🇮🇲 Isle of Man

Overview

AiPrise verifies Isle of Man businesses against the Companies Registry of the Isle of Man Government. A business verification returns the company profile and the filings made with the registry.

Coverage

Data point	Returned	Note
Company profile	Yes	Legal name, legal form, status, registration date, registered address
Directors and legal representatives	No
Shareholders	No
Ultimate beneficial owners	No

Document	Returned
Annual returns and filings	Yes, when filed

Documents, as the register names them

Annual Return
Appointment / Change of Nominated Officer

Speed

Step	Typical	9 in 10 within
Business verification (company data)	13 seconds	28 seconds

These are typical times from production, not a service-level commitment: set timeouts well above them, or use callbacks.

Company types

Companies in the Companies Registry are covered.

Company type	Legal forms	Covered	What to expect
Private company limited by shares	Private Ltd by Shares	Yes	Profile and filings
Company limited by guarantee	Limited by guarantee	Yes	Profile

Sources

Register	What it gives
Companies Registry, Isle of Man Government	Company profile, filings

Identifiers

Send the company number as business_entity_id, with country_code set to IM.

Identifier	Format	Example
Company number	6 digits followed by a letter	`123456C`

You can also search by legal name.

Statuses and legal forms

Every result carries the register's own status in registration_info.status and an AiPrise status in registration_info.normalised_status. The normalised status is one of Active, Suspended, Dormant, Dissolved / Struck Off, In Liquidation / Insolvency or Unknown.

Register status	Normalised status
ACTIVE	Active
INACTIVE	Dormant

Legal forms come back in English in entity_type, for example Private Ltd by Shares and Limited by guarantee.

Quirks and gotchas

Country-specific behaviour to know before you integrate.

Quirk	Details
Keep the letter	Include the letter at the end of the company number (`123456C`).
No people	Directors and owners are not returned. Collect them from the business or from the filed annual return.

Limits

Directors, shareholders and UBOs are not returned.
Data comes from a small number of verifications so far.