# UK Companies House Data Extractor (`alkausari_mujahid/uk-companies-house-data-extractor`) Actor Look up any UK company by name and instantly extract its registered address, active directors, and company profile from Companies House — with fuzzy name matching, parsed officer names, and automatic rate-limit handling built in. - **URL**: https://apify.com/alkausari\_mujahid/uk-companies-house-data-extractor.md - **Developed by:** [Alkausari M](https://apify.com/alkausari_mujahid) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Integrations - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Companies House Scraper Look up any UK company by name and extract its registered address, active directors, and company profile — all in one API call per company. --- ### What It Does Pass in a list of company names and the actor fuzzy-matches each one against the [UK Companies House API](https://developer-specs.company-information.service.gov.uk/), then returns structured data including: - **Matched company name & number** - **Registered office address** (including extracted door/building number) - **Active directors** — names parsed into title, first, middle, last; plus role, nationality, appointment date, and service address - **Company profile** — status, type, incorporation date, and SIC codes Name variations are handled automatically. `"Almoner Care Group Ltd"` will correctly match `ALMONER CARE GROUP LIMITED` using fuzzy matching with a configurable confidence threshold. --- ### Input | Field | Type | Required | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `api_key` | String | ✅ | — | Your Companies House API key. Get one free at [developer.company-information.service.gov.uk](https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk/) | | `companies_names` | Array of strings | ✅ | — | List of company names to look up | | `match_threshold` | Integer | ❌ | `85` | Minimum fuzzy match score (0–100) to accept a result | | `latest_director_only` | Boolean | ❌ | `false` | Return only the most recently appointed active director | | `request_delay` | Integer | ❌ | `1` | Seconds to wait between requests (increase if rate limited) | #### Example Input ```json { "api_key": "your-companies-house-api-key", "companies_names": [ "Sunlight Children's Care Limited", "Almoner Care Group Ltd", "Horizon Care and Education Group Limited", "Hopscotch Care Limited" ] } ```` *** ### Output One record per successfully matched company pushed to the Apify dataset. ```json { "searched_name": "almoner care group ltd", "matched_name": "ALMONER CARE GROUP LIMITED", "company_number": "13745628", "registered_address": { "address_line_1": "Seymour Chambers", "address_line_2": "92 London Road", "country": "United Kingdom", "locality": "Liverpool", "region": "Merseyside", "postal_code": "L3 5NW", "door_number": "92" }, "active_directors": [ { "full_name": "CONNOLLY, Frederick James Alfred", "title": "", "first_name": "Frederick", "middle_name": "James Alfred", "last_name": "CONNOLLY", "role": "director", "appointed_on": "2023-02-13", "nationality": "British", "service_address": { "premises": "Seymour Chambers", "address_line_1": "92 London Road", "locality": "Liverpool", "region": "Merseyside", "country": "England", "postal_code": "L3 5NW" } } ], "company_profile": { "status": "active", "type": "ltd", "creation_date": "2021-11-16", "sic_codes": ["87900"] } } ``` #### Output Field Reference **Top level** | Field | Description | |---|---| | `searched_name` | The name you submitted (lowercased) | | `matched_name` | The official name returned by Companies House | | `company_number` | Unique Companies House identifier | **`registered_address`** | Field | Description | |---|---| | `address_line_1` | First line of registered address | | `address_line_2` | Second line of registered address | | `locality` | Town or city | | `region` | County or region | | `country` | Country | | `postal_code` | UK postcode | | `door_number` | Extracted building/door number | **`active_directors[]`** | Field | Description | |---|---| | `full_name` | Full name as it appears on Companies House | | `title` | Salutation (Mr, Dr, etc.) if present | | `first_name` | Parsed first name | | `middle_name` | Parsed middle name(s) | | `last_name` | Parsed last name | | `role` | Officer role (e.g. `director`, `secretary`) | | `appointed_on` | Appointment date (YYYY-MM-DD) | | `nationality` | Nationality as declared | | `service_address` | Director's service address | **`company_profile`** | Field | Description | |---|---| | `status` | `active`, `dissolved`, `liquidation`, etc. | | `type` | `ltd`, `plc`, `llp`, etc. | | `creation_date` | Date of incorporation (YYYY-MM-DD) | | `sic_codes` | List of Standard Industrial Classification codes | *** ### How Matching Works Each name is normalised before comparison — punctuation stripped, common suffixes expanded (`Ltd` → `Limited`, `&` → `and`, etc.) — then scored against the top Companies House search results using **fuzzy token sort ratio**. Only matches at or above `match_threshold` (default 85/100) are accepted. Unmatched companies are logged and skipped. Rate limiting (HTTP 429) is handled automatically with exponential backoff: the actor retries up to 3 times at 5 s, 10 s, and 20 s intervals. *** ### Getting a Companies House API Key 1. Register at [developer.company-information.service.gov.uk](https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk/) 2. Create a new application and select **Live environment** 3. Copy the API key and paste it into the `api_key` input field The free tier is sufficient for most use cases. *** ### Use Cases - Bulk-enrich CRM or spreadsheet data with official company details - Due diligence and compliance checks on UK businesses - Research the directors and officers behind care providers, contractors, or suppliers - Cross-reference Ofsted-registered providers with Companies House records *** ### Notes - Only **active** officers are returned (resigned officers are excluded) - The `door_number` field is extracted heuristically from address lines and may be `null` if the format is non-standard - Duplicate names in the input list are automatically deduplicated before processing - The actor respects the `request_delay` setting between companies; set it higher (e.g. `2`) for large batches to avoid hitting rate limits # Actor input Schema ## `companies_names` (type: `array`): Companies Names To Fetch Data For ## `api_key` (type: `string`): Companies House API Key ## Actor input object example ```json {} ``` # Actor output Schema ## `overview` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("alkausari_mujahid/uk-companies-house-data-extractor").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("alkausari_mujahid/uk-companies-house-data-extractor").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call alkausari_mujahid/uk-companies-house-data-extractor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=alkausari_mujahid/uk-companies-house-data-extractor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "UK Companies House Data Extractor", "description": "Look up any UK company by name and instantly extract its registered address, active directors, and company profile from Companies House — with fuzzy name matching, parsed officer names, and automatic rate-limit handling built in.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "aS3iyxYVn6Zsxlshd" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/alkausari_mujahid~uk-companies-house-data-extractor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-alkausari_mujahid-uk-companies-house-data-extractor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/alkausari_mujahid~uk-companies-house-data-extractor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-alkausari_mujahid-uk-companies-house-data-extractor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/alkausari_mujahid~uk-companies-house-data-extractor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-alkausari_mujahid-uk-companies-house-data-extractor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "companies_names", "api_key" ], "properties": { "companies_names": { "title": "Companies Names", "type": "array", "description": "Companies Names To Fetch Data For", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "api_key": { "title": "Companies House API Key", "type": "string", "description": "Companies House API Key" } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", 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