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This would presume a centralised database of all stolen / recovered bikes - this doesn't exist, and is likely treated very differently on a force by force basis.
Have you contacted the various bicycle registration companies?
You could also be brazen and ask The Cycling Lawyer for a freebie.
NotThamesWater
Hi TW
Thanks for your reply - yes, we have considered the potential world of pain if it was found we'd been dealing (so to speak - no money changes hands here) in stolen bikes, but it would never be knowingly.
What we really need is a reliable contact we can send all the frame numbers to for checking, or descriptions in case of custom builds (although I haven't seen any of those coming through our doors) ...I've tried to contact the met about the for advice too but so far no response is forthcoming!
Best wishes
Claire