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Build a target universe
Search builder
Combine classification, status, permissions, location, SEC footprint, people, relationship and source-identifier criteria into a precise, repeatable population.
Platform
The regulated-firm market, made searchable.
Hackford joins FCA, SEC, Companies House and proprietary classification data into one product layer — so your team can find firms, understand their regulatory footprint, monitor change, and push the results into CRM, exports and API workflows.
Hackford supports research, segmentation and monitoring. It should not replace formal checks against the relevant official registers.
Public + proprietary sources
FCA Register
90,000+ firmsFirm status, FRNs, permissions, people roles
SEC adviser data
23,000+ advisersRIAs, ERAs, CRD numbers, file numbers, CIKs
Companies House
Entity linksCompany numbers, SIC codes, entity context
People & relationships
82,000+ peopleSMF moves, AR and principal relationships
Joined & classified
One firm recordFRN · CRD · CH no.
Searchable, classified, monitored
SegmentPermissionsSenior managersRelationshipsLatest change
90,000+
FCA-regulated firms
82,000+
Senior managers tracked
23,000+
SEC RIAs and ERAs
33,000+
AR and principal links
4,000+
Role changes / month
698
Dual FCA + SEC firms
Why Hackford
The point isn't more data. It's a market you can actually work.
The FCA and SEC publish important data, but they don't make it easy to segment firms, compare regulatory footprints or turn results into usable lists. Hackford adds the structure, classification and monitoring that make the market workable.
Skip the manual register work
Stop stitching the FCA Register, SEC adviser data and Companies House together by hand. Hackford joins them into one searchable, classified view of the regulated market.
Find the firms worth speaking to
Build precise populations by permission, status, firm type, role, relationship or cross-border footprint — so research and outreach start from the right list, not a raw register dump.
Know the moment something changes
Saved searches and watchlists surface new authorisations, senior-manager moves, permission shifts, requirements, fines and relationship changes as they appear.
Put the data straight to work
Export CRM-ready target lists, enrich account records through the API, or feed Hackford data into internal tools and reports using stable firm IDs and source identifiers.
Inside the platform
One data layer, four surfaces you move between.
Search, profiles, watchlists and exports share the same firm model — so a broad market question flows into firm review, monitoring and delivery without rebuilding anything along the way.
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See the full regulatory footprint
Firm profiles
Open a firm to read source identifiers, status, permissions, senior roles, Companies House context and relationship history in one place — with every field traceable to its register.
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Monitor change without the chasing
Watchlists
Track role changes, permission movement, requirements, fines and relationship updates across a saved population, so the same market keeps reporting back to you.
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Deliver into the workflow
Exports and enrichment
Move from results to structured exports and API enrichment with identifiers, classifications, regulatory footprint, source coverage and latest-change fields attached.
Data foundation
A joined view across regulatory, company and classification data.
Coverage varies by source and plan. The platform exposes source context clearly, so teams can always see which register, identifier or signal supports a view.
FCA Register
Firm status, FRNs, permissions, requirements, addresses, people roles, appointed representatives and principal relationships.
Companies House
Company numbers, SIC codes and company context that help separate trading firms, legal entities and market segments.
Hackford classifications
Primary segment, subsegment, activity tags, confidence labels and review status built for market mapping and CRM segmentation.
SEC adviser data
Registered investment advisers, exempt reporting advisers, CRD numbers, SEC file numbers and CIKs for cross-border resolution.
Fines and enforcement
FCA fines, requirements and FOS decision signals that create useful review, monitoring and outreach triggers.
People and relationships
SMF and controlled-function movement, plus current, previous and newly visible AR or principal relationships, joined to firm classifications.
In practice
Questions Hackford already answers.
The same surfaces are backed by the datasets Hackford uses for public reports, API workflows and customer projects — these are live figures, not illustrations.
240
dual-regulated investment managers
UK firms with both FCA permissions and an SEC adviser footprint, resolved automatically for cross-border review.
60+
new MiFID investment firms
New-entrant monitoring spots firms entering a target segment before static market lists catch up.
230
new active fund-host AR relationships
The UK Fund Host Report 2026 uses Hackford relationship data to map movement across the fund-hosting market.
Use cases
For teams that need cleaner regulated-firm workflows.
CRM enrichment for financial services account data
Market mapping for compliance, regtech, legal and distribution teams
Regulatory hosting and appointed representative relationship analysis
Cross-border FCA and SEC adviser firm research
Senior-manager and control-function movement monitoring
Target-list exports for business development and account research
API
Use Hackford data for firm resolution, CRM enrichment, relationship search and structured exports.
View APIConsultancy
Commission bespoke datasets, reports, CRM review, market analysis or internal tooling around Hackford data.
View consultancyPublic firm profiles
Browse a public sample of Hackford firm profiles with firm status, identifiers and regulatory context.
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See Hackford with your target market.
Bring a segment, CRM problem or regulatory question and Hackford can show the searches, watchlists and exports that fit the workflow.
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