Independent verification of a spouse's financial disclosure in divorce proceedings, checking it against publicly available and lawfully obtained records.
Form E and equivalent financial disclosure in divorce proceedings relies substantially on self-reporting. A spouse motivated to understate assets or income has both the opportunity and, in contested proceedings, sometimes the incentive to do so, and standard disclosure review does not always catch undisclosed business interests, property, or income sources that do not appear in the paperwork provided. Independent verification closes that gap before a financial settlement is agreed on incomplete information.
An independent verification of a spouse's financial disclosure, cross-referencing declared assets, business interests and income against publicly available and lawfully obtained records, and flagging any material inconsistency for your solicitor's attention.
Corporate and directorship interests not disclosed in Form E
Property ownership, current and recently transferred
Lifestyle and spending patterns inconsistent with declared income
Offshore structures or interests not fully disclosed
A clear summary of material inconsistencies for your solicitor
Corporate registry and property record analysis, cross-referenced against the declared financial disclosure, combined with open-source research into lifestyle indicators where relevant, with every finding verified by a named analyst before it is reported.
It is most commonly instructed where non-disclosure is suspected, but is also used proactively in higher-value settlements to confirm disclosure is complete before an agreement is finalised.
Where offshore structures leave a traceable footprint through connected UK entities or public records, this is included as part of the scope.
This service is scoped specifically to divorce and family financial disclosure, verifying a spouse's declared position under Form E. Where the matter is not a family proceeding, tracing hidden assets in a fraud, dispute or recovery context, our Fraud & Asset Intelligence capability covers that broader work, including its own lifestyle evidence module where spending needs documenting as standalone evidence.
No. It is built entirely from publicly available information and lawfully obtained records, without contacting the other party.
Findings are documented and sourced to a standard suitable for your solicitor to use in proceedings, though how they are deployed is a matter for your legal team's strategy.
Every enquiry is reviewed by an analyst and routed to a scoping call, a fixed fee is confirmed in writing before any work begins.