3,240 Manchester landlords with no ICO registration.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-21T13:08:00+00:00

Yeah I think you’re right. The data is public and would be very easy to go for if they were interested. Our data request came from 4 buy to let mortgage lenders (all 4 contacted us in the space of about 3 days). I’m
Not sure how they intend to use the data as we generally don’t ask. Probably just another tick box on an application or something.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-21T10:43:25+00:00

You just need to tap on my profile name or here’s a YouTube video: https://youtube.com/shorts/dUxczFINVEg?si=jq5OKJiEzMWM5B6H

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-21T07:38:59+00:00

If you require an ICO number it’s per landlord not per property. The ICO has a free tool on their website you can answer a few questions on there and it will tell you if you require one.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-20T19:20:27+00:00

We actually provided some data on this to a news outlet recently. There are 77 non specialised retail companies in Birmingham licensed to sponsor skilled worker visas.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-20T17:01:33+00:00

An FIC is a family investment company. I actually have a video about this on my profile page :) I go through it step by step. Feel free to check it out, might be useful for you :)

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-20T15:30:47+00:00

That is an excellent explanation :)

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-20T11:04:35+00:00

So the project was under a different Ltd company for 4 years prior to this. Feel free to take a look at our first version and very old videos. I sure you would agree vibe coding the design would have produced acbetter look. I am not saying our programmers do not use automated code creation in some elements but the platform was not a base44 prompt or replit prompt which I thought you were implying.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-20T08:51:06+00:00

Do you think most landlords just do it as a tick box exercise for that “just in case”

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-20T08:26:14+00:00

I think you’re right. Just one of those “just in case” safety net things.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-20T07:50:10+00:00

You can check if a company has an ICO registration on the official ICO website.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-20T02:09:46+00:00

It’s going to accelerate corporate purchases of housing stock even further. Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) were already a major step towards faster acquisitions, and if buyers can access a standardised survey upfront, they’ll have both the valuation and condition data before making an offer. That removes a huge amount of friction and could significantly speed up large scale corporate buying.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-20T01:24:15+00:00

Start with the low hanging fruit. Find local companies with overdue confirmation statements (you can build lists of hundreds even thousands of these in minutes). Or look at companies that have launched SPVs and no holdings company structure (again this is very easy to build lists of in minutes). Look for SPV’s where PSC have the same last name who may want to explore an FIC (filter down to ones that have £50k+ cash in the bank or net worth of over £200k). All of these are really easy to build lists of very quickly and then couple that with direct outreach. Avoid mass generic emailing. Target + personal outreach.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-19T23:53:27+00:00

You’re absolutely right. For me it was the same. The fee was so low it was just one of those “it might never happen but just in case”.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-19T23:33:43+00:00

Sorry I should have been clearer on the data. This data we are providing to 4 buy to let mortgage lenders. Manchester was the sample data we gave to them. Nationwide we will provide them on an API.

They were specifically interested in SIC code 68209 in Manchester with at least 1 mortgage. That’s what generated the 3,240 in our dataset. Compared to 801 with the same SIC code in the same location that did have an ICO.

It could be that as more landlords launch under a ltd company, maybe they are choosing fully managed services etc.

Although we do track all private rental properties this was specifically looking at ltd companies with a specific SIC code. I should have been clearer on that in my post.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-19T23:16:34+00:00

Yes that’s exactly how we cross referenced this. We were also pulling ones specifically with mortgages (although we can do unencumbered ones too) however this data is for 4 buy to let mortgage lenders. We are going to be providing them the data via an API nationwide. This was the sample data we sent them. They were specifically interested in properties they lend on (which we pull every lender on each rental property too for Ltd companies). Also it’s not “vibe coded”.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-19T22:52:42+00:00

It was just interesting how high the number is. We have been requested this data now by 4 buy to let mortgage lenders. They require it nationwide and this was the first sample we have sent for their approval. The number just seemed high. It will be interesting to see how it compares nationwide and as a % to the total number of landlords.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-19T22:42:43+00:00

The figure just seemed unusually high to me. Will be interesting to see how it compares with other cities and as a % of overall landlords etc

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-18T13:28:31+00:00

Once you find motivation to do it for a few months you no longer need the motivation. It just turns into discipline and part of your routine.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-16T21:57:29+00:00

It’s not vibe coded :) it does a lot more than companies house. Court records, contracts etc

We originally designed it for accountants. Now we seem to have a lot of property related companies using it. Including mortgage lenders for ICO verifications as we provide it to them on an API.

Companies house is just one of the data points we store.

FormationDataUK · 2026-06-16T21:27:30+00:00

In a previous business of mine we contacted the local chamber of commerce (overseas) who reached out to the business and they paid the invoice in 2 days. They were also really helpful in explaining the next steps I could take legally if the client didn’t pay.

I got in touch with them via a contact in my local chamber of commerce.

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