# Uk Companies House Advanced Search (`gettingtechnicl/uk-companies-house-advanced-search`) Actor Search UK Companies House advanced company search for companies matching user-specified name/status/incorporation-date criteria and return structured company records (company name, company number, status, incorporation date, registered office address). - **URL**: https://apify.com/gettingtechnicl/uk-companies-house-advanced-search.md - **Developed by:** [Terry Gluff](https://apify.com/gettingtechnicl) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $50.00 / 1,000 verified record extracteds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. 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/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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 ## Uk Companies House Advanced Search Autonomously generated defensive-architecture scraper (immutable boilerplate + LLM-authored drive_target/extract_primary). Objective: Search UK Companies House advanced company search for companies matching user-specified name/status/incorporation-date criteria and return structured company records (company name, company number, status, incorporation date, registered office address). # Actor input Schema ## `company_name_includes` (type: `string`): Return companies whose name contains this text (partial match supported). ## `company_name_excludes` (type: `string`): Exclude companies whose name contains this text. ## `registered_office_address` (type: `string`): Full or partial registered office address to filter by. ## `incorporation_date_from` (type: `string`): Earliest incorporation date to include, in YYYY-MM-DD format. ## `incorporation_date_to` (type: `string`): Latest incorporation date to include, in YYYY-MM-DD format. ## `dissolved_date_from` (type: `string`): Earliest dissolution date to include, in YYYY-MM-DD format. ## `dissolved_date_to` (type: `string`): Latest dissolution date to include, in YYYY-MM-DD format. ## `status` (type: `array`): Filter by one or more company statuses; leave empty to include all. ## `company_type` (type: `array`): Filter by one or more company types; leave empty to include all. ## `company_subtype` (type: `array`): Filter by one or more company subtypes; leave empty to include all. ## `sic_codes` (type: `array`): One or more Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes to filter by nature of business. ## `max_items` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on the total number of company records saved. ## `deep_crawl` (type: `boolean`): Visit each result's detail page to extract additional fields such as registered address and SIC codes. ## `max_detail_pages` (type: `integer`): Cap on the number of detail pages visited when deep crawl is enabled. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional Apify Proxy configuration. Leave unset to run without a proxy (default: no proxy, no extra traffic cost). ## Actor input object example ```json { "company_name_includes": "Google", "status": [], "company_type": [], "company_subtype": [], "max_items": 3, "deep_crawl": true, "max_detail_pages": 3, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (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 = { "company_name_includes": "Google", "max_items": 3, "max_detail_pages": 3, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("gettingtechnicl/uk-companies-house-advanced-search").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 = { "company_name_includes": "Google", "max_items": 3, "max_detail_pages": 3, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("gettingtechnicl/uk-companies-house-advanced-search").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 '{ "company_name_includes": "Google", "max_items": 3, "max_detail_pages": 3, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call gettingtechnicl/uk-companies-house-advanced-search --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gettingtechnicl/uk-companies-house-advanced-search", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Uk Companies House Advanced Search", "description": "Search UK Companies House advanced company search for companies matching user-specified name/status/incorporation-date criteria and return structured company records (company name, company number, status, incorporation date, registered office address).", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "XLRkijYvC7ButdcpZ" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/gettingtechnicl~uk-companies-house-advanced-search/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-gettingtechnicl-uk-companies-house-advanced-search", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/gettingtechnicl~uk-companies-house-advanced-search/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-gettingtechnicl-uk-companies-house-advanced-search", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/gettingtechnicl~uk-companies-house-advanced-search/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-gettingtechnicl-uk-companies-house-advanced-search", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "properties": { "company_name_includes": { "title": "Company name includes", "type": "string", "description": "Return companies whose name contains this text (partial match supported)." }, "company_name_excludes": { "title": "Company name excludes", "type": "string", "description": "Exclude companies whose name contains this text." }, "registered_office_address": { "title": "Registered office address", "type": "string", "description": "Full or partial registered office address to filter by." }, "incorporation_date_from": { "title": "Incorporation date from", "type": "string", "description": "Earliest incorporation date to include, in YYYY-MM-DD format." }, "incorporation_date_to": { "title": "Incorporation date to", "type": "string", "description": "Latest incorporation date to include, in YYYY-MM-DD format." }, "dissolved_date_from": { "title": "Dissolved date from", "type": "string", "description": "Earliest dissolution date to include, in YYYY-MM-DD format." }, "dissolved_date_to": { "title": "Dissolved date to", "type": "string", "description": "Latest dissolution date to include, in YYYY-MM-DD format." }, "status": { "title": "Company status", "type": "array", "description": "Filter by one or more company statuses; leave empty to include all.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "activeCompanies", "dissolvedCompanies", "openCompanies", "closedCompanies", "convertedClosedCompanies", "removedCompanies", "receivershipCompanies", "liquidationCompanies", "administrationCompanies", "insolvencyProceedingsCompanies", "voluntaryArrangementCompanies" ], "enumTitles": [ "Active", "Dissolved", "Open", "Closed", "Converted closed", "Removed", "Receivership", "Liquidation", "Administration", "Insolvency proceedings", "Voluntary arrangement" ] }, "default": [] }, "company_type": { "title": "Company type", "type": "array", "description": "Filter by one or more company types; leave empty to include all.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "assurance-company", "charitable-incorporated-organisation", "converted-or-closed", "eeig", "european-public-limited-liability-company-se", "further-education-or-sixth-form-college-corporation", "industrial-and-provident-society", "icvc", "llp", "limited-partnership", "old-public-company", "oversea-company", "registered-overseas-entity", "private-limited-guarant-nsc", "ltd", "private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption", "private-limited-shares-section-30-exemption", "private-unlimited", "private-unlimited-nsc", "protected-cell-company", "plc", "registered-society-non-jurisdictional", "royal-charter", "scottish-charitable-incorporated-organisation", "scottish-partnership", "uk-establishment", "unregistered-company" ], "enumTitles": [ "Assurance company", "Charitable incorporated organisation", "Converted or closed", "European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG)", "European public limited liability company (SE)", "Further education or sixth form college corporation", "Industrial and Provident society", "Investment company with variable capital", "Limited liability partnership", "Limited partnership", "Old public company", "Overseas company", "Overseas entity", "Private limited by guarantee without share capital", "Private limited company", "Private Limited Company by guarantee without share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption", "Private Limited Company, use of 'Limited' exemption", "Private unlimited company", "Private unlimited company without share capital", "Protected cell company", "Public limited company", "Registered society", "Royal charter company", "Scottish charitable incorporated organisation", "Scottish qualifying partnership", "UK establishment company", "Unregistered company" ] }, "default": [] }, "company_subtype": { "title": "Company subtype", "type": "array", "description": "Filter by one or more company subtypes; leave empty to include all.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "community-interest-company", "private-fund-limited-partnership" ], "enumTitles": [ "Community interest company", "Private fund limited partnership" ] }, "default": [] }, "sic_codes": { "title": "SIC codes", "type": "array", "description": "One or more Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes to filter by nature of business.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "max_items": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard cap on the total number of company records saved.", "default": 100 }, "deep_crawl": { "title": "Deep crawl", "type": "boolean", "description": "Visit each result's detail page to extract additional fields such as registered address and SIC codes.", "default": true }, "max_detail_pages": { "title": "Max detail pages", "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on the number of detail pages visited when deep crawl is enabled.", "default": 25 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional Apify Proxy configuration. Leave unset to run without a proxy (default: no proxy, no extra traffic cost)." } } }, "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", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```