🏢 Companies House Enricher

Instantly enrich UK company data using the official Companies House API. Input a list of company names or registration numbers and get back a full profile for each — registered address, SIC codes, active directors, insolvency flags, filing history, and more.

No scraping. No rate-limit workarounds. Direct from the source.

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✅ What you get

For each company, the actor returns:

Field	Description
companyName	Full registered company name
companyNumber	Companies House registration number
status	Active, Dissolved, Liquidation etc.
type	Ltd, PLC, LLP, etc.
incorporatedOn	Date of incorporation
dissolutionDate	Date dissolved (if applicable)
registeredAddress	Full registered office address
sicCodes	SIC industry codes
hasBeenLiquidated	Boolean flag
hasInsolvencyHistory	Boolean flag
hasCharges	Boolean flag (charges/mortgages registered)
jurisdiction	england-wales, scotland, etc.
companyHouseUrl	Direct link to CH record
officers	Active directors/secretaries (optional)
recentFilings	Latest account filings (optional)

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🔑 Requirements

You need a free Companies House API key.

1. Go to developer.company-information.service.gov.uk
2. Register (takes 2 minutes)
3. Create a new application and copy your API key
4. Paste it into the API Key field in the actor input

The Companies House API is completely free with a limit of 600 requests per 5 minutes — more than enough for most use cases.

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📥 Input

{
    "queries": ["Tesco PLC", "00445790", "Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC"],
    "searchType": "company_name",
    "apiKey": "your-api-key-here",
    "includeOfficers": true,
    "includeFilingHistory": false
}

Input fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
queries	Array of strings	✅	Company names or CH numbers
searchType	company_number or company_name	✅	How to interpret your inputs
apiKey	String	✅	Your free Companies House API key
includeOfficers	Boolean	❌	Fetch active directors for each company
includeFilingHistory	Boolean	❌	Fetch recent account filings
maxFilings	Integer (1–20)	❌	How many filings to return (default: 5)

Tip: If you're using company numbers, set searchType to company_number — it's faster and skips the search step entirely.

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📤 Output example

{
    "query": "00445790",
    "companyNumber": "00445790",
    "companyName": "TESCO PLC",
    "status": "active",
    "type": "plc",
    "incorporatedOn": "1947-11-27",
    "dissolutionDate": null,
    "registeredAddress": "Tesco House, Shire Park, Kestrel Way, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1GA, England",
    "sicCodes": ["47110"],
    "hasBeenLiquidated": false,
    "hasInsolvencyHistory": false,
    "hasCharges": true,
    "jurisdiction": "england-wales",
    "companyHouseUrl": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790"
}

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💡 Use cases

• Lead enrichment — append registered address, status and SIC codes to your prospect lists
• Due diligence — quickly check insolvency history and active directors before engaging a supplier
• Data cleaning — validate company names and numbers against the official register
• Compliance — identify dissolved or liquidated companies in your database
• Sales intelligence — filter leads by SIC code or company type

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⚡ Performance & rate limits

• The actor adds a 200ms delay between requests to stay well within the 600/5min limit
• For large batches (1,000+ companies), consider running multiple actor instances with split lists
• Company number lookups are faster than name searches (one fewer API call)

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🔗 Data source

All data comes directly from the UK Companies House official API — the same data used by Companies House Search itself. Data is updated in near real-time as companies file.

• Companies House API docs
• Companies House Search

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📬 Support

Found a bug or need a feature? Use the Issues tab on this actor's page or contact us through Apify.