Every Probate practitioner dreads the “Shoebox Client.” You are presented with a chaotic box of paperwork dating back to the 1980s: British Gas privatisation letters, faded dividend counterfoils, and certificates for companies that no longer exist.

Manually checking each one on Companies House is agonizing.

The Complexity of Corporate History

• “Amersham International”—bought by GE Healthcare.
• “Blue Circle Industries”—bought by Lafarge.
• “Corus Group”—bought by Tata Steel.

If you don’t track these changes, you risk telling the executor the shares are worthless, when in fact they are owed thousands in “Dissenters’ Cash” held by the courts.

The Solution: Bulk Intelligence You do not need to be a corporate historian. You just need the right tool.

How Divica Pro Handles Bulk Lists

1. Upload the List: Simply type or paste the names from the certificates (e.g., “Amersham, Blue Circle, Corus”) into our Bulk Search tool.
2. Auto-Matching: Our algorithm identifies the “Successor Company” and the current Registrar.
3. The “Hit List”: We produce a clean report:
   • Item 1: Amersham -> Claim from GE Healthcare (Link Group).
   • Item 2: Blue Circle -> Claim from Lafarge (Computershare).
   • Item 3: Woolworths -> Dissolved (No Value).

Result: A 4-hour research task is finished in 30 seconds.