Search and monitor FCA regulated companies
Distos turns the FCA Register into an AI-enriched monitoring platform for compliance, operations and risk teams who need to check firms & people, verify permissions and track regulatory change.
Turn the FCA Register into a compliance monitoring workflow
Check, screen, monitor and refresh FCA-regulated firm data - without relying on one-off searches or stale spreadsheets.
Check FCA firms, FRNs and company profiles in one place
Distos helps compliance teams move from single-record lookups to structured checks across firms, trading names and regulatory profiles.
- Search by firm name, FRN, trading name, status, permission and activity.
- Review core FCA Register fields alongside enrichment signals.
- Create reusable checks for onboarding, reviews and counterparty screening.
Check FCA permissions and regulated activities more clearly
Turn complex permission and activity data into practical filters that help teams triage firms before deeper verification.
- Filter firms by permission profile, status, activity and firm type.
- Shortlist records that need review, escalation or official-source verification.
- Compare permission patterns across cohorts, networks and watchlists.
Monitor people, controllers and appointed representative relationships
Distos makes it easier to understand the relationships around regulated firms and spot changes that can matter for oversight.
- Identify appointed representatives, principal firms and connected networks.
- Track people, controllers and firm relationships across FCA records.
- Surface relationship changes that may need compliance review.
Keep compliance watchlists current as FCA records change
Move from static spreadsheets to monitored lists that update as regulated firms change status, permissions or relationships.
- Build watchlists for customers, counterparties, introducers and regulated networks.
- Receive alerts for permission, status, authorisation and AR changes.
- Export structured views for compliance workflows and internal review packs.
From FCA record to monitored watchlist
Distos turns regulatory search into a repeatable compliance workflow: define the checks, review the records, then monitor the firms, people and relationships that matter.
Define the firm, permission, activity, person or appointed representative pattern you need to check.
Use Distos enrichment to convert FCA Register records into structured review and screening lists.
Monitor changes, export evidence and refresh watchlists as regulated firms change status or relationships.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about using Distos for FCA company checks, permission screening, appointed representative monitoring and compliance watchlists.