# Companies House UK Officer & PSC Identity Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/companies-house-uk-officer-psc-identity-scraper`) Actor

Search UK Companies House officers by name and get a full identity profile per match: every directorship and secretary appointment (active and resigned), month/year of birth, nationality, country of residence, correspondence address, and persons-with-significant-control status.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/companies-house-uk-officer-psc-identity-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $0.80 / 1,000 record scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## UK Officer & Director Identity Lookup — Companies House

Search the [Companies House](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk) officer register by name and get back every appointment tied to that person. This includes directorships, company-secretary roles, month/year of birth, nationality, country of residence, and persons-with-significant-control (PSC) status, across live and resigned appointments for the whole UK register.

***

### Officer & PSC Identity Scraper Features

- Searches the officer index by name — not by company, which is what every other Companies House actor makes you do
- Returns month/year of birth, nationality, and country of residence for each matched officer, the fields that actually disambiguate "J Smith" from the other forty J Smiths
- Walks every appointment per officer — active and resigned, with company name, number, status, role, and dates
- Flags persons with significant control and returns their nature-of-control codes (ownership percentage, voting rights, right to appoint directors) where the officer is matched to a PSC entry
- Caps how many officers get fully resolved per name, so a common surname doesn't turn one search into a thousand-request crawl

***

### Who Uses UK Director and PSC Data?

- **KYC and onboarding teams** — verify a beneficial owner's identity against the official register before opening an account
- **Due-diligence analysts** — map every company a director controls or has controlled, active and dissolved
- **Insolvency practitioners** — trace phoenix companies by following a director's appointment history across entities
- **B2B sales and lead teams** — build decision-maker lists straight from directorship data, with correspondence addresses attached
- **Compliance and AML** — cross-reference a name against PSC nature-of-control to see if someone quietly owns 75%+ of a company they don't appear to run

***

### How the Officer & PSC Identity Scraper Works

1. Give it one or more names. Each name runs its own search against the officer index.
2. For every matching officer (up to your per-name cap), it opens that person's appointment history — every company, role, and date, resigned or current.
3. It cross-references one representative company to pull date of birth, nationality, country of residence, and PSC status for that officer.
4. Each appointment comes back as its own row, so an officer with six directorships gives you six rows — one per company, all carrying the same identity fields.

***

### Input

```json
{
  "names": ["John Smith"],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxOfficersPerName": 5
}
```

| Field                | Type    | Default | Description |
|----------------------|---------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `names`              | array   | —       | Officer names to search, e.g. `"John Smith"`. Each name runs one search over the officer index. |
| `maxItems`           | integer | 10      | Maximum number of appointment records to return across the whole run. |
| `maxOfficersPerName` | integer | 5       | How many distinct officers to fully resolve per searched name. Keeps a common surname bounded. |
| `resumeCursor`       | string  | —       | Cursor from a previous run's Output. Leave empty for a fresh crawl. |

Searching for a distinctive full name (middle name included) returns fewer, more precise matches than a common surname alone.

***

### Officer & PSC Identity Scraper Output Fields

```json
{
  "officer_id": "Uw9C0lWw2puryAMKiQOQWuJta-Y",
  "officer_name": "John Barry HAWKINS",
  "first_name": "John Barry",
  "last_name": "HAWKINS",
  "title": "",
  "date_of_birth_month": 10,
  "date_of_birth_year": 1967,
  "nationality": "English",
  "country_of_residence": "England",
  "occupation": "",
  "correspondence_address": "128 City Road, London, United Kingdom, EC1V 2NX",
  "correspondence_postcode": "EC1V 2NX",
  "officer_role": "director",
  "is_psc": false,
  "psc_nature_of_control": "",
  "appointed_on": "31 August 2022",
  "resigned_on": "",
  "company_number": "13521537",
  "company_name": "JOHN FRANCIS DEARY LTD (13521537)",
  "company_status": "Active",
  "total_appointments": 4,
  "active_appointments": 2,
  "officer_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Uw9C0lWw2puryAMKiQOQWuJta-Y/appointments",
  "query_name": "John Barry Hawkins",
  "scraped_at": "2026-09-26T14:19:46.188Z"
}
```

| Field                     | Type    | Description |
|---------------------------|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `officer_id`              | string  | The officer's Companies House identifier. |
| `officer_name`            | string  | Full name as published on the register. |
| `first_name`              | string  | Best-effort first/middle name split. |
| `last_name`               | string  | Best-effort surname split. |
| `title`                   | string  | Mr / Mrs / Ms / Dr, where the register publishes one. |
| `date_of_birth_month`     | integer | Birth month. Companies House never publishes the day. |
| `date_of_birth_year`      | integer | Birth year. |
| `nationality`             | string  | As published on the register. |
| `country_of_residence`    | string  | As published on the register. |
| `occupation`              | string  | Sparse — only present when the register publishes it. |
| `correspondence_address`  | string  | Full correspondence address for this appointment. |
| `correspondence_postcode` | string  | Postcode extracted from the correspondence address. |
| `officer_role`            | string  | `director`, `secretary`, `llp-member`, or the register's own role text. |
| `is_psc`                  | boolean | `true` when this officer was matched to a persons-with-significant-control entry. |
| `psc_nature_of_control`   | string  | Comma-separated nature-of-control codes (e.g. `ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent`). Empty if not a PSC. |
| `appointed_on`            | string  | Appointment start date. |
| `resigned_on`             | string  | Resignation date, empty if still active. |
| `company_number`          | string  | Companies House company number for this appointment. |
| `company_name`            | string  | Company name for this appointment. |
| `company_status`          | string  | e.g. Active, Dissolved. |
| `total_appointments`      | integer | Total appointments on record for this officer. |
| `active_appointments`     | integer | Of those, how many are still active. |
| `officer_url`             | string  | Canonical Companies House officer page. |
| `query_name`              | string  | The name you searched that surfaced this record. |
| `scraped_at`              | string  | ISO-8601 timestamp when the record was scraped. |

***

### Resuming a large crawl

Every run emits a `resumeCursor` in its Output. If a large crawl stops before it finishes — because it hit `maxItems`, your spend cap (`maxTotalChargeUsd`), or was aborted — start a new run with **the same input** plus that `resumeCursor` to continue from where it left off. The crawl resumes from the queued work the previous run didn't reach.

- You are **not re-charged** for records the earlier run already delivered.
- Resume within your account's run-retention window — on the free tier, roughly your 10 most recent runs. Once the source run is pruned, its `resumeCursor` is no longer valid.
- `resumeCursor` is opaque — supply it unmodified.

***

### FAQ

#### How do I look up a UK company director by name?

Officer & PSC Identity Scraper takes a name and returns every officer on the Companies House register matching it, with each appointment as its own record. No account or API key required.

#### What data can I get on a Companies House officer?

Month and year of birth, nationality, country of residence, correspondence address, and every directorship or secretary role that person has held — active and resigned. Where the same individual holds significant control over a company, you also get their PSC nature-of-control codes.

#### Can I search multiple names in one run?

Yes. Pass an array of names and each one runs its own search, bounded by `maxOfficersPerName` so a common surname doesn't blow through your item budget.

#### Does this replace a company-lookup actor?

No. This is the inverse — name in, every company that person controls out. If you already have a company number and want its full officer list, a company-centric lookup is the better fit.

#### Why is `date_of_birth_month` sometimes empty?

Companies House only publishes birth month and year for officers where the register carries that detail on record, and never publishes the day. Corporate officers (a company acting as a director or secretary) have no date of birth at all.

***

### Need More Features?

Need additional fields, a different jurisdiction, or a related lookup? [File an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors/issues) or get in touch.

### Why Use Officer & PSC Identity Scraper?

- **Person-first, not company-first** — search by name and get every company that person touches, instead of starting from a company number you may not have.
- **Built for disambiguation** — birth month/year, nationality, and country of residence are exactly the fields that separate one "John Smith" from the other forty on the register, and most officer lookups skip them.
- **PSC cross-referenced** — flags when an officer also shows up as a person with significant control, with the actual nature-of-control codes attached.

# Actor input Schema

## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`):

What will this data feed? E.g. lead lists, KYB checks, price tracking.

## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`):

Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements.

## `sp_contact` (type: `string`):

We'll personally help with your use case. No spam.

## `resumeCursor` (type: `string`):

Leave empty for a fresh crawl. To CONTINUE a previous run where it stopped — without paying again for records you already received — paste the `resumeCursor` value from that run's Output (the run's OUTPUT key). Resume promptly: the previous run's data expires with your account's retention window (free tier: your ~10 most recent runs).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of records to scrape

## `names` (type: `array`):

Full or partial names to search in the Companies House officer index (e.g. "John Smith"). Each name runs one search; every matching officer's identity, appointment history and persons-with-significant-control status is returned.

## `maxOfficersPerName` (type: `integer`):

Cap on how many distinct officers to fully resolve per searched name. Bounds the crawl when a common name returns many matches.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
  "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
  "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "names": [
    "John Smith"
  ],
  "maxOfficersPerName": 5
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
    "maxItems": 10,
    "names": [
        "John Smith"
    ],
    "maxOfficersPerName": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/companies-house-uk-officer-psc-identity-scraper").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
    "maxItems": 10,
    "names": ["John Smith"],
    "maxOfficersPerName": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/companies-house-uk-officer-psc-identity-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
  "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
  "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "names": [
    "John Smith"
  ],
  "maxOfficersPerName": 5
}' |
apify call jungle_synthesizer/companies-house-uk-officer-psc-identity-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jungle_synthesizer/companies-house-uk-officer-psc-identity-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/qgfocZzjHn0G7m7hH/builds/nliKQH1d2Pxmwx4f3/openapi.json