Public registers of power and money

Every official list that someone with power or privilege can appear on, from a parish councillor's register of interests to the UN sanctions list: 69 registers kept by 56 official bodies. Each entry says who is on the register, what it shows, how to search it, and links to the official source with the date we read it and a saved copy.

17 of them are searchable on this site, linked to the pages of the people and bodies they name: the House of Lords register of interests, donations to MPs and other politicians, the Privy Council, the UK Sanctions List, advice to former ministers on their new jobs, and more.

Want to ask for something that is not published? See how to hold power to account: Freedom of Information, environmental information, subject access requests, complaints and appeals.

Politicians and influence

Register of Members' Financial Interests (MPs) on this site
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. Who is on it: Every MP.
Register of Lords' Interests on this site
House of Lords Commissioner for Standards. Who is on it: Every member of the House of Lords.
List of Ministers' Interests on this site
Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests. Who is on it: Every government minister.
Ministers' gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings on this site
Each government department. Who is on it: Every government minister and senior official.
Business appointment advice for former ministers and officials (formerly ACOBA) on this site
Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests and Civil Service Commission (ACOBA until 13 October 2025). Who is on it: Former ministers, permanent secretaries, senior civil servants, special advisers and military officers.
Register of Consultant Lobbyists
Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists. Who is on it: Firms and people paid to lobby ministers and permanent secretaries on behalf of clients.
Scottish Lobbying Register
Scottish Parliament. Who is on it: Anyone who lobbies MSPs or Scottish ministers face to face.
Register of Interests of MSPs
Scottish Parliament. Who is on it: Every Member of the Scottish Parliament.
Register of Members' Interests (Northern Ireland Assembly)
Northern Ireland Assembly. Who is on it: Every MLA.
Register of Members' Interests (Senedd)
Senedd Commissioner for Standards. Who is on it: Every Member of the Senedd.
Councillors' registers of interests
Each council's monitoring officer. Who is on it: Every councillor in England, from parish councils to county councils and combined authorities.
Donations and loans to political parties on this site
Electoral Commission. Who is on it: Every registered political party and the people and companies who fund them.
Donations to MPs, MSPs, mayors, councillors and party members on this site
Electoral Commission. Who is on it: Regulated donees: MPs, MSPs, Senedd and Assembly members, mayors, police and crime commissioners, councillors, party leadership candidates and members' associations.
Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. Who is on it: MPs and peers who run all-party groups, and the companies and charities that fund or staff them.
MPs' business costs on this site
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). Who is on it: Every MP.
Members of the Privy Council on this site
Privy Council Office. Who is on it: Senior ministers past and present, senior judges, archbishops and royals.
Investigations by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. Who is on it: MPs under investigation for breaking the Code of Conduct.
Sitting MPs imprisoned since 1945
House of Commons Library. Who is on it: MPs jailed while sitting.

Public money and contracts

Contracts Finder
Cabinet Office. Who is on it: Every company that wins a public contract in England.
Find a Tender
Cabinet Office. Who is on it: Suppliers bidding for and winning higher-value public contracts across the UK.
Payments transparency register
Cabinet Office. Who is on it: Public bodies paying suppliers.
UK subsidy database
Department for Business and Trade. Who is on it: Companies and organisations given subsidies by public authorities.
Council spending over £500 on this site
Each local council. Who is on it: Every supplier paid by a council in England.

Companies, property and charities

Companies House register (directors and people with significant control)
Companies House. Who is on it: Every company director, secretary and person with significant control of a UK company.
Register of Overseas Entities
Companies House. Who is on it: Overseas companies that own UK land, and their beneficial owners and managing officers.
Register of disqualified company directors
Companies House and the Insolvency Service. Who is on it: Directors banned from running companies.
Individual Insolvency Register
The Insolvency Service. Who is on it: People made bankrupt or under a debt relief order or IVA in England and Wales.
Land and property ownership
HM Land Registry. Who is on it: Owners of land and property in England and Wales.
Property owned by UK and overseas companies
HM Land Registry. Who is on it: Companies that own land in England and Wales.
Register of charities (England and Wales) on this site
Charity Commission. Who is on it: Every registered charity and its trustees.
Scottish Charity Register
OSCR. Who is on it: Every Scottish charity.
Register of charities (Northern Ireland)
Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Who is on it: Every Northern Ireland charity.
Financial Services Register
Financial Conduct Authority. Who is on it: Every authorised bank, insurer, adviser and the senior managers approved to run them.
FCA Warning List of unauthorised firms
Financial Conduct Authority. Who is on it: Firms and people operating without FCA permission, including clones of real firms.
Gambling Commission public register
Gambling Commission. Who is on it: Licensed gambling businesses and the individuals licensed to manage them.

Sanctions, courts and enforcement

UK Sanctions List on this site
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Who is on it: Every person, company and ship under UK sanctions, including foreign politicians and officials.
Financial sanctions enforcement and penalties on this site
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (HM Treasury). Who is on it: Companies and people penalised for breaching financial sanctions.
Find Case Law
The National Archives. Who is on it: Parties to cases in the higher courts and tribunals, and the judges who decide them.
Employment tribunal decisions
HM Courts and Tribunals Service. Who is on it: Employers, including councils, government departments and big companies, taken to tribunal by staff.
Competition and Markets Authority cases on this site
Competition and Markets Authority. Who is on it: Companies investigated for mergers, cartels and consumer law breaches.
Charity Commission inquiry reports on this site
Charity Commission. Who is on it: Charities and trustees subject to statutory inquiries.
Regulatory judgements on social landlords on this site
Regulator of Social Housing. Who is on it: Housing associations and council landlords.
HSE register of convictions and notices
Health and Safety Executive. Who is on it: Employers and companies prosecuted or served notices for health and safety breaches in Great Britain.
Environment Agency public registers
Environment Agency. Who is on it: Companies holding environmental permits, waste carriers, brokers and dealers, and companies the Agency has prosecuted.
Register of waste carriers, brokers and dealers
Environment Agency. Who is on it: Everyone who transports or deals in waste in England.
Care Quality Commission ratings and reports
Care Quality Commission. Who is on it: Hospitals, GP surgeries, care homes and their registered managers.
FRC enforcement cases
Financial Reporting Council. Who is on it: Audit firms, auditors and accountants.
Police barred list
College of Policing. Who is on it: Police officers and staff dismissed from policing in England and Wales.
Whistleblowing: list of prescribed people and bodies on this site
Department for Business and Trade. Who is on it: Workers who blow the whistle.

Professions and regulated roles

Medical register (doctors)
General Medical Council. Who is on it: Every doctor licensed to practise in the UK.
Register of nurses, midwives and nursing associates
Nursing and Midwifery Council. Who is on it: Every nurse, midwife and nursing associate.
HCPC register
Health and Care Professions Council. Who is on it: Paramedics, physiotherapists, psychologists and other health professions.
Pharmacy register
General Pharmaceutical Council. Who is on it: Pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacies in Great Britain.
Accredited registers (counsellors, therapists and others)
Professional Standards Authority. Who is on it: Practitioners in roles the law does not regulate, such as counsellors.
Solicitors Register
Solicitors Regulation Authority. Who is on it: Every solicitor and law firm in England and Wales.
Barristers' Register
Bar Standards Board. Who is on it: Every practising barrister in England and Wales.
Teacher misconduct decisions (England)
Teaching Regulation Agency. Who is on it: Teachers referred for serious misconduct.
Register of teachers (Scotland)
General Teaching Council for Scotland. Who is on it: Every registered teacher in Scotland.
Register of teachers (Northern Ireland)
General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland. Who is on it: Every registered teacher in Northern Ireland.
Social work register (England)
Social Work England. Who is on it: Every social worker in England.
Register of SIA licence holders
Security Industry Authority. Who is on it: Door supervisors, security guards and close protection officers.

Information rights

Register of data protection fee payers
Information Commissioner's Office. Who is on it: Every organisation that processes personal data and pays the data protection fee.
ICO action taken (fines, notices and decisions)
Information Commissioner's Office. Who is on it: Public bodies and companies found in breach of information law.
WhatDoTheyKnow (independent)
mySociety (a charity, not an official body). Who is on it: Every public authority that receives FOI requests through it.

Global lists

UN Security Council Consolidated List
United Nations Security Council. Who is on it: People and organisations under UN sanctions.
World Bank Listing of Ineligible Firms and Individuals
World Bank Group. Who is on it: Firms and people barred from World Bank-financed contracts for fraud and corruption.
EU Transparency Register
European Parliament, Council and Commission. Who is on it: Organisations that lobby the EU institutions.
US Specially Designated Nationals list
US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control. Who is on it: People and companies under US sanctions.
Offshore Leaks Database (independent)
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (not an official body). Who is on it: People and companies named in the Panama, Paradise and Pandora papers.

Registers by level of power

There is no single official register of criminal convictions of people in office. Convictions are shown on this site only where an official or court source publishes them. Registers are published under the law that created each one; we republish only what the register itself makes public, and never home addresses unless the register publishes them. Report an error.