# Companies House UK Company Registry Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/companies-house-uk-company-registry-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes the UK Companies House register for company names, registration numbers, status, incorporation dates, addresses, SIC codes, and previous names. Optional director and secretary details can be filtered by various criteria. No account or API key required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1/companies-house-uk-company-registry-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
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## Pricing

from $9.99 / 1,000 results

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Companies House UK Company Registry Scraper

Searches the free public UK company register kept by Companies House and returns
one flat record per company. Filter by words in the company name, by SIC industry
code, by the town, county or postcode of the registered office, by company status
and type, and by incorporation date range — or look up specific companies by their
company number. Every record carries the registered name, company number, status,
company type, incorporation and dissolution dates, the full registered office
address split into street, town, country and postcode, the SIC industry codes with
their descriptions, the accounts and confirmation-statement dates, and any previous
company names. Directors and secretaries can be attached on request.

This is the official public register, so the data is the company's own filed
information. No account, sign-in or API key of any kind is needed.

### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `company_name_includes` | `solar` | Words the registered company name must contain, e.g. `solar`, `dental`, `logistics`. Leave empty to search on the other filters alone. Ignored when `company_numbers` is filled in. |
| `sic_codes` | *(empty)* | Comma-separated UK SIC 2007 industry codes, e.g. `35110` or `62012,62020`. Empty searches every industry. |
| `location` | *(empty)* | Town, county or postcode the registered office address must contain, e.g. `Manchester`, `Cornwall`, `W1G`. Empty searches the whole UK. |
| `company_status` | `active` | `active`, `dissolved`, `liquidation`, `administration`, `open`, `closed`, or `any` for every company. |
| `company_type` | *(empty)* | Register company-type code, e.g. `ltd`, `plc`, `llp`. Empty returns all types. |
| `incorporated_from` | *(empty)* | Earliest incorporation date, `YYYY-MM-DD` or `DD/MM/YYYY`. |
| `incorporated_to` | *(empty)* | Latest incorporation date, same formats. |
| `company_numbers` | *(empty)* | Look these companies up directly instead of searching. Accepts company numbers (`00445790`, `445790`, `OE035072`) or full register profile links. When set, every search filter is ignored. |
| `include_details` | `true` | Read each company's overview page for the full SIC descriptions, accounts and confirmation-statement dates, dissolution date and previous names. |
| `include_officers` | `false` | Attach the current directors and secretaries — name, role, appointment date, nationality, month and year of birth, correspondence address. |
| `max_results` | `25` | Maximum company records to return (1–1000). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Optional | The register is open worldwide. Enable a UK or US proxy for the most reliable results on busy networks. |

### Output

One record per company:

```json
{
    "company_name": "BRADBURN DENTAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED",
    "company_number": "10315258",
    "company_status": "Active",
    "company_type": "Private limited Company",
    "incorporated_on": "5 August 2016",
    "dissolved_on": "",
    "sic_codes": ["86230"],
    "sic_descriptions": ["Dental practice activities"],
    "registered_office_address": "14 Tollemache Close, Mottram, Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom, SK14 6LN",
    "street_address": "14 Tollemache Close, Mottram",
    "town": "Hyde",
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "postal_code": "SK14 6LN",
    "next_accounts_made_up_to": "29 August 2026",
    "next_accounts_due": "29 May 2027",
    "last_accounts_made_up_to": "31 August 2025",
    "next_confirmation_statement_date": "4 August 2027",
    "last_confirmation_statement_date": "4 August 2026",
    "previous_names": [],
    "officers": [],
    "profile_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10315258"
}
```

A second record, from a run with `company_numbers` set and
`include_officers` turned on (officer list shortened here):

```json
{
    "company_name": "TESCO PLC",
    "company_number": "00445790",
    "company_status": "Active",
    "company_type": "Public limited Company",
    "incorporated_on": "27 November 1947",
    "dissolved_on": "",
    "sic_codes": ["47110"],
    "sic_descriptions": ["Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating"],
    "registered_office_address": "Tesco House, Shire Park, Kestrel Way, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, AL7 1GA",
    "street_address": "Tesco House, Shire Park, Kestrel Way",
    "town": "Welwyn Garden City",
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "postal_code": "AL7 1GA",
    "next_accounts_made_up_to": "26 February 2027",
    "next_accounts_due": "26 August 2027",
    "last_accounts_made_up_to": "28 February 2026",
    "next_confirmation_statement_date": "18 June 2027",
    "last_confirmation_statement_date": "18 June 2026",
    "previous_names": [
        { "name": "TESCO STORES (HOLDINGS) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY", "period": "14 Dec 1981 - 25 Aug 1983" },
        { "name": "TESCO STORES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED", "period": "27 Nov 1947 - 14 Dec 1981" }
    ],
    "officers": [
        { "name": "BETHELL, Melissa", "role": "Director", "appointed_on": "24 September 2018",
          "nationality": "British", "date_of_birth": "September 1974",
          "country_of_residence": "United Kingdom",
          "correspondence_address": "Tesco House, Shire Park, Kestrel Way, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, AL7 1GA" }
    ]
}
```

### Notes

- Coverage is the United Kingdom only: companies, LLPs, limited partnerships,
  registered societies and overseas entities that are on the UK register.
- The register holds **no telephone numbers, email addresses, websites or employee
  counts**. Industry comes from SIC codes, and the address is the registered
  office, which for many small companies is an accountant's or formation agent's
  address rather than a trading location.
- `street_address`, `town` and `country` are a best-effort split of the single
  address line the register publishes. A county written after the town (for
  example `Cheshire`) is not copied into `town`; `registered_office_address`
  always holds the complete address exactly as filed.
- A search returns at most 5,000 matches — narrow by SIC code, location or
  incorporation date range to go deeper into a large industry.
- Some entity types (registered societies, some overseas entities) have a much
  shorter register entry, so their records carry fewer fields.
- Companies House states that it does not verify the accuracy of the information
  companies file with it.

# Actor input Schema

## `company_name_includes` (type: `string`):

Words the registered company name must contain, e.g. 'solar', 'dental', 'logistics'. Leave empty to search on the other filters alone (SIC code, location, incorporation dates). Ignored when 'Company numbers' is filled in.

## `sic_codes` (type: `string`):

Comma-separated UK SIC 2007 codes to restrict the search to one or more industries, e.g. '35110' (production of electricity) or '62012,62020' (software and IT consultancy). Leave empty for all industries.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Town, county or postcode the registered office address must contain, e.g. 'Manchester', 'Cornwall', 'W1G'. Leave empty for the whole United Kingdom.

## `company_status` (type: `string`):

Restrict results to companies in this state on the register. Choose 'Any status' to include every company.

## `company_type` (type: `string`):

Optional register company-type code, e.g. 'ltd' (private limited), 'plc' (public limited), 'llp' (limited liability partnership). Leave empty for all types.

## `incorporated_from` (type: `string`):

Earliest incorporation date to include, as YYYY-MM-DD (or DD/MM/YYYY). Leave empty for no lower bound.

## `incorporated_to` (type: `string`):

Latest incorporation date to include, as YYYY-MM-DD (or DD/MM/YYYY). Leave empty for no upper bound.

## `company_numbers` (type: `array`):

Look up these specific companies instead of searching. Accepts company numbers ('00445790', '445790', 'OE035072') or full register profile links. When filled in, all search filters are ignored.

## `include_details` (type: `boolean`):

Read each company's overview page for the full SIC industry descriptions, accounts and confirmation-statement dates, dissolution date and previous company names. Adds one request per company.

## `include_officers` (type: `boolean`):

Attach the company's current directors and secretaries — name, role, appointment date, nationality, month and year of birth and correspondence address. Adds one request per company.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of company records to return.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for the run. The UK register is open worldwide — enable a UK or US proxy for the most reliable results on busy networks.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "company_name_includes": "solar",
  "sic_codes": "35110",
  "location": "London",
  "company_status": "active",
  "company_type": "ltd",
  "incorporated_from": "2020-01-01",
  "incorporated_to": "",
  "company_numbers": [
    "00445790",
    "09862731"
  ],
  "include_details": true,
  "include_officers": false,
  "max_results": 25,
  "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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "company_name_includes": "solar",
    "sic_codes": "35110",
    "location": "London",
    "company_status": "active",
    "company_type": "ltd",
    "incorporated_from": "2020-01-01",
    "incorporated_to": "",
    "company_numbers": [
        "00445790",
        "09862731"
    ],
    "include_details": true,
    "include_officers": false,
    "max_results": 25,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/companies-house-uk-company-registry-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 = {
    "company_name_includes": "solar",
    "sic_codes": "35110",
    "location": "London",
    "company_status": "active",
    "company_type": "ltd",
    "incorporated_from": "2020-01-01",
    "incorporated_to": "",
    "company_numbers": [
        "00445790",
        "09862731",
    ],
    "include_details": True,
    "include_officers": False,
    "max_results": 25,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/companies-house-uk-company-registry-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 '{
  "company_name_includes": "solar",
  "sic_codes": "35110",
  "location": "London",
  "company_status": "active",
  "company_type": "ltd",
  "incorporated_from": "2020-01-01",
  "incorporated_to": "",
  "company_numbers": [
    "00445790",
    "09862731"
  ],
  "include_details": true,
  "include_officers": false,
  "max_results": 25,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/companies-house-uk-company-registry-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moving_beacon-owner1/companies-house-uk-company-registry-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/dbO8IjCCBDtkYJb3s/builds/viGxGMF4pOi0g7McW/openapi.json