Due Diligence and Business Verification
Trust is not a due diligence process. This is the process.
Full course in preparation. Enrolment, fees and dates are not yet open.
- Proposed total
- 14 hours
- Module learning
- 9.8 hours
- Guided practice
- 2 hours
- Assignment
- 2.3 hours
Planning estimates, including 13 modules. Your pace and the final delivery format may change the timetable.
What you will practise.
- Identify common counterparty risks
- Organise a basic verification checklist
- Distinguish claims from confirmed information
- Recognise situations requiring professional legal or technical review
- Write a verification report that separates confirmed fact from claim, and sources both
A practical piece of work.
An evidence log and a short report separating findings from unverified claims.
Fictional training scenarios. Feedback and assessment arrangements will be confirmed with the final programme.
13 modules. A clear progression.
01What due diligence is for
45 min
- The question you are actually answering
Proposed learning: Written lesson · Worked example
02Researching a company
45 min
- Registration
- Standing
- History
Proposed learning: Written lesson · Worked example
03Ownership and beneficial ownership
45 min
- Who is behind the entity
- Why it matters
Proposed learning: Written lesson · Worked example
04Licences and permits
45 min
- Establishing status and expiry
Proposed learning: Written lesson · Worked example
05Counterparty identity
45 min
- Confirming a person is who they say they are
Proposed learning: Written lesson · Worked example
06References
45 min
- Who to ask
- What to ask them
Proposed learning: Checklist
07Physical site verification
45 min
- What a visit establishes
- What it cannot
Proposed learning: Written lesson · Worked example
08Document consistency
45 min
- Reading a set of documents against itself
Proposed learning: Worked example
09Fake documents and forgery indicators
45 min
- Common tells
Proposed learning: Case study
10Contract red flags
45 min
- Terms that should stop a transaction
Proposed learning: Written lesson · Worked example
11Writing the report
45 min
- Separating what was confirmed, what was claimed, and what could not be established
- Sourcing every finding so a third party can re-check it
- Writing a recommendation a board can act on
Proposed learning: Worked example · Downloadable guide
12When to hire a professional
45 min
- Lawyer, accountant, technical expert
- What each one can establish that you cannot
Proposed learning: Written lesson · Worked example
13Building your checklist
45 min
- A reusable process you can run every time
Proposed learning: Downloadable guide · Assignment
This is the programme outline. The full lessons and any recordings are still being prepared.
Build a Verification Evidence Log
Organise claims, sources, checks and unresolved questions into a record someone else can follow.
Read the explanation, try a fictional scenario and use the worksheet. Allow about 25 minutes for reading and practice.
Take the next step with clarity.
The Academy teaches a process. If you need work carried out on your own business, asset or transaction, discuss an advisory engagement with a separate scope.
Before enrolment opens
The final course will state its learning materials, named tutors where relevant, study time, fee, access period and any completion requirements. No external accreditation or professional qualification is claimed.
Educational material does not replace legal, financial, tax or engineering advice, laboratory testing or current guidance from the relevant authorities.
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