{"source":"Hell of a Partner","url":"https://hellofapartner.com/company/seed-walkers-shortbread-gb","human_page":"https://hellofapartner.com/company/seed-walkers-shortbread-gb","license":"Free to cite with attribution and a link.","generated_for":"AI agents and procurement systems","note":"A machine-readable passport for one company: the same facts and the same verdict shown on the human page. Each signal carries an openable source you can re-check; dimensions we could not yet check are listed under `unchecked`, never hidden. `coherence` cross-checks facts that are weak alone but strong together (identity across sources, tax+customs, a corporate email domain, a verified peer naming this company, the founding/domain/web-archive timeline). Reported facts, not an endorsement. Verify any supplier yourself in its national registry: https://hellofapartner.com/how-to-verify-a-supplier","company":{"id":"seed-walkers-shortbread-gb","name":"Walkers Shortbread","country":"GB","country_confirmed":true,"city":"Aberlour","marketplace_role":null,"marketplace_role_basis":null,"marketplace_role_label":"Role not established by any record","marketplace_intent":null,"product_origin_disclosure":null,"production_model":{"model":"own_production_or_unspecified","basis":null,"website_statement":null},"production_partner":null,"record_mode":"marketplace_listing","website":"walkersshortbread.com","website_status":"live","website_candidates":[],"founded_year":1898,"founded_year_basis":"catalogue_record_unconfirmed","founded_year_conflict":null,"size":"201-500"},"verification":{"scope":"legal_identity_not_manufacturing_status","status":"verified","vat":null,"registry":null,"registry_reference":null},"trust_verdict":{"criteria":[{"dimension":"operating","label":"Exists and is operating now","status":"green","evidence":[{"key":"registry-activity","label":"registry-activity","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"official-record","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233","source_label":"Companies House","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"domain-live","label":"Website live","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"walkersshortbread.com","source_label":null,"observed_at":"2026-09-30T02:30:19.077+00:00"},{"key":"identity-verified","label":"Identity verified","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"company-confirmed","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":null,"source_label":"Hell of a Partner identity check","observed_at":null},{"key":"ch-active","label":"Active in the UK registry","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"official-record","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233","source_label":"Companies House","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"domain-registered","label":"Website domain registered","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://rdap.org/domain/walkersshortbread.com","source_label":"Domain registry record","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"location-consistent","label":"Contact matches country","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"crosscheck-inference","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":null,"source_label":"Phone country code on their own site","observed_at":null}]},{"dimension":"record","label":"Clean record, no blacklist hit","status":"green","evidence":[{"key":"sanctions-clear","label":"No match found on the sanctions lists we checked","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://www.opensanctions.org/search/?q=Walkers%20Shortbread","source_label":"OpenSanctions","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"debarment-clear","label":"No match found in the debarment registers we checked","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://www.opensanctions.org/search/?q=Walkers%20Shortbread","source_label":"OpenSanctions","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"web-presence-since","label":"First recorded on the web archive","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://web.archive.org/web/19990101000000*/walkersshortbread.com","source_label":"Internet Archive (Wayback)","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"certificate-page-on-site","label":"Certificates named on their own site","confirms_production":false,"evidence_type":"company-confirmed","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://www.walkersshortbread.com/awards-accreditations/","source_label":"Company's own certification page","observed_at":"2026-08-11"}]},{"dimension":"obligations","label":"No debts or court trouble","status":"green","evidence":[{"key":"annual-accounts-filed","label":"Annual accounts filed with the register","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"official-record","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/filing-history","source_label":"Companies House (accounts)","observed_at":"2026-08-03"}]},{"dimension":"people","label":"Sound people behind it","status":"green","evidence":[{"key":"leadership-on-record","label":"Directors named in the company register","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"official-record","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/officers","source_label":"Companies House (officers)","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"ownership-on-record","label":"Owners named in the company register","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"official-record","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/persons-with-significant-control","source_label":"Companies House (PSC)","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"directors-on-file","label":"Named directors on file","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"official-record","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/officers","source_label":"Companies House","observed_at":"2026-08-03"}]},{"dimension":"confirmed","label":"Independently confirmed","status":"green","evidence":[{"key":"lei-active","label":"Active legal entity ID (LEI)","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://search.gleif.org/#/search/simpleSearch=Walkers%20Shortbread","source_label":"GLEIF","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"media-mention","label":"Mentioned in independent media","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://www.foodbev.com/news/walkers-shortbread-targets-sharing-occasions-with-launch-of-wee-chunkies","source_label":"foodbev.com","observed_at":"2026-05-19"},{"key":"certs-verifiable","label":"Certifications verifiable","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"crosscheck-inference","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://www.iafcertsearch.org/","source_label":"IAF CertSearch","observed_at":null}]},{"dimension":"reachable","label":"Reachable and responsive","status":"green","evidence":[{"key":"corporate-mail-on-domain","label":"Business email on the company's own domain","confirms_production":null,"evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"source_url":"https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=mx%3awalkersshortbread.com&run=toolpage","source_label":"Mail server of the company domain","observed_at":"2026-08-03"}]}],"contradictions":[]},"coherence":{"identity_corroborated":null,"tax_customs_coherent":false,"corporate_email_domain":false,"named_by_verified_peer":null,"production_corroborated":false,"first_government_record_gap_years":127,"domain_owner":null,"addresses_agree":null,"domain_owner_is_person":false,"domain_owner_is_officer":false,"timeline":{"points":[{"year":1898,"source":"foundedListed"},{"year":1997,"source":"domain"},{"year":1999,"source":"webArchive"},{"year":2025,"source":"accountsFiled"}],"consistent":true,"flags":[],"verdict":"young-domain"}},"findings":[],"licences":{"status":"NOT_CHECKED","explanation":"no-official-claims","observed_at":"2026-08-11","claims":[{"key":"certificate-page-on-site","status":"amber","evidence_type":"company-confirmed","freshness":"timeless","source_url":"https://www.walkersshortbread.com/awards-accreditations/","source_label":"Company's own certification page","observed_at":"2026-08-11"}]},"sites":[],"relationship_graph":{"graph_version":"1u2zqqu","coverage":"has_confirmed","total_edges":3,"shown_edges":3,"truncated":false,"groups":[{"type":"owner","count":1},{"type":"officer","count":2}],"root_id":"card:seed-walkers-shortbread-gb","nodes":[{"id":"card:seed-walkers-shortbread-gb","kind":"company","official_name":"Walkers Shortbread","country":"GB","card_id":"seed-walkers-shortbread-gb","root":true},{"id":"name:mr joseph nicol walker","kind":"person","official_name":"Mr Joseph Nicol Walker"},{"id":"officers","kind":"person","official_name":"","count":7,"others":true},{"id":"person:stephen lawrence mccarney","kind":"person","official_name":"Stephen Lawrence Mccarney"}],"edges":[{"role":"significant-control","time":"current","evidence":"confirmed","affiliation_weight":"strong","grounds":["significant-influence-or-control"],"basis_key":"record-in-source","basis_params":{"source":"Companies House (PSC)"},"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/persons-with-significant-control","source_label":"Companies House (PSC)","source_fact_id":"ownership-on-record:1nb0y9k","type":"owner","id":"name:mr joseph nicol walker|card:seed-walkers-shortbread-gb|significant-control","from":"name:mr joseph nicol walker","to":"card:seed-walkers-shortbread-gb","records":[{"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/persons-with-significant-control","source_label":"Companies House (PSC)","source_fact_id":"ownership-on-record:1nb0y9k"}]},{"type":"officer","role":"officer","time":"current","evidence":"confirmed","affiliation_weight":"strong","basis_key":"record-in-source","basis_params":{"source":"Companies House"},"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/officers","source_label":"Companies House","source_fact_id":"directors-on-file:1k2k8d9","id":"officers|card:seed-walkers-shortbread-gb|officer","from":"officers","to":"card:seed-walkers-shortbread-gb","records":[{"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/officers","source_label":"Companies House","source_fact_id":"directors-on-file:1k2k8d9"}]},{"type":"officer","role":"officer","time":"current","evidence":"confirmed","affiliation_weight":"strong","basis_key":"record-in-source","basis_params":{"source":"Companies House"},"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/officers","source_label":"Companies House (officers)","source_fact_id":"leadership-on-record:3c4r2g","id":"person:stephen lawrence mccarney|card:seed-walkers-shortbread-gb|officer","from":"person:stephen lawrence mccarney","to":"card:seed-walkers-shortbread-gb","records":[{"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/officers","source_label":"Companies House (officers)","source_fact_id":"leadership-on-record:3c4r2g"}]}],"expand":null},"signals":[{"key":"registry-activity","label":"registry-activity","record_type":"registry-activity","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"operating","status":"green","evidence_type":"official-record","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233","source_label":"Companies House","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"domain-live","label":"Website live","record_type":"domain-live","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"operating","status":"green","evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"walkersshortbread.com","source_label":null,"observed_at":"2026-09-30T02:30:19.077+00:00"},{"key":"identity-verified","label":"Identity verified","record_type":"identity-verified","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"operating","status":"green","evidence_type":"company-confirmed","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":null,"source_label":"Hell of a Partner identity check","observed_at":null},{"key":"ch-active","label":"Active in the UK registry","record_type":"ch-active","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"operating","status":"green","evidence_type":"official-record","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233","source_label":"Companies House","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"domain-registered","label":"Website domain registered","record_type":"domain-registered","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"operating","status":"green","evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://rdap.org/domain/walkersshortbread.com","source_label":"Domain registry record","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"location-consistent","label":"Contact matches country","record_type":"location-consistent","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"operating","status":"green","evidence_type":"crosscheck-inference","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":null,"source_label":"Phone country code on their own site","observed_at":null},{"key":"sanctions-clear","label":"No match found on the sanctions lists we checked","record_type":"sanctions-clear","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"record","status":"green","evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://www.opensanctions.org/search/?q=Walkers%20Shortbread","source_label":"OpenSanctions","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"debarment-clear","label":"No match found in the debarment registers we checked","record_type":"debarment-clear","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"record","status":"green","evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://www.opensanctions.org/search/?q=Walkers%20Shortbread","source_label":"OpenSanctions","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"web-presence-since","label":"First recorded on the web archive","record_type":"web-presence-since","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"record","status":"green","evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://web.archive.org/web/19990101000000*/walkersshortbread.com","source_label":"Internet Archive (Wayback)","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"certificate-page-on-site","label":"Certificates named on their own site","record_type":"certificate-page-on-site","confirms_production":false,"dimension":"record","status":"amber","evidence_type":"company-confirmed","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://www.walkersshortbread.com/awards-accreditations/","source_label":"Company's own certification page","observed_at":"2026-08-11"},{"key":"annual-accounts-filed","label":"Annual accounts filed with the register","record_type":"annual-accounts-filed","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"obligations","status":"green","evidence_type":"official-record","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/filing-history","source_label":"Companies House (accounts)","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"leadership-on-record","label":"Directors named in the company register","record_type":"leadership-on-record","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"people","status":"green","evidence_type":"official-record","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/officers","source_label":"Companies House (officers)","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"ownership-on-record","label":"Owners named in the company register","record_type":"ownership-on-record","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"people","status":"green","evidence_type":"official-record","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/persons-with-significant-control","source_label":"Companies House (PSC)","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"directors-on-file","label":"Named directors on file","record_type":"directors-on-file","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"people","status":"green","evidence_type":"official-record","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC063233/officers","source_label":"Companies House","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"lei-active","label":"Active legal entity ID (LEI)","record_type":"lei-active-by-name","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"confirmed","status":"green","evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://search.gleif.org/#/search/simpleSearch=Walkers%20Shortbread","source_label":"GLEIF","observed_at":"2026-08-03"},{"key":"media-mention","label":"Mentioned in independent media","record_type":"media-mention","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"confirmed","status":"green","evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://www.foodbev.com/news/walkers-shortbread-targets-sharing-occasions-with-launch-of-wee-chunkies","source_label":"foodbev.com","observed_at":"2026-05-19"},{"key":"certs-verifiable","label":"Certifications verifiable","record_type":"certs-verifiable","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"confirmed","status":"amber","evidence_type":"crosscheck-inference","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://www.iafcertsearch.org/","source_label":"IAF CertSearch","observed_at":null},{"key":"corporate-mail-on-domain","label":"Business email on the company's own domain","record_type":"corporate-mail-on-domain","confirms_production":null,"dimension":"reachable","status":"green","evidence_type":"our-observation","needs_attention":false,"attention_class":null,"identifier":null,"source_url":"https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=mx%3awalkersshortbread.com&run=toolpage","source_label":"Mail server of the company domain","observed_at":"2026-08-03"}],"partner_reviews":[],"claimed_presence":[],"unchecked":[{"dimension":"maker","label":"A maker, not a middleman","status":"not_yet_checked"},{"dimension":"insurance","label":"Liability / trade insurance","status":"not_checked","note":"No public register of insurance policies exists; verified from documents at claim time."}],"schema_org":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://hellofapartner.com/company/seed-walkers-shortbread-gb#org","mainEntityOfPage":"https://hellofapartner.com/company/seed-walkers-shortbread-gb","name":"Walkers Shortbread","url":"https://hellofapartner.com/company/seed-walkers-shortbread-gb","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressCountry":"GB"},"sameAs":["https://walkersshortbread.com"]}}