Why Licence Status Needs a Date
A methodological review of source age, evidence classes and explicit gaps across the current BETTIMES intelligence index.
- Sample
- 51 observations
- Published
- Data checked through
51 of 51 records include a regulator, dataset or other primary-source class, while 12 carry at least one structural gap flag. A date shows when that evidence was checked; it does not remove the gap or guarantee that an external register has not changed.
What we tested
What does a verification date add to an operator or market record, and which gaps remain visible even when a record is recent?
What the current sample shows
Calculated from the linked dataset at build time. Percentages and counts describe only the published BETTIMES coverage set.
- 6 Sept 2026
Latest check
The newest verification date represented in the current ledger.
- 12
Records with gap flags
Missing structural fields are exposed rather than completed by inference.
- 2.3
Sources per record
A calculated average; source count is not a quality score.
| Classification | Count | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| Checked in last 30 days | 13 | 0–30 days before this release |
| Checked 31–60 days ago | 38 | 31–60 days before this release |
| Checked more than 60 days ago | 0 | More than 60 days before this release |
What follows from the evidence
Freshness, completeness and authority answer different questions. A defensible licence-status record needs all three fields, plus a path back to the underlying source.
How we calculated it
- Measure the interval between each profile's verification date and this research release.
- Count source types and explicit gap flags from the linked evidence ledger.
- Keep freshness, completeness and authority separate: none is a substitute for the others.
Reproduce the result
The HTML table and CSV expose the rows, source classes, source URLs and verification dates used here.
Open Evidence and Freshness Ledger Download CSVWhat this does not prove
- Freshness is measured against the release date, not against every later page visit.
- A source may change between checks, and source count alone does not establish reliability.
- The findings describe BETTIMES records and should not be generalised to the whole industry.
Cite the version, then check the rows
First published . Cite this canonical page and preserve the data verification date. See the source policy for evidence rules and the corrections policy for changes.