Data sources and attribution

OpenSoon contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Every file we deliver repeats these notices. Customers must keep them when using the data.

Food Standards Agency: food hygiene rating data (FHRS and, in Scotland, FHIS)

Daily snapshot of the register. This gives us new registrations, first inspections, removals, premises address, business type and council.

Licence Open Government Licence v3.0

https://ratings.food.gov.uk/open-data

Companies House: public data API

Company name, number, status, incorporation date and SIC codes for the matched legal entity. We don't copy officer or director data. Each record links to the public company page.

Licence Open Government Licence v3.0

https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk/

The Gazette: corporate insolvency notices

Winding-up, liquidation and administration notices, linked by company number. We don't store names of individuals.

Licence Open Government Licence v3.0 (excludes personal data)

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/

data.police.uk: street-level crime

Area crime level around each venue (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Licence Open Government Licence v3.0

https://data.police.uk/

postcodes.io (ONS Postcode Directory, OS Code-Point Open)

Coordinates for postcodes where the register has no location.

Licence Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right.

https://postcodes.io/

Venues' own websites

Role-based business email addresses, landline, social pages, concept, and the booking, ordering, POS and delivery tools the website links to.

Licence Publicly published by the business itself

What we don't use in our output

Google Maps or Places data, and data from delivery platforms' own sites. If we use these at all, it is only internally, to check our own data. They never appear in a file.
Personal data of owners, directors or officers.
Personal mobile numbers or named personal email addresses.

Not endorsed

OpenSoon is an independent service. It isn't endorsed by the Food Standards Agency, Companies House, The Gazette or any police force. Hygiene ratings shown come from the FSA. For a business's current rating, check ratings.food.gov.uk.

Corrections and objections

If a record about your business is wrong, or you want your business removed from future deliveries, email us and we'll act on it promptly.