# Risk Scoring

Source: https://help.businessradar.com/articles/risk-scoring
Updated: 2026-10-16T14:04:07.088Z

## Risk Signal Scores

When you open a company's **Compliance** tab, Business Radar shows a row of **Risk Signal Scores**. Each signal is rated **Low Risk**, **Medium Risk**, or **High Risk**.

The first card, **Compliance**, is the overall risk rating for the company and reflects the highest level of risk identified during the compliance review.

*   If **any high-risk factor** is detected, the overall score is automatically classified as **HIGH risk** (red).
    
*   If **no high risks** are detected, but **one or more medium-risk factors** are present, the score is classified as **MEDIUM risk**.
    
*   The score is classified as **LOW risk** only when **no high or medium risks** are identified.
    

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## Risk Indicators Assessed

### Country

This indicator assesses risk based on the company's country of operation. The rating is derived from the **World Transparency Index**, which measures perceived corruption levels worldwide.

*   Below 40: **HIGH risk**
    
*   40–60: **MEDIUM risk**
    
*   Above 60: **LOW risk**
    

### Activity

Activity risk evaluates the potential compliance risk associated with the company's business activities. This assessment is based on the company's industry classification codes and highlights industries or sectors known to carry elevated regulatory or compliance risk.

### PEP (Politically Exposed Persons)

If any entity involved in the compliance check is identified as a **Politically Exposed Person (PEP)**, the risk is automatically classified as **HIGH risk** (red).

This classification may be mitigated if further review confirms that the match is a false positive or is reclassified as **No Risk**.

### Sanctions

The detection of any sanctioned individual or entity during the compliance check results in an automatic **HIGH risk** classification.

As with PEP risk, this outcome may be adjusted following a detailed review.

### Adverse Media & Enforcements

This indicator evaluates risk based on negative media coverage and enforcement actions linked to the company.

*   If adverse findings are identified during screening, the overall compliance score is marked as **HIGH risk**.
    
*   This risk can be mitigated after analyst review, similar to PEP and sanctions findings.
    

Which indicators appear depends on the screening modules enabled for your organisation. Administrators can review these under [Compliance settings](/articles/compliance-settings).

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## Result states

Each screening result carries one of three states, shown in the legend above the entity list:

| State | What it means |
| --- | --- |
| **No Risk** (green) | The result has been reviewed and does not represent a risk, for example a false positive. |
| **Risk Confirmed** (red) | The result has been reviewed and confirmed as a genuine risk. |
| **To Be Validated** (blue) | The result has not been reviewed yet and still needs a decision. |

Results are also marked by source, shown as **Third Party** or **Company Website**.

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## What gets screened

A compliance check covers more than the company itself. The entity list below the risk signals shows everything included in the screening — the company, its directors, and its ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) — with each entity's type, country, ownership percentage where relevant, when it was **Last Checked**, its screening **Progress**, and result icons for each screening module: Sanctions, PEP, Adverse Media & Enforcements, and Government Linked Entity.

From this screen you can also:

*   **Start screening** to run a new compliance check.
    
*   **Entity** to add an entity to the screening manually.
    
*   **Import Directors** to pull in the company's directors.
    
*   **Start UBO Investigation** to identify the ultimate beneficial owners.
    
*   **Audit Trail** to export a record of the screening and its review decisions.
    
*   **Monitoring & Alerts** to see whether ongoing monitoring is on for this company, and switch it on or off. See [Setting up your first portfolio](/articles/setting-up-your-first-portfolio) for how monitoring works.