UK Gazette Statutory Notices Scraper

UK Gazette Statutory Notices Scraper

Scrape UK statutory notices from The Gazette by company name, notice type, or date range, up to a million per run. Every notice returns its full text, publication date, edition, and notice code. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

The Gazette's official website publishes corporate insolvency, personal bankruptcy, and state honours notices, but manually searching across three editions is slow and you cannot export structured data. This Actor reads the public notice feed directly, filtered by free text, notice code, edition, and date window, and returns each match in one fixed schema.

Who uses it	What they scrape The Gazette for
Credit risk analysts	Monitor companies entering insolvency or winding-up proceedings.
Compliance officers	Track bankruptcy orders and individual voluntary arrangements for KYC checks.
Business development teams	Identify newly dissolved companies or changes in corporate status.
Journalists and researchers	Collect state awards and honours notices for public interest stories.

What it does

This Actor collects UK Gazette statutory notices by search text, notice type, edition, and date range, and returns each one as a flat row.

• 🔍 Free text search: Search the full notice body for keywords like a company name, 'insolvency', or 'winding up'.
• 📰 Edition filter: Target The London Gazette, The Edinburgh Gazette, The Belfast Gazette, or search all three at once.
• 🏷️ Notice type codes: Restrict results to a specific statutory notice, such as 2401 for winding-up petitions or 1101 for state honours.
• 📅 Date window: Set a publication date range with 'Published from' and 'Published to' in YYYY-MM-DD format.
• 📊 Structured output: Each notice arrives as a clean row with its full text, edition, notice code, and publication date.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with The Gazette data

📉 Monitor corporate insolvency.

A credit analyst runs the Actor daily with the text 'winding up' and notice code 2401 to flag companies facing petitions before they appear in credit reports.

🛡️ Screen for personal bankruptcies.

A compliance team searches for individual names and filters by notice code 2423 to catch bankruptcy orders as part of client due diligence.

📰 Track state honours announcements.

A journalist sets the notice code to 1101 and collects the latest awards across all editions for a weekly honours roundup.

🗂️ Archive Companies House notices.

A researcher pulls all notice code 3001 entries within a date range to build a dataset of official Companies House publications.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
Full notice body text	The complete text of each statutory notice, not a snippet.
Three regional editions	Coverage across London, Edinburgh, and Belfast Gazette publications.
Notice type precision	Filter by the official Gazette notice code, from winding-up petitions to state awards.
Date-bounded runs	Collect notices published within a specific window for periodic monitoring.

How it compares

No other Store actor targets The Gazette the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

	UK Gazette Statutory Notices Scraper	Build it in-house	By hand
Setup	Run it now, zero config	Days of engineering	None, but hours per pull
When The Gazette changes	Maintained for you	You fix it	You re-learn the page
Proxies, retries, anti-bot	Built in	Your problem	Browser only
Output	Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export	Whatever you build	Copy-paste
Cost	Pay per result	Engineering time	Analyst hours

Configure the run

Drive the Actor with a free text query, a Gazette edition, a specific notice type code, and a publication date window, alone or together, and filters run as each notice is read so only matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
 "text": "insolvency",
 "maxItems": 10
}

A larger pull:

{
 "text": "insolvency",
 "maxItems": 200
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.0162 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$1.62
1,000 results	$16.20
10,000 results	$162.00

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the UK Gazette Statutory Notices Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to The Gazette through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/uk-gazette-notices-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

Check that your search text is not too restrictive. Try broadening the date range or setting the notice type to 'Any notice type'. The Gazette only holds notices published in the last few years for some categories.

The run stopped before reaching my max items limit.

This means there are no more notices matching your filters. Try removing the date range or the notice type filter, or use a broader search text to capture more results.

I got results but the notice body text looks truncated.

The Actor returns the full text as displayed on The Gazette page. Some notices are inherently short. If you suspect a parsing issue, check the raw page by opening the notice URL in a browser.

Can I search by company registration number?

The Gazette search does not support company registration numbers directly. Enter the company name in the 'Search text' field instead. For precise matches, try the exact legal name.

The date filter is not returning notices I know exist.

Ensure your dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format and that the 'Published from' date is earlier than the 'Published to' date. The Gazette's search index may have a short delay for the current day's notices.

FAQ

Question	Answer
What is The Gazette?	The Gazette is the UK's official public record, published by The National Archives. It contains statutory notices for corporate insolvency, personal bankruptcy, state honours, and other legal announcements across three regional editions.
Can I search for a specific company name?	Yes. Enter the company name in the 'Search text' field. The Actor matches your text against the full notice body, so partial names and common variations work.
How do I get only winding-up petition notices?	Set the 'Notice type' field to '2401 - Petitions to wind up (Companies)'. You can combine this with a text search and a date range to narrow results further.
Does this cover all three Gazette editions?	Yes. The default 'All editions' setting searches The London Gazette, The Edinburgh Gazette, and The Belfast Gazette together. You can restrict to a single edition if needed.
What date format should I use?	Use YYYY-MM-DD format, for example '2024-01-01'. Both 'Published from' and 'Published to' fields accept this format, and you can leave either field empty to leave the bound open.
How many notices can I collect in one run?	You can set 'Maximum notices' anywhere from 1 up to 1,000,000. The Actor stops when it reaches your limit or when no more matching notices exist.
Do I need an API key or login?	No. The Actor reads the public notice feed directly from The Gazette website. No registration, API key, or authentication is required.
What export formats are supported?	You can export your dataset to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML directly from the Apify platform run results.
Can I schedule this to run automatically?	Yes. Use Apify's scheduler to run the Actor daily, weekly, or on a custom cron expression. Combine it with a date filter to collect only new notices since the last run.
What notice types are available?	The Actor supports 26 notice codes covering corporate insolvency steps, personal bankruptcy, individual voluntary arrangements, state awards, and Companies House notices. The full list is in the 'Notice type' dropdown.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The National Archives. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.