Check a Car’s Keeper & Ownership History
Six keepers in three years tells you something the advert won’t. £3 shows the whole timeline.
A car’s keeper history is its biography: how many hands it has passed through, how quickly, and whether the paperwork trail matches the seller’s story. Frequent keeper changes can signal a problem car being passed along; a mismatch between the advert (‘one lady owner’) and the record is the simplest lie detector in used-car buying.
Our £3 check reports the number of previous keepers with change dates, plate transfers, and the V5C issue date — alongside the stolen marker, outstanding finance, write-off history, scrapped status, MOT and tax position and a retail valuation. One registration number in, the full story out, in minutes.
What the history timeline reveals
- Number of previous keepers and when each change happened.
- Cars flipped every few months — a pattern worth asking hard questions about.
- Plate changes and what they might be covering up.
- V5C issue date — a very recent logbook on an old car deserves an explanation.
- Cross-checked against MOT history and current tax status in the same report.
Does the check name the previous owners?
No — names are protected under data law. It shows the number of keepers and the dates of changes, which is what you need to judge the car’s story; the seller’s V5C should line up with it.
Is a high keeper count always bad?
Not always — fleet and lease cars change keepers on paper routinely. What matters is the pattern: rapid private-sale churn, or a story that contradicts the record, is where you slow down.
What else comes with the £3 check?
The full report: stolen marker, outstanding finance, write-off category, scrapped status, plate changes, V5C date, MOT and tax status and a retail valuation. It’s also free to re-use on our insurance quotes for 30 days.
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