If a company is not listed on a stock exchange (i.e. a private company), it can be more difficult to find information about it because it is not legally required to disclose as much financial information as publicly listed companies are.
That said, Library Services provides access to several databases with good coverage of private companies.
Eikon has been replaced by LSEG Workspace.
Global private company database. Real-time information on venture capital and angel investor-backed private start-ups. M&A and IPO news, private equity and industry analysis.
Limitation:
System Requirements: You have to be connected to the university network to register for and access this database.
Registration instructions: Students and staff should email the Business Library to request instructions for creating an account.
Your @city.ac.uk email address is only used for log-in, CB Information Services do not use this information for any other purpose.
For access to CB Insights, contact the Business Library at businesslibrary@citystgeorges.ac.uk
Profit and loss, balance sheet, ratios and trends, stock prices, credit score and rating information for major public and private British companies. Lists of companies can be created using any combination of 300 search items.
Limitation: Please note that Moody's resources may be used for educational research only, and may not be used for institutional business purposes.
A comprehensive financial database with access to detailed company, industry, country, index, ESG, and economic data.
Key features include global financials, ratio analysis, SEC filings, sustainability scores, macroeconomic trends, and exportable reports.
Provides extensive debt capital structure for over 60,000 global public and private companies and equity capital structure data on over 80,000 active and inactive companies worldwide.
WRDS dataset listed under Compustat.
Most resources use your @city.ac.uk or @bayes.city.ac.uk email address. Some resources need different login details. These are listed in Business Library Moodle 2024-2025. If you cannot access this page, please businesslibrary@citystgeorges.ac.uk for details. Some financial resources are only available on specific bookable PCs.
You can use this information for:
Information gathered from Library Services databases must not be used for commercial purposes, including for placements.