Data provenance
See the evidence behind the answer.
DataGardener MCP returns the source, source date, intelligence module, company registration number and usage with records so an AI agent can show the evidence behind every answer.
Provenance as product design
Your agent should show its working.
Every DataGardener MCP record can carry the source it came from, the date of that source, the intelligence module that produced it, the company registration number it belongs to and the usage consumed. See the evidence behind the answer.
Source
Which register, filing or dataset the fact came from
Source date
The period or date of the underlying document
Intelligence module
Which layer and tool produced it
Record identity
The Companies House registration number
Usage
What the call consumed, reported with the result
A real record, with its provenance
search_ukgaapAUTOMOTIVE PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
- Turnover
- Not disclosed (small company filing)
- Cash at bank
- £6,662
- Trade debtors
- £284,748
- Shareholders' funds
- £59,199
- Employees
- 11
Public Companies House filing retrieved through DataGardener MCP on 3 October 2026. Shown to illustrate provenance only.
Sources by layer
Where each intelligence layer comes from.
DataGardener draws on 40+ verified data sources, updated daily. Public-record sources are used under the Open Government Licence. The table lists the principal source categories per layer; the agent reports the specific source with each record.
| Layer | Principal sources | Date carried on records |
|---|---|---|
| Company Intelligence | Companies House; DataGardener company index | Filing, notice or snapshot date |
| Financial Intelligence | Companies House iXBRL accounts; DataGardener accounts data index | Filing, notice or snapshot date |
| People and Directors | Companies House officers | Filing, notice or snapshot date |
| Ownership | Companies House PSC register; Confirmation statements; DataGardener group structure | Filing, notice or snapshot date |
| Risk | Companies House; Registered charges; DataGardener risk indicators | Filing, notice or snapshot date |
| Lending | Companies House charges register; DataGardener lending intelligence | Filing, notice or snapshot date |
| Procurement | Contracts Finder; Find a Tender and Central Digital Platform notices (OCDS) | Filing, notice or snapshot date |
| Public Spend | Published payments over £500 and £25,000; DataGardener spend data | Filing, notice or snapshot date |
| Property and Land | HM Land Registry corporate ownership; HM Land Registry price paid | Filing, notice or snapshot date |
| Contacts | DataGardener contact data | Filing, notice or snapshot date |
| Local and Regional Economy | DataGardener aggregations across company and procurement indexes | Filing, notice or snapshot date |
| International Trade | HMRC importer and exporter data; DataGardener global revenue dataset | Filing, notice or snapshot date |
Quality methodology
DataGardener's quality management system is certified to ISO 9001. Records are resolved to Companies House registration numbers so facts from different sources describe the same company.
Freshness
The platform is updated daily. Because each record carries its own source date, the agent can tell the difference between a current register entry and a filing from a prior year.
Limits stated plainly
Small companies may file abridged accounts without turnover. Procurement notices depend on buyers publishing them. Where a fact is not disclosed, the agent says so rather than estimating.
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