Companies House Scraper

Look up companies in the UK Companies House public register by name or company number. Each Dataset row is one company profile — registration number, status, type, registered office address, incorporation date, SIC / nature of business, and optionally officers and filing history.

Useful for KYC, due diligence, lead enrichment, and monitoring UK company records.

Features

• Batch company-name search and exact company-number lookup
• Profile fields: name, number, status, type, address, incorporation date, accounts / confirmation-statement summaries, SIC codes
• Optional officers (directors / secretaries and appointment details)
• Optional filing history
• Works without an API key via the public register; optional official REST API key for API-mode fetches
• De-duplication by company number and a maxCompanies ceiling
• Optional Apify proxy support

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
companyNames	array	—	Company names to search
companyNumbers	array	—	Exact company numbers
apiKey	string (secret)	—	Optional Companies House REST API key
maxCompanies	integer	50	Max unique companies
maxResultsPerName	integer	10	Max search hits kept per name
includeOfficers	boolean	true	Fetch officers
includeFilingHistory	boolean	false	Fetch filing history
maxOfficers	integer	50	Cap officers per company
maxFilings	integer	25	Cap filings per company
requestDelayMs	integer	300	Delay between requests
proxyConfiguration	object	—	Optional proxy settings

At least one company name or company number is required.

Example

{
  "companyNames": ["ADIDAS (U.K.)"],
  "companyNumbers": ["01075951"],
  "maxCompanies": 5,
  "includeOfficers": true,
  "includeFilingHistory": false
}

Output

One Dataset item per unique company, including:

• company_name, company_number, company_status, company_type
• registered_office_address, incorporated_on
• accounts, confirmation_statement, nature_of_business
• url, search_query, search_type, source, data_mode
• officers when requested; filing_history when requested

Example row

{
  "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01075951",
  "company_name": "ADIDAS (U.K.) LIMITED",
  "company_number": "01075951",
  "registered_office_address": "The Adidas Centre, Pepper Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire., SK7 5SA",
  "company_status": "Active",
  "company_type": "Private limited Company",
  "incorporated_on": "10 October 1972",
  "nature_of_business": [
    "46410 - Wholesale of textiles",
    "46420 - Wholesale of clothing and footwear"
  ],
  "officers": [
    {
      "name": "HUGHES, Rosemary",
      "role": "Secretary",
      "status": "Active",
      "appointed_on": "7 May 2019"
    }
  ],
  "search_type": "company_number",
  "source": "company-information.service.gov.uk",
  "data_mode": "public_html"
}

Notes

• Source: UK Companies House public register (find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk) and optional official REST API
• Free API keys are available from the Companies House developer hub when you prefer API mode
• Respect fair-use expectations; keep volume and concurrency reasonable