The Dividend Registry.
Methodology

How the registry is compiled

Every figure in the registry comes from a primary source — the official announcement an issuer files under UK listing rules — and stays linked to it for life.

Where the data comes from

UK-listed companies are required to publish regulated information — including dividend declarations — through official channels, and those announcements are archived on the UK National Storage Mechanism, the national archive of regulated disclosures. The Dividend Registry is compiled exclusively from these official filings.

We never source data from other dividend websites, data vendors or aggregators. If a figure is in the registry, it is because an issuer declared it in an official announcement.

What we record

FieldMeaning
AMOUNTThe declared dividend per share, in the currency the issuer declared it — with the sterling equivalent once the issuer confirms it.
EX-DIVIDENDThe date from which a buyer of the shares is no longer entitled to the declared dividend.
RECORD DATEThe date on which you must appear on the share register to receive the dividend.
PAYMENTThe date the dividend is paid.
TYPE & STATUSInterim, final, special or quarterly — and whether it is declared, still subject to shareholder approval, amended or cancelled.
SOURCEThe filing the record was extracted from: its identifier, publication time and a link to the original document.

How it is processed

  1. Daily collection. Every trading day we collect the day’s dividend declarations, results announcements and timetable updates. Collection is rate-limited and cached out of respect for the source archive.
  2. Structured extraction. Dates, amounts and dividend types are extracted from each announcement into a structured record. We extract facts — we do not republish announcement text.
  3. Validation. Extracted dates are checked against the LSE trading calendar and the mechanics of UK settlement; amounts are checked for internal consistency. Anything ambiguous is flagged for human review rather than stored as a guess.
  4. Versioning. Corrections, currency confirmations and timetable changes create a new version of the record. Nothing is silently overwritten — the registry preserves what was announced, when.
A dividend announced in a foreign currency is a two-stage event in the UK: the declaration first, then a sterling conversion confirmed near the payment date. The registry models this explicitly, so a “changed” amount is shown for what it is — a currency confirmation, not a correction.

Accuracy and limitations

The registry is compiled with care, but it is a secondary record of primary documents. Issuers amend timetables; announcements contain errors that are later corrected; extraction is not infallible. Every record links to its source filing precisely so you can check it — always verify dates against the issuer’s own announcement before making decisions that depend on them.

Independence

The Dividend Registry is an independent service. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any regulator, exchange, issuer or data vendor. References to official sources are factual attribution only.