# Changelog of Companies House Scraper (`deriverge/companies-house-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/deriverge/companies-house-scraper/changelog.md
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##### 2026-10-11

*Features*

- First public version: UK companies checked on the Companies House register by company number or name, with status, type, incorporation and dissolution dates, registered office, SIC codes, accounts and confirmation statement deadlines with overdue flags, charge counts, insolvency history and plain-English risk flags. Officers and persons with significant control are not read. A watch name records changes between runs in a `CHANGES` record.

*Fixes*

- Previous company names hold just the name and period. Before, every name carried text from the rest of the page, including script code.
- A company name is compared with the whole first page of search results, preferring the exact name and the same legal form: `Kingfisher plc` now gives KINGFISHER PLC, not the limited partnership listed first, and `BP P.L.C.` is found. A name that matches only in part is not taken and not charged, and `riskFlags` names the closest company and its number.
- `jurisdiction` follows Companies House's list of number prefixes: `SO` and `SL` numbers are in Scotland and `NC` numbers in Northern Ireland, and overseas companies (`FC`, `BR`) and overseas entities (`OE`) give `null`. Before, all of these showed England and Wales.