ALIX gives UK businesses a clear, structured picture of any overseas supplier before money changes hands. No jargon. No complexity. Just the truth.
Suppliers show you what they want you to see. Platforms profit from volume, not your outcomes. The risks are real and largely invisible until it is too late.
Trading companies presenting as factories. Addresses that do not match real facilities. Businesses operating under identities they are not legally entitled to use.
Production capacity figures that do not hold up. Staff headcounts contradicting insured records. Certifications belonging to entirely different facilities.
ISO, CE and other documents that are expired, unverifiable or fabricated. Without cross-referencing the issuing body, there is no way to know.
Registered capital looking healthy on paper with nothing actually paid in. Live court disputes and unpaid debts that never surface in a standard search.
Platforms earn revenue from supplier listings. A paid badge reflects who spent money on promotion, not who passed an independent assessment.
Chinese government registries, court records and customs data are publicly available. They are written entirely in Mandarin and require specialist knowledge to interpret.
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No software to install and no lengthy intake process. Tell us who you are evaluating and we will do the work.
Share the name, location and any details you have about the supplier or manufacturer you are considering. A company name or Alibaba link is enough to get started.
Takes two minutesWe cross-reference Chinese government registries, court records, customs export data, social insurance filings and platform activity. All sources are in Mandarin. All checks are independent.
Within 48 hoursA structured PDF written in plain English. A clear risk verdict at the top. Specific findings below. What to ask next. What to watch out for. Everything you need before you decide.
Delivered to your inboxWe work from sources that suppliers cannot curate or manipulate. Official registries. Court records. Customs filings. Insured headcount.
Confirmed via China's SAMR database. Active, suspended or flagged.
What the company is legally permitted to do compared to what they tell you.
Registered capital on paper is meaningless. We verify what has actually been contributed.
Disputes, unpaid debts and fraud cases from China's Supreme Court registry.
Insured headcount cross-checked against claimed figures. A frequent red flag.
Confirms whether the company genuinely exports and to which markets.
Cross-referenced with issuing bodies. Expired, unrelated or fabricated certificates flagged.
Green, amber or red. What it means. What to do next. Written for founders, not lawyers.
Most due diligence reports are written by and for legal departments. ALIX reports are designed for the person running the business. Someone who needs a straight answer quickly and without wading through technical language.
Every report concludes with a plain-language verdict, the specific findings behind it, and a recommended set of next steps or conditions before you proceed.
Because ALIX earns its revenue from buyers and never from suppliers, our conclusions carry no commercial conflict of interest. A supplier cannot pay to improve their assessment.
The tools that exist are either too expensive and complex for SMEs or too shallow to be meaningful. ALIX sits in the space between.
We specialise in suppliers across China, Vietnam and wider Asia. The regions where most UK SMEs source and where most problems originate.
Enterprise due diligence costs thousands per engagement. ALIX is designed to be accessible to businesses placing their first or fifth overseas order.
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No commercial relationships with any supplier we assess. No affiliated factory network. No commission on introductions. Our only interest is your outcome.
No compliance jargon and no 40-page documents. A structured, readable report with a clear conclusion you can act on immediately.
Evaluating a new supplier for the first time or re-checking an existing one after concerns arise. Either way, the same structured process applies.
Tell us who you are evaluating and we will be in touch within one business day to confirm details and proceed.