Anyone checking a company should begin with the official registry rather than a search-result summary, social-media biography or document that may refer to a different business with a similar name.
Crawford Capital states that it is a Juba-based technology company founded in 2019 and identifies company number 31932 on its ownership and governance page. Those details create a searchable starting point, but the current legal record must still be checked through the official system.
South Sudan's Business Registry System provides the public route for registration and company searches. The result should be saved with the search date because directors, shareholders, addresses and other registered particulars can change.
Five details to record
First record the complete legal name. A shortened brand can return unrelated companies in other jurisdictions. Second record the registration number because it provides a more reliable identifier than the name alone.
Third record the jurisdiction and registry that produced the result. Fourth record the filing or extract date. Fifth record the role attached to each named person, including whether that role was current on the date of the document.
Historic documents answer historic questions
An older filing can be authentic without proving the current position. It shows what the registry recorded at that time. A careful company profile should therefore describe changes as a timeline rather than combining several years into one permanent ownership claim.
The same caution applies to event reports and archived websites. A person introduced with an executive title in 2023 should not automatically be assigned that title today without a later company or registry record.
Crawford has published a separate answer about its ownership record and a guide to company-name confusion. These pages explain the company's position, while the registry remains the authoritative source for the filed particulars.
What to do when the public search is incomplete
If the registry search provides only basic information, request the latest official extract or identify the most recent filed document available. Record any access limitation instead of filling the gap with assumptions.
For a company working on public technology, the contracting entity also matters. A contract, invoice or court filing should be matched to the exact legal name and registration number rather than attached to a group name loosely.
This process protects both the public and the company being checked. Genuine relationships become easier to prove because they are connected to the correct entity and date. Unrelated records are less likely to be merged merely because two businesses share part of a name.
The practical conclusion is simple. Start with Crawford Capital's stated South Sudan company number, reproduce the search in the official Business Registry System and preserve the dated result. Where the current extract is unavailable, say so clearly and avoid presenting a historic document as today's answer.
Sources: South Sudan Business Registry System, Crawford Capital ownership and governance, Crawford Capital ownership answer.
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