UK Company Strike-Off & Dissolution Monitor — Companies House

Monitor UK companies as they are dissolved, struck off, or enter liquidation/administration, straight from the official Companies House register. Filter by dissolution date window, status, industry (SIC code), and location.

Why monitor closures?

A company that just stopped trading leaves things behind: assets to sell, stock to clear, staff who need new jobs, and customers who need a new supplier tomorrow morning. Whoever moves first wins the opportunity.

• Asset recovery & liquidation sale firms — plant, equipment, and stock need buyers fast
• Insolvency practitioners & IVA firms — pipeline of newly-insolvent cases
• Recruitment agencies — displaced staff from a specific industry or region
• Competitors — an ex-customer base with no current supplier
• Credit control teams — confirm a bad debtor has actually ceased trading
• Commercial landlords & agents — vacated units becoming available

What you get

Each record includes:

Field	Example
companyName	CHESHIRE DRAINAGE SOLUTIONS LTD
companyNumber	13321445
status	dissolved
dissolutionDate	2026-07-04
incorporationDate	2021-04-08
sicCodes	["37000"]
fullAddress	Dsi Business Recovery, 2 Lakeside, Calder Island Way, Wakefield
profileUrl	Link to the official Companies House profile

Setup — free API key (2 minutes)

Uses the official Companies House API, free:

1. Register at developer.company-information.service.gov.uk
2. Create an application → copy the REST API key
3. Paste it into the actor's API Key input (stored encrypted)

600 requests per 5 minutes on the free tier — plenty for thousands of results per run.

Typical usage

• Weekly closure feed for one industry: default status (dissolved only), set sicCodes, daysBack: 7, and schedule weekly — this is the only status where Companies House exposes a date filter
• Bulk pull of companies earlier in the insolvency pipeline: set Company Status to liquidation, administration, receivership, etc. — Companies House has no date filter for these statuses (they haven't ceased yet), so results are undated and capped by Max Results rather than windowed by date. Good for an occasional bulk pull, not a weekly monitor.
• Local area monitor: set location to your town or city

Common SIC codes: 43999 specialised construction · 56101 licensed restaurants · 49410 freight transport by road · 47110 non-specialised retail. Full list at resources.companieshouse.gov.uk/sic.

Export & integrations

Results land in an Apify dataset — export CSV, Excel, JSON, or connect Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, and webhooks via Apify integrations.

Data source & fair use

Data comes from the official Companies House API and is Crown copyright, available for reuse under the Companies House policy. This actor is not affiliated with Companies House.

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