# UK Insolvency Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/uk-insolvency-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes UK insolvency notices from The Gazette’s official JSON feed, including liquidator appointments, winding-up petitions, administrations, bankruptcies, and dividends. Supports text, notice type, category, and edition filters, with original notice data included.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/uk-insolvency-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## 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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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?

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## UK Insolvency Scraper

Scrapes UK insolvency notices (liquidator appointments, winding-up petitions, administrations, bankruptcies, dividends) from The Gazette's official JSON feed at `https://www.thegazette.co.uk/insolvency/notice/data.json`. No API key required.

### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `text` | `""` | Full-text search (company/person name, keywords); empty = latest notices |
| `notice_type` | `""` | Gazette notice code, e.g. `2450` Petitions to Wind Up (Companies), `2443` Appointment of Liquidators |
| `category_code` | `""` | Gazette category code, e.g. `G205010000` corporate insolvency |
| `edition` | `all` | `all`, `london`, `edinburgh`, or `belfast` |
| `max_pages` | `2` | Feed pages to fetch (50 notices/page, max 100 pages) |
| `limit` | `50` | Max notice records (max 2000) |

### Output

```json
{
    "notice_id": "5189144",
    "notice_code": "2509",
    "title": "Stephen Michael HANRAHAN",
    "notice_type": "Notice of Intended Dividends",
    "status": "published",
    "publication_date": "2026-08-12T18:00:07",
    "updated": "2026-08-12T17:00:07Z",
    "edition": "",
    "detail_url": "https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/5189144",
    "raw": { "…": "original feed entry incl. HTML content" }
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `text` (type: `string`):

Full-text search over notices (company or person name, keywords). Empty = all latest insolvency notices.

## `notice_type` (type: `string`):

Gazette notice code, e.g. 2450 (Petitions to Wind Up Companies), 2443 (Appointment of Liquidators), 2509 (Notice of Intended Dividends). Empty = all types.

## `category_code` (type: `string`):

Gazette category code (e.g. G205010000 corporate insolvency, G206000000 personal insolvency). Empty = all insolvency categories.

## `edition` (type: `string`):

Restrict to one Gazette edition.

## `max_pages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum feed pages to fetch (50 notices per page).

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of notice records to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "text": "limited",
  "notice_type": "",
  "category_code": "",
  "edition": "all",
  "max_pages": 2,
  "limit": 50
}
```

# 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 = {
    "text": "limited",
    "notice_type": "",
    "category_code": "",
    "edition": "all",
    "max_pages": 2,
    "limit": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/uk-insolvency-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 = {
    "text": "limited",
    "notice_type": "",
    "category_code": "",
    "edition": "all",
    "max_pages": 2,
    "limit": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/uk-insolvency-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 '{
  "text": "limited",
  "notice_type": "",
  "category_code": "",
  "edition": "all",
  "max_pages": 2,
  "limit": 50
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/uk-insolvency-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moving_beacon-owner1/uk-insolvency-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/WFZKptninQePxHNNa/builds/4KUl0QB0MEwx7s02P/openapi.json