlOpenCorporates-sm.svg), and more.

The data is freely available to public-benefit users such as journalists, NGOs and academics. Business users pay a fee for access to the underlying structured data.[2]
OpenCorporates works with global transparency organisations such as Transparency International and Global Witness to help tackle corruption and abuse of power.

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TheyBuyForYou.eu, a new project, is in the works pipeline. The intention is to build a technology platform, an online toolkit, and a public portal where anyone can explore the impact that public procurement decisions have on our economy and on society at large. The project will self-fund via building bespoke products and services.

OpenGazettes

OpenGazettes is a project to make government gazettes more visible, more useful, and more relevant. Despite being the public record for legal notices, government gazettes are astonishingly poorly known outside, even by those who are affected by their contents.
OpenGazettes is therefore working to make gazette notices perform their true public purpose, by making them discoverable, searchable, browseable across multiple countries, and, where they relate to companies, connecting them to those companies.ref OpenGazettes.com

OpenCharities

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OpenCharities was set up by Chris Taggart in Sept.2010 when he needed a list of all the charities in the UK so he could match them up to local council spending data as part of another project OpenlyLocalArchive-org-sm.svg,[3] but the Charity Commission refused to play ball.[4]

Structure

The group's structure has been designed to protect the public-benefit mission, provide confidence for stakeholders, and allow the acceleration of growth. Creating a Trust enabled the shareholders to commit to passing on their voting rights and to cap their economic return so that dividends would accrue to the Trust itself.[5][6]

  • OpenCorporates Trust Ltd, OpenCorporates-sm.svg
  • Shareholders: Chris Taggart + Robert McKinnon + OpenCorporates Trust Ltd
    • OpenCorporates Holding Ltd, holdco, OpenCorporates-sm.svg
      • OpenCorporates IP Ltd, licenses IP to OpenCorporates Ltd, OpenCorporates-sm.svg
      • OpenCorporates Ltd, was Chrinon Ltd, OpenCorporates-sm.svg

Articles

References

  1. ^ About OpenCorporates OpenCorporates. Original archived on Dec.25.2010.
  2. ^ High-quality company data that the world needs. OpenCorporates. Accessed Jun.23.2020.
  3. ^ Introducing OpenCharities: Opening up the Charities Register. Countculture's Blog, Sept.06.2010.
  4. ^ About OpenCharities. OpenCharities. Original archived on Oct.09.2010.
  5. ^ Trust - our higher purpose keeps us open for good. OpenCorporates. Accessed Jun.22.2020.
  6. ^ OpenCorporates Ltd. Annual Report Nov.2018, Companies House, Aug.29.2019.