I am looking for the legal entity behind a particular business, all they give is their vat no and the name of the business. But I cannot find any information about if it is a ltd company that just trades using the public facing business name.
I have searched companies house using the business name and there is nothing, but I do have their vat no.
You can use this http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/vieshome.do?selectedLanguage=EN
to verify a vat no, but for this business again the vat no info only gives the public name and not anything related to a ltd company or a sole trader.
I did pay for the goods using a credit card, do you think the payment might give me that info?
Are there any specialists who might be able to point me in the right direction???