Register of judgments and orders

Trust Online contains the register of county court judgments and fines across the country for the use of credit agencies.

http://www.trustonline.org.uk/search-others/

They charge about £8 per search, but it's open to everyone. We do not know how much money they make.

This was set up in 1985 before cheap computers when the administration may have been expensive. Can the charges be justified today?