Beneficial ownership transparency research, guidance, and case studies from the Open Ownership team.
The UK was the first country in the world to commit to making beneficial ownership transparent. In 2016 it launched its public beneficial ownership – or Persons of Significant Control (PSC) – register
Written by Chinwe Ekene Ezeigbo, Tymon Kiepe , Louise Russell-Prywata
Published: 01 April 2021
This guide introduces a number of challenges for regulators and designers to consider when developing beneficial ownership declaration forms
Published: 17 March 2021
This spreadsheet template allows anyone to convert beneficial ownership information so that it can be represented as Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS) 0.3 data
Written by Emma Howard , Kadie Armstrong
Published: 16 March 2021
This example disclosure form was made to demonstrate good practice in form design for collecting structured beneficial ownership data in line with the Open Ownership Principles
This policy briefing outlines the main ways beneficial ownership data can improve public procurement processes and objectives, and discusses some of the key considerations and decisions that implementers face
Written by Tymon Kiepe , Eva Okunbor
Published: 11 March 2021
This document outlines the services and tools Open Ownership offers to governments implementing beneficial ownership reform
Published: 10 March 2021
As of November 2020, the Open Ownership technical team’s rapid assessment of the UK’s performance found that, overall, the UK aligns with the Open Ownership Principles, but that further work is required
Published: 09 December 2020
To maximise the impact of beneficial ownership registers, it is important to minimise loopholes and make data as useful as possible
Written by Tymon Kiepe , Peter Low
Published: 27 October 2020
The Beneficial Ownership Visualisation System specifies how to illustrate beneficial ownership structures using diagrams
Slovakia was among the first countries in the world to implement a public beneficial ownership register and is a member of the Beneficial Ownership Leadership Group. Slovakian public beneficial ownership data was used to expose alleged cases of wrongdoing
Written by Tymon Kiepe , Victor Ponsford, Louise Russell-Prywata
Published: 01 October 2020
