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Disclaimer This report states sourced, objective facts only — no evaluation, recommendation, or risk verdict on any company.

This report presents objective signals from public sources only; it is not an evaluation, recommendation, or risk verdict on any company.

Report ID sample-log-northgate

Query Subject

Company name
Northgate Sample Trading Limited
Registration no.
SAMPLE681001
Domain
northgate-sample.example
Country/Region
HK
Queried at
2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC

What this check covered

In a fixed order, this section lists which sources were queried, which records were returned, and what this report cannot check. It makes no judgment about the queried entity.

What was checked

  • HK official registry: 1 source(s) (HK Companies Registry (official register))
  • International sanctions & watch lists: 1 source(s) (3 lists screened)
  • Web and domain public information: 4 source(s)

What was found

Not checkable in this report

Further checks you can do

General practice when checking a trading partner, listed according to this query's results; it makes no judgment about the queried entity.

  1. Hong Kong companies: common practice includes obtaining documents through the official paid route (Hong Kong ICRIS Cyber Search Centre; NNC1 / NAR1 document searches cost approximately HKD 10–22 each); document types commonly used in counterparty checks are Certificate of Incorporation (CI), Business Registration Certificate (BRC), latest Annual Return (NAR1). Hong Kong ICRIS Cyber Search Centre
  2. For a first payment or a change of payee account, common practice includes confirming the account with the counterparty through contact details kept from the contract or earlier correspondence (not details supplied in a new message), and checking that the contract party, the invoice issuer and the beneficiary name confirmed by the bank are the same legal entity.
  3. For a first or large deal, common practice includes a bank reference letter from the counterparty's bank; a video call showing its premises and staff, compared with the registered address; and, on credit terms (O/A, D/A), a buyer limit and cover from an export credit insurer (e.g. Sinosure).
Contents

▸ Selected this company from 1 candidate(s)

Candidate Companies

Query: Northgate Sample Trading Limited · northgate-sample.example · SAMPLE681001 · HK

The registry returned 1 candidate records; the one marked Selected is the queried entity's record in this report.

  • Northgate Sample Trading Limited Selected
    Country/Region
    HK
    Registration No.
    SAMPLE681001
    Incorporation Date
    2019-03-12
    Domain
    northgate-sample.example

    Source: registry

Objective Information Overview

Registry Details

ItemContent
Registered nameNorthgate Sample Trading Limited
Registration no. / identifierSAMPLE681001
Registration statusLive
Company typePrivate company limited by shares
Registered addressRoom 12, 8/F, Sample Harbour Building, 1 Example Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Unless otherwise noted, this table is sourced from HK Companies Registry (official register) Official registry ; collected 2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC.

Key Facts from Records

  1. Northgate Sample Trading Limited is on record in the official registry for HK; company type: Private company limited by shares; registration date: 2019-03-12 (about 7 years 3 months (2652 days) old as of this report); registration status: Live. HK Companies Registry (official register) Official registry
  2. The international sanctions and watchlist query completed; no sanctions record was found. International Sanctions & Watchlists Third-party aggregator · unverified
  3. The domain northgate-sample.example was registered on 2019-04-02, 2631 days before this report; The domain lookup for northgate-sample.example shows 1 website or server addresses. Domain Registration (WHOIS) Public mention Public DNS Resolution Public mention

These highlights are deterministically assembled from traceable facts; not a verdict.

Objective Comparison Highlights

  1. Compared item: Timeline. The official registry records the date as "2019-03-12"; The public record records the date as "2019-04-02". icris.cr.gov.hk Official registry

Screening Results

ListScreened atResultOfficial lookup route
International Sanctions & Watchlists Third-party aggregator · unverified 2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC [Log Not Found] —

Official Registry Findings

View Registry Details ↑ See Registry Details for the complete registration fields; this section lists only information not shown in that table.

Notable factual comparisons

The following are objective facts collected for side-by-side comparison, listed in parallel only; whether they are related and what they mean is for you to judge.

Comparison item Self-declared (source excerpt and page) Public record (value, source, and tier) Information time
Timeline

The official registry records the date as "2019-03-12"; The public record records the date as "2019-04-02".

The records above are presented side by side. Please decide whether they are related and what they mean.

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HK Companies Registry (official register) Official registry
2019-03-12

2019-03-12 company registration

Source page: https://www.icris.cr.gov.hk/

Domain Registration (WHOIS) Public mention
2019-04-02

2019-04-02 current domain registration

2019-03-12

2019-04-02

The domain registration is approximately 1 months (21 days) later than the company registration.

Network & Digital Footprint Details

Digital footprint (domain, website/server address, historical pages)

3
  1. Public mention

    Fact record
    WHOIS for northgate-sample.example lists a creation date of 2019-04-02 and a registrar name of Example Registrar.
    Registrar
    Example Registrar
    Source
    Domain Registration (WHOIS)
    Collected at
    2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC
  2. Public mention

    Fact record
    DNS A record for northgate-sample.example: 203.0.113.10.
    IP origin path
    The IP address(es) on this card (203.0.113.10) come from this run's DNS A-record response.
    A records
    203.0.113.10
    Source
    Public DNS Resolution
    Collected at
    2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC
  3. Public mention

    Fact record
    crt.sh lists a certificate for northgate-sample.example with notBefore 2024-01-18.
    Source
    Certificate Transparency Log (crt.sh)
    Collected at
    2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC
    Source link
    https://crt.sh/

    Historical entries in public certificate logs, showing HTTPS certificates issued for the domain.

Other source query records

2

Completed source queries that returned no record are listed here; this status is not a source failure.

  1. Fact record
    International Sanctions & Watchlists: this query returned no record.
    Query status
    [Log Not Found]
    Neutral context
    The query completed; this is not a source failure.
    Source
    International Sanctions & Watchlists
    Collected at
    2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC
  2. Fact record
    GLEIF global LEI database: queried name not listed.
    Query status
    [Log Not Found]
    Neutral context
    This database covers legal entities that have been assigned a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI).
    Source
    GLEIF Global Legal Entity Identifier
    Collected at
    2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC

Comprehensive Timeline

All dates come from collected records; dates derived by inference explicitly state their basis.

Date Event Source
2019-03-12 Company registration HK Companies Registry (official register) Official registry
2019-04-02 Domain creation / registration Domain Registration (WHOIS) Public mention
2026-06-15 International Sanctions & Watchlists screening International Sanctions & Watchlists Third-party aggregator · unverified

Official Registry Coverage

HK

Official registry · direct · HK Companies Registry

[Log Found]

Free-data boundary and paid lookup routes

The free public channel of the Hong Kong Companies Registry does not provide these fields:

Fields not provided by the free channel
directors, shareholders, share capital, company secretary
Document types commonly used in counterparty file checks
Certificate of Incorporation (CI), Business Registration Certificate (BRC), latest Annual Return (NAR1)

Principal Information Sources

Sources actually accessed or returned in this report are listed below; [Log Not Found] means the query completed and returned no record.

  1. HK Companies Registry (official register) [Log Found]
    Queried at: 2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC Source: Companies Registry, HKSAR Government, via DATA.GOV.HK. Intellectual property rights in the data belong to the Government of the HKSAR.
  2. Domain Registration (WHOIS) [Log Found]
    Domain Registration (WHOIS) API interface Queried at: 2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC
  3. Public DNS Resolution [Log Found]
    Public DNS Resolution API interface Queried at: 2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC
  4. Certificate Transparency Log (crt.sh) [Log Found]
    Queried at: 2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC
  5. International Sanctions & Watchlists [Log Not Found]
    International Sanctions & Watchlists API interface Queried at: 2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC
  6. GLEIF Global Legal Entity Identifier [Log Not Found]
    GLEIF Global Legal Entity Identifier API interface Queried at: 2026-06-15 08:00:00 UTC

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Original text: see the Raw Records volume

Items Not Covered in This Report

Information gaps are grouped as institutionally unavailable, technically blocked, or no public trace returned; states the gap fact only — not an evaluation of any source or company.

All sources were successfully covered in this report; no uncovered items.

Method and Status Notes

Source Classification

Source typeMeaning
Official registryRegistration records published directly by a government or statutory registry.
Third-party aggregator · unverifiedRecords aggregated or restated by a third-party platform and not checked field-by-field against the official source.
Self-declared · unverifiedStatements published on the queried company's own website or social pages.
Algorithmic ratingRatings or labels generated by an external platform's algorithm.
Public newsReports published by news media.
Public mentionMentions on other publicly accessible web pages.

What the labels mean

  • [Log Found]: the listed source returned a record in this query.
  • [Log Not Found]: the query completed and the listed source returned no record.
  • [Source Unavailable]: this source query did not complete for this run.

“Log Not Found” means only that the listed source or list returned no record at this screening time; it does not describe other sources or later states.

Disclaimer

This report presents objective signals from public sources only; it is not an evaluation, recommendation, or risk verdict on any company.

Generated by BastionLog · sample · not a live query · generated 2026-06-15

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