UK Companies House Scraper — Directors, PSC & SIC Search

Paste a Companies House advanced-search URL and get every matching company as a clean dataset: registered address, SIC sector code, company type and status, director names, and beneficial owners (PSC).

No API key. No account. Public register only.

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Who is this for?

You are…	Typical goal	Suggested setup
B2B supplier or SaaS vendor	Build a prospect list by sector (SIC code), location, or company age	Search URL mode · Officers level
Outbound SDR / sales team	Find the decision-maker name and approximate DOB before a cold call	Search URL mode · Officers level
Compliance or KYB analyst	Verify beneficial ownership structure (PSC) and filing status	Company numbers mode · KYB level
Market researcher	Map active businesses in a specific industry or region	Search URL mode · Basic level
Recruitment agency	Find SME founders to target for exec-level placements	Search URL mode · Officers level
Legal or accounting firm	Identify companies with overdue accounts or late confirmation statements	Search URL + Basic; filter by nextAccountsDue

By default, you get: company name, number, registered address, SIC codes, status, type, and incorporation date. Enable Officers to add director names — enable KYB to add PSC beneficial owners.

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What it extracts

Basic (all modes)

Field	Description
companyNumber	Companies House registration number
name	Registered company name
url	Companies House profile link
status	Active, Dissolved, etc.
type	Private limited company, PLC, LLP, etc.
incorporatedOn	Incorporation date
registeredAddress	Registered office address
sicCodes	SIC sector code(s) with description
nextAccountsDue	Next accounts filing deadline
lastAccountsMadeUpTo	Last accounts period end
nextConfirmationDue	Confirmation statement due date

Officers level (+ above)

Field	Description
directorName	Primary active director name
directorRole	Role title (Director, Secretary…)
directorDateOfBirth	DOB — month and year only (as on CH)
directorNationality	Nationality
directorCountryOfResidence	Country of residence
directorAppointedOn	Appointment date
directorCorrespondenceAddress	Correspondence address
officers	Full list of all officers

KYB (full) level (+ above)

Field	Description
pscName	Beneficial owner name
pscDateOfBirth	PSC DOB (month/year)
pscNationality	PSC nationality
pscNatureOfControl	Nature of control (share %, voting rights…)
pscNotifiedOn	PSC notification date
psc	Full list of all PSC entries

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Quick start

1. Go to Companies House Advanced Search
2. Apply your filters: company name keywords, SIC code, status (Active), incorporation dates, location…
3. Copy the URL from your browser's address bar
4. Open this Actor in Apify Console
5. Paste the URL in Search URL(s), pick your Enrichment level, set Max companies (0 = all), click Start

Example search URLs

Goal	Ready-to-use URL
All active electricians (SIC 43210)	…sicCodes=43210&status=active
Active plumbers created in Scotland after 2020	…sicCodes=43220&status=active&incorporationFromYear=2020
Restaurants in London area (SIC 56101)	…companyNameIncludes=restaurant&sicCodes=56101&status=active
IT consultancies incorporated since 2022	…sicCodes=62020&status=active&incorporationFromYear=2022

Copy any URL above, paste it into the Search URL(s) field, and press Start. Use maxResults: 0 to collect all matching companies with no cap.

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Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	searchUrl	searchUrl or companyNumbers
searchUrls	string[]	demo URL	One or more Companies House advanced-search URLs
companyNumbers	string[]	demo numbers	Company numbers to enrich (8-digit or SC/NI prefix)
enrichmentLevel	string	officers	basic, officers, or kyb
maxResults	integer	25	Max per URL; 0 = no cap

JSON example (search URL)

{
  "mode": "searchUrl",
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/advanced-search/get-results?companyNameIncludes=restaurant&sicCodes=56101&status=active"
  ],
  "enrichmentLevel": "officers",
  "maxResults": 0
}

JSON example (enrich by number)

{
  "mode": "companyNumbers",
  "companyNumbers": ["09436888", "SC631278"],
  "enrichmentLevel": "kyb"
}

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How it works

1. Parse the search URL filters (company name, SIC, status, dates…)
2. Paginate Companies House advanced-search (20 results/page, server-side rendered HTML)
3. For each company: optionally fetch the profile page, officers page, and PSC page
4. Push normalized records to the Apify dataset

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Output sample

{
  "companyNumber": "09739023",
  "name": "GAS SMART HEATING & PLUMBING SERVICES LIMITED",
  "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09739023",
  "status": "Active",
  "companyType": "Private limited company",
  "incorporatedOn": "11 September 2015",
  "registeredAddress": "Turnpike House, 1208-1210 London Road, Leigh On Sea, Essex, SS9 2UA",
  "addressLine1": "Turnpike House",
  "addressLine2": "1208-1210 London Road",
  "addressLocality": "Leigh On Sea",
  "addressCounty": "Essex",
  "addressPostcode": "SS9 2UA",
  "addressCountry": null,
  "sicCodes": [{ "code": "43220", "description": "Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation" }],
  "nextAccountsDue": "31 August 2026",
  "directorFirstName": "Kerry John",
  "directorLastName": "Baldassarra",
  "directorRole": "Director",
  "directorDateOfBirth": "June 1976",
  "directorNationality": "British",
  "directorCountryOfResidence": "England",
  "directorAppointedOn": "11 September 2015",
  "pscFirstName": "Kerry",
  "pscLastName": "Baldassarra",
  "pscNatureOfControl": "Ownership of shares – More than 25% but not more than 50%",
  "pscNotifiedOn": "11 September 2015",
  "extractedAt": "2026-06-04T14:00:00.000Z"
}

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How much does it cost?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you pay per company retrieved, not per compute hour. No surprise bills from long runs. Price depends on the enrichment level you select:

Enrichment level	Price per company	1,000 companies
Basic (address, SIC, status)	$0.002	$2.00
Officers (+ director name, DOB, nationality)	$0.004	$4.00
KYB (+ PSC beneficial owners)	$0.006	$6.00

Volume discounts apply automatically on Apify (Bronze / Silver / Gold tiers).

How does that compare?

Source	Price per company + director	Notes
This Actor (Officers)	$0.004	Live data, direct from Companies House
Apollo.io	$0.05–0.20	Varies by plan; data may be stale
Cognism	$0.10–0.50	KYB add-on priced separately
ZoomInfo	$0.20–1.00	Enterprise pricing
Buying a list	$0.02–0.10	Static, often 12–24 months old

Companies House data is public and requires no residential proxies (plain HTTP) — the cost is purely the enrichment logic.

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Is it legal to scrape Companies House?

Yes. Companies House is a public UK government register. All data is published under the Open Government Licence, which explicitly allows free reuse for any purpose including commercial use.

This Actor only accesses data that Companies House makes publicly available without authentication. It does not bypass any login wall or access control.

As with any data containing personal information (director names, dates of birth), you should ensure your use complies with UK GDPR and relevant data protection regulations. Directors' DOB is only shown as month/year by Companies House by design.

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Important / Limitations

• Rate limiting: The actor uses a 400 ms delay between enrichment requests per worker. If you scrape tens of thousands of companies at KYB level, runs may take several hours.
• DOB privacy: Companies House only shows month and year for directors and PSC (not full date) — this is by design.
• Scottish / NI companies: Company numbers starting with SC or NI are fully supported.
• HTML parsing: The actor scrapes the public-facing HTML — if Companies House changes their layout, some fields may need selector updates.

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Go further: find emails for your director list

This Actor gives you company + director first/last name. To turn that into a cold outreach list, you need professional email addresses.

Full Enrich is the tool we recommend: paste your CSV with firstName, lastName, and companyName (or domain), and it waterfall-searches 15+ providers (Apollo, Hunter, Dropcontact…) to return a verified email in one click.

Typical workflow:

1. Run this Actor → export CSV
2. Upload to Full Enrich → get emails
3. Import to your sequencer (Lemlist, Instantly, Apollo…) → send

Full Enrich offers a free tier (50 credits/month). Paid plans from $29/month for 1,000 enrichments.

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Also available: French Companies Scraper

If you need the same enrichment for French companies, check out the companion Actor:

French Companies — Search & SIREN Enrichment — paste a search URL from data.gouv.fr or a SIREN list and get full company records: directors, VAT number, NAF code, financials, and legal form. Same workflow, French register.

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Local development

npm install
node src/main.js        # uses input.json

Or with Apify CLI:

$apify run               # uses storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json

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Support

Contact corentin@outreacher.fr for custom scripts, bespoke enrichment, or bulk exports.