# UK Companies House (`artificially/uk-companies-house`) Actor

Search and extract company data from UK Companies House. Get company details, officers, filing history, and more from the official UK government registry.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/artificially/uk-companies-house.md
- **Developed by:** [Artificially](https://apify.com/artificially) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, AI, Automation
- **Stats:** 7 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.40 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## UK Companies House Scraper - Enhanced

Search and extract company data with financial analysis, PSCs, charges, insolvency history, and company health scoring from the official UK registry.

### Features

#### Core Company Data

- **Company Search**: Search by company name
- **Direct Lookup**: Fetch by company number
- **Company Details**: Status, type, registration date, SIC codes
- **Company Age**: Calculated years and months since incorporation
- **Previous Names**: Historical company name changes

#### Officers & Ownership (NEW)

- **Officers**: Directors, secretaries with full details
- **Active/Resigned Counts**: Track officer changes
- **PSCs**: Persons with Significant Control (beneficial owners)
- **Natures of Control**: Voting rights, ownership percentages

#### Financial Health (NEW)

- **Charges/Mortgages**: All registered charges with status
- **Insolvency History**: Liquidation and administration records
- **Practitioner Details**: Insolvency practitioner information
- **Accounts Status**: Filing deadlines and overdue alerts

#### Company Health Score (NEW)

- **Health Score**: 0-100 score based on multiple factors
- **Status Classification**: Healthy, Caution, Concern, or Critical
- **Factor Analysis**: Explains what's affecting the score
- **Risk Indicators**: Outstanding charges, overdue accounts, etc.

#### Financial Estimates (NEW)

- **Revenue Band**: Estimated based on accounts type
- **Employee Band**: Estimated headcount range
- **Size Category**: Micro, Small, Medium, or Large

### Use Cases

- B2B lead generation with financial filtering
- Credit risk assessment and due diligence
- Competitive intelligence research
- Supplier verification and vetting
- Investment research and screening
- Compliance and KYC checks

### API Key (FREE)

This actor requires a **free** Companies House API key.

1. Go to https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk/
2. Create an account and register an application
3. Copy your API key (600 requests per 5 minutes free)

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `apiKey` | string | Yes | - | Your free Companies House API key |
| `searchQueries` | array | No | - | Company names to search |
| `companyNumbers` | array | No | - | Direct company numbers |
| `maxResults` | number | No | `100` | Results per search |
| `includeOfficers` | boolean | No | `true` | Fetch officers |
| `includeFilingHistory` | boolean | No | `false` | Fetch recent filings |
| `maxFilings` | number | No | `10` | Filing history items |
| `includePSCs` | boolean | No | `true` | Fetch beneficial owners |
| `includeCharges` | boolean | No | `true` | Fetch mortgages/charges |
| `includeInsolvency` | boolean | No | `true` | Fetch insolvency history |
| `includeAccounts` | boolean | No | `true` | Fetch accounts info |
| `includeEstimates` | boolean | No | `true` | Calculate financial estimates |

#### Example Input

```json
{
    "apiKey": "your-free-api-key",
    "searchQueries": ["Tesco"],
    "maxResults": 5,
    "includeOfficers": true,
    "includePSCs": true,
    "includeCharges": true,
    "includeInsolvency": true
}
```

### Output

Each company produces a result with:

```json
{
    "companyNumber": "00445790",
    "companyName": "TESCO PLC",
    "companyStatus": "active",
    "companyType": "plc",
    "companyTypeDescription": "Public Limited Company",
    "companyAge": {
        "years": 76,
        "months": 2
    },
    "registeredOfficeAddress": {
        "addressLine1": "Tesco House",
        "locality": "Welwyn Garden City",
        "postalCode": "AL7 1GA"
    },
    "sicCodes": [
        {
            "code": "47110",
            "description": "Retail trade in non-specialised stores"
        }
    ],
    "officers": [
        {
            "name": "John Smith",
            "role": "director",
            "appointedOn": "2020-01-15",
            "nationality": "British"
        }
    ],
    "activeOfficersCount": 12,
    "pscs": [
        {
            "name": "Investment Fund Ltd",
            "naturesOfControl": ["ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent"],
            "kind": "corporate-entity"
        }
    ],
    "charges": [
        {
            "status": "fully-satisfied",
            "createdOn": "2015-06-01",
            "personsEntitled": ["Barclays Bank PLC"]
        }
    ],
    "totalCharges": 15,
    "satisfiedCharges": 12,
    "outstandingCharges": 3,
    "accounts": {
        "lastAccounts": {
            "madeUpTo": "2024-02-28",
            "type": "full"
        },
        "nextAccounts": {
            "dueOn": "2024-11-28",
            "overdue": false
        }
    },
    "financialEstimates": {
        "estimatedRevenue": "> £36m",
        "employeeBand": "> 250 employees",
        "revenueSource": "Based on full accounts filing"
    },
    "companyHealth": {
        "score": 95,
        "status": "healthy",
        "factors": [
            "Established company (10+ years)",
            "Multiple active officers"
        ]
    },
    "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790",
    "scrapedAt": "2024-01-20T12:00:00Z"
}
```

### Cost

This actor uses **pay-per-result** pricing:

| Cost Type | Amount |
|-----------|--------|
| Start fee | $0.05 per run |
| Per company | $0.002 |

**API key is FREE** from Companies House.

#### Example Cost Calculation

- 100 companies: $0.05 + (100 x $0.002) = $0.25
- 1,000 companies: $0.05 + (1000 x $0.002) = $2.05

### Tips

1. **Health scoring**: Use `companyHealth.status` to quickly filter companies
   - `healthy` (80-100): Low risk
   - `caution` (60-79): Some concerns
   - `concern` (40-59): Multiple issues
   - `critical` (0-39): High risk

2. **Outstanding charges**: Check `outstandingCharges` for secured debts

3. **Financial estimates**: Revenue bands based on accounts type filing

4. **PSC analysis**: Beneficial owners reveal true control structure

### Data Source

Data from [Companies House](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house), the official UK government registrar.

### Support

- **Built by**: [Artificially](https://apify.com/artificially)
- **Issues**: Report bugs or request features via Apify Console

# Actor input Schema

## `apiKey` (type: `string`):

Your Companies House API key. Get a FREE key at: https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk/

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

List of company names or keywords to search for

## `companyNumbers` (type: `array`):

List of specific company registration numbers to look up

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of companies to return per search query

## `includeOfficers` (type: `boolean`):

Include company directors and officers with their appointment dates

## `includeFilingHistory` (type: `boolean`):

Include recent filing history with document links

## `maxFilings` (type: `integer`):

Maximum filing history items to fetch

## `includePSCs` (type: `boolean`):

Include Persons with Significant Control (beneficial owners)

## `includeCharges` (type: `boolean`):

Include mortgages and charges registered against the company

## `includeInsolvency` (type: `boolean`):

Include insolvency history and practitioner details

## `includeAccounts` (type: `boolean`):

Include accounting reference dates and filing deadlines

## `includeEstimates` (type: `boolean`):

Estimate revenue and employee bands based on accounts type

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Select proxies to be used by your scraper

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "Apple",
    "Google UK"
  ],
  "companyNumbers": [
    "00445790",
    "FC032536"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "includeOfficers": true,
  "includeFilingHistory": false,
  "maxFilings": 10,
  "includePSCs": true,
  "includeCharges": true,
  "includeInsolvency": true,
  "includeAccounts": true,
  "includeEstimates": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companyNumber` (type: `string`):

Unique Companies House registration number

## `companyName` (type: `string`):

Official company name

## `companyStatus` (type: `string`):

Current status (active, dissolved, etc.)

## `companyType` (type: `string`):

Company type (ltd, plc, etc.)

## `dateOfCreation` (type: `string`):

Date company was incorporated

## `sicCodes` (type: `string`):

Standard Industrial Classification codes

## `url` (type: `string`):

URL to company on Companies House

## `scrapedAt` (type: `string`):

ISO 8601 timestamp when scraped

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("artificially/uk-companies-house").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("artificially/uk-companies-house").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).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 artificially/uk-companies-house --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,artificially/uk-companies-house"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/xblK9w82cfzzZsUEG/builds/JPajeK5h58x5co8xm/openapi.json