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SaaS & Software Vendors Supplier Due Diligence
Vendrpulse runs vendor due diligence on saas & software vendors suppliers across the UK — Companies House filings, director history, insolvency flags and sentiment, scored against the value of the contract in front of you.
What we check for saas & software vendors suppliers
- check_circleCompanies House filing history and confirmation statements
- check_circleDirector history, disqualifications and prior company failures
- check_circleInsolvency and County Court Judgment (CCJ) flags
- check_circleCharges and mortgages registered against the company
- check_circleSentiment and reputational signals from UK press and reviews
Common risks in saas & software vendors
- warningLate or overdue accounts and confirmation statements
- warningRecent director resignations or frequent officer churn
- warningDeteriorating liquidity against sector benchmarks
- warningUndisclosed group structure or related-party dependence
Check a saas & software vendors supplier
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SaaS & Software Vendors due diligence — FAQs
- How do I assess whether a SaaS vendor will still exist in three years?
- Look at the funding stage on Companies House share filings, the cash burn implied by the latest filed accounts, and the runway that gives them at current losses. A Series A vendor with 12 months of cash and no near-term revenue inflection is a different risk profile to a profitable bootstrapped business of the same size.
- What contract clauses protect me if a SaaS supplier is acquired?
- You want a change-of-control clause that lets you exit without penalty, a source-code escrow arrangement for business-critical platforms, and a data-portability commitment with format specified. Without these, an acquisition can leave you locked into a price hike with no realistic switch path.
- How do I check a SaaS vendor's data-protection posture?
- Ask for the current ISO 27001 certificate, SOC 2 Type II report and a DPIA-ready data-flow diagram. UK vendors processing personal data should also be on the ICO's register; a missing entry on a company that claims to be GDPR-compliant is a straightforward red flag.
- What does a SaaS vendor's gross retention rate actually tell me?
- Ask for gross dollar retention and logo retention separately. Gross retention below 90% on a B2B SaaS means customers are leaving for product reasons, not just downgrading. If they won't share the number, treat that as the answer.
- How do I judge whether a UK SaaS vendor can support enterprise SLAs?
- Headcount on Companies House confirmation statements gives you a rough engineering team size. A 12-person company quoting 24/7 support is almost certainly relying on on-call rotation; ask for the incident-response runbook and historical Sev-1 response times.