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Automated pattern detection for shell companies, nominee directors, and portfolio landlords — powered by graph inference across 14 M+ relationships.

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Shell Company Detection

Flags companies with high cash reserves, no physical footprint, and minimal trading activity. Detects entities commonly used to obscure beneficial ownership.

C
APEX VENTURES LTD
09876543
High Risk
No employees
High cash reserves
No website
Recently incorporated
Risk score87 / 100

Nominee Director Detection

Identifies persons controlling an unusually high number of unrelated companies. Configurable threshold lets you tune sensitivity for your risk appetite.

P
John Smith
PSC-4F8A
Warning
Active directorships47
Each block = 1 company
Detection threshold10
150

Residential Landlord Detection

Surfaces companies owning many residential properties, typical of portfolio landlord structures that may require enhanced scrutiny.

C
PROPERTY HOLDINGS LTD
04567890
Residential properties156
Each triangle = 1 property title
Portfolio landlordEnhanced scrutiny

Inference Engine

Three detection endpoints analyze the graph to surface suspicious patterns. Each uses configurable parameters and returns scored results with explanations. Shell companies are scored on multiple weighted signals. Nominee directors use a configurable threshold. Portfolio landlords are detected by property count and type.

Scoring breakdown
No employees reported
25
Cash > £100k
20
No web presence
15
Incorporated < 2 years
15
Registered agent address
10
Single director
10
Dormant accounts filed
5
Composite score75 / 100

INTEGRATION

Credit Reports

Creditsafe integration provides financial risk assessments including credit scores, payment behaviour, CCJs, and recommended credit limits. Available on Pro and Enterprise plans.

ProEnterprise
Credit Score
72
out of 100
Medium
Payment behaviourGenerally on time
CCJsNone found
Credit limit£45,000
Risk levelMedium

Agent Integration

Glasshouse Agents autonomously use detectShellCompanies, detectNomineeDirectors, and detectResidentialLandlords tools during investigations. The agent interprets results and flags high-risk entities automatically.

Agent InvestigationStep 4 of 7
detectShellCompanies
2 flagged
detectNomineeDirectors
1 flagged
detectResidentialLandlords
0 flagged
Agent summary: Detected 2 potential shell companies and 1 nominee director pattern in the network. Residential landlord screening clear. Recommending enhanced due diligence.
glasshouse
$ glasshouse company sanctions 00000006
NAME MATCH TYPE SCORE SOURCE
Example Holdings PLC Exact 0.98 OFSI Consolidated List
Example Corp Ltd Fuzzy 0.74 UN Security Council
$ glasshouse inference shell-companies --min-cash 100000
COMPANY NUMBER SCORE FLAGS
Apex Ventures Ltd 09876543 87 no_employees, high_cash, no_website, recent_incorp
Sentinel Group Ltd 08765432 72 no_employees, high_cash, dormant_accounts
Prism Nominees Ltd 07654321 65 no_employees, registered_agent, single_director

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