Official source register
Insolvency Service Data
The Insolvency Service contributes corporate insolvency case records to the company profile, so the result can make their availability explicit.
How Rotuli uses this data
Rotuli returns an insolvency slab with has_active_insolvency, case records, and an insolvency_fetched_at timestamp. This lets a workflow read a current case alongside the Companies House profile and other public-record evidence rather than guessing from a missing field.
Records in the response
- has_active_insolvency
- A boolean indication of whether the returned insolvency records include an active case.
- cases
- Corporate insolvency case records returned for the company.
- insolvency_fetched_at
- The timestamp for the insolvency source slab, used to inspect its freshness independently.
- INSOLVENCY_ACTIVE
- A critical paid-tier risk flag when an active insolvency case is confirmed by the source.
Freshness and handling
Freshness
Corporate insolvency case records are retrieved via Companies House and cached for up to four hours. The source timestamp in the response is the right field to retain when a workflow needs to reason about age.
Availability
If the source cannot be queried, it remains listed in sources_checked and is also named in sources_failed with a reason. The rest of the entity response can still be returned as a partial 200.
Risk interpretation
On paid tiers, a confirmed active case contributes the INSOLVENCY_ACTIVE flag. If a risk-bearing source is unavailable, the risk object records the condition as indeterminate rather than implying that there is no insolvency risk.
Limits to preserve in your use case
- A source failure is not evidence that no case exists; read sources_failed before treating an absent case result as complete.
- Risk signals are omitted entirely for Free keys. Their absence means the key is not entitled to the feature, not that no risk was found.
- The returned public record supports a workflow's review, but it does not replace the assessment or legal judgment required by that workflow.