Research
Cross-border company checks, official data sources and open standards, for policymakers, registers, banks, customs authorities and traders.
Global Credibility Centre
Global Credibility, Worldwide Influence,
Universal Access.
Global Credibility Centre (GCC) is an independent think tank in London. We study how businesses in different countries can check each other's facts without taking anyone's word for it, and we run a free public service that does exactly that.
Official sources first.
See how GCRef works↗Freeto issue and to check, for every company
Neutralno ratings, rankings or opinions
Openmethods published and open to challenge
Our work is for
- Policymakers
- Company registers
- Banks
- Customs authorities
- Traders
- International organisations
- Public bodies
- Researchers
- Procurement teams
- Business executives
What we do
A think tank that runs what it recommends.
Cross-border trade depends on knowing who you are dealing with. We research how official records and open standards can answer that question, and we put the answer into public use.
Digital Public Infrastructure
We build and run Global Corporate Reference (GCRef), receive its funding and are accountable for how it is run.
Dialogue
We work with company registers, public bodies and international organisations on how official records can be used across borders.
Publishing
We publish Global Executives, a quarterly about business executives, edited apart from the public service.
Global Corporate Reference
One signed record of a company. Anyone can check it.
GCRef is a free public service. It turns official company register records into a signed credential, the Global Registry Pass, that anyone can check, in any country, without an account.
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Official records
From the register itself
Facts are read from company registers and their published files. Code decides what is stated, not people or models.
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Global Registry Pass
A signed credential
Each company's facts are signed and time-stamped, so any change to them can be detected.
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Check it anywhere
Free and the same for all
A partner, bank or customs officer can check a Pass and its current status at any time, at no cost.
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Nothing on people
Company facts only
GCRef stores no data about natural persons, and publishes no score, rating or ranking.
Issuance and checking are free and identical for every company. Paid services (integration support, enterprise assurance, coverage licences and register services) are never priced per check and cannot influence any fact.
Visit GCRef↗Publishing
Global Executives.
In-depth case studies of how business leaders in emerging markets build and run their companies.
Profiles built on facts
Before a profile runs, its subject is approached with the facts, the sources and a way to object. A rejection stops publication.
Paid pieces labelled
Every paid piece says so on the page. Payment adds coverage and never makes anyone else's profile worse.
Icon of the Year
Chosen by the editors each year. It cannot be bought.
What we stand for
Facts that do not depend on who pays.
Official sources first
Facts come from official company registers, not from opinion, reviews or self-description.
Open to challenge
Our methods are published. Anyone can question them or report a mistake, and we answer.
Independent
Our directors set our agenda. We welcome funding from international organisations, NGOs and governments. Funders are named publicly, and none can change a fact, rule or coverage decision.
Partnership
Credibility services with Shinetrum International.
Shinetrum International builds Digital Trust Assets for founders and executives: work that carries your leadership voice into rooms, markets and languages you cannot reach in person. We work together on credibility services: Shinetrum tells the story, and the company facts behind it can be checked by anyone on GCRef, straight from the official register.
Contact
Work with the Centre.
Company registers, public bodies, international organisations, funders and researchers are welcome to get in touch.
- info@gccentre.org
- Websites
- www.gccentre.org
www.gcref.org
www.globalexecutives.net - Address
- Global Credibility Centre
Sovereign House, 1 Albert Place
London N3 1QB, United Kingdom - Registration
- Registered in England and Wales, company number 17546568