# UK Companies House — New Company Leads by SIC & Date (`saliga/uk-companies-house`) Actor

UK company data from the official Companies House API: profiles, SIC codes, accounts and confirmation dates, filing history. Lists of newly incorporated companies by industry, date and place. No personal data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/saliga/uk-companies-house.md
- **Developed by:** [Salih Küçükkayış](https://apify.com/saliga) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 company with full profiles

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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

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# README

UK company data from the **official Companies House API**. Look up companies by **number** or **name**, or build lists with the **advanced search**: **newly incorporated companies** by **SIC code**, date, status, type and location. Every company comes with its profile: status, type, **SIC codes with descriptions**, registered office, **accounts and confirmation statement dates** (and whether they are overdue), charges and insolvency flags, previous names, and optionally its **latest filings** with links to the **accounts PDFs**.

**No personal data**: officers and persons with significant control are never requested, so the data is about companies only.

**$2 per 1,000 companies** with full profiles. **$0.50 per 1,000** for fast advanced-search lists. **$1 per 1,000** for filing history (optional). Companies that are not found are free. No API key needed.

### Quick start

Press **Start** with the example input (Tesco PLC and Lloyds Banking Group PLC):

```json
{
  "companyNumbers": ["00445790", "SC095000"]
}
```

New IT companies incorporated yesterday, every day (schedule the Actor daily):

```json
{
  "sicCodes": ["62012", "62020"],
  "incorporatedFrom": "yesterday",
  "companyStatus": ["active"],
  "maxCompanies": 2000
}
```

One row per company (a real run, trimmed):

```json
{
  "companyNumber": "00445790",
  "companyName": "TESCO PLC",
  "statusText": "Active",
  "typeText": "Public limited company",
  "incorporatedOn": "1947-11-27",
  "sic": [{"code": "47110", "description": "Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating"}],
  "registeredOfficeText": "Tesco House, Shire Park, Kestrel Way, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1GA, United Kingdom",
  "accounts": {"accountingReferenceDate": "26/02", "lastMadeUpTo": "2026-02-28", "lastTypeText": "Group",
               "nextMadeUpTo": "2027-02-26", "nextDue": "2027-08-26", "overdue": false},
  "confirmationStatement": {"lastMadeUpTo": "2026-06-18", "nextDue": "2027-07-02", "overdue": false},
  "hasCharges": false,
  "hasInsolvencyHistory": false,
  "previousNames": [{"name": "TESCO STORES (HOLDINGS) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY", "from": "1981-12-14", "to": "1983-08-25"}],
  "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790",
  "filingCount": 8372,
  "filings": [
    {"date": "2026-09-16", "category": "capital", "type": "SH03", "description": "Purchase of own shares.", "pages": 4}
  ]
}
```

### Use it for

- **Lead lists of new companies**: every new restaurant, IT consultancy or property company in a town, the day after it is registered. New companies need banks, accountants, insurance, software and websites.
- **Due diligence and KYB**: is the company active, are accounts or the confirmation statement overdue, has it ever been in insolvency, does it have charges.
- **Enrich a CRM**: add SIC codes, incorporation date and registered office to a list of UK company numbers.
- **Watch for changes**: schedule a run on your customers or suppliers and compare status and filing dates.
- **AI agents**: through the Apify MCP server, an agent can ask "what is the status of company 00445790?".

### Input

| Field | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| `companyNumbers` | | Company numbers (short numbers are padded: 445790 → 00445790) |
| `searchQueries`, `maxResultsPerSearch` | , 5 | Company names to look up, best matches first |
| `incorporatedFrom`, `incorporatedTo` | | Dates: `2026-10-01`, `today`, `yesterday`, `7 days ago` |
| `sicCodes` | | SIC 2007 codes, e.g. 62020 |
| `companyStatus`, `companyType` | | Active, dissolved, liquidation…; Ltd, PLC, LLP… |
| `location`, `nameIncludes`, `nameExcludes` | | Town or postcode area; text in the name |
| `dissolvedFrom`, `dissolvedTo` | | For lists of recently dissolved companies |
| `maxCompanies` | 500 | Cap on companies per run |
| `fetchProfiles` | true | Off: advanced-search rows only (faster, $0.50 per 1,000) |
| `includeFilingHistory`, `maxFilingsPerCompany` | false, 10 | Latest filings with PDF links |
| `apiKey` | | Optional: your own free Companies House key for large runs |

The company status filter on its own is too broad (millions of companies); use it with dates, SIC codes, a name or a location.

### Output

Company rows: `companyNumber`, `companyName`, `status`, `statusText`, `statusDetail`, `type`, `typeText`, `subtype`, `jurisdiction`, `incorporatedOn`, `dissolvedOn`, `sicCodes`, `sic` (code + description), `registeredOffice` (parts), `registeredOfficeText`, `accounts` (accounting reference date, last and next made-up dates, next due, overdue, last accounts type), `confirmationStatement`, `hasCharges`, `hasInsolvencyHistory`, `hasBeenLiquidated`, `isCommunityInterestCompany`, `previousNames`, `url`, `source`, and with filing history `filingCount` and `filings` (date, category, type, readable description, pages, and `documentUrl` for accounts).

Rows from the advanced search with *Fetch full profiles* off have the search fields only: number, name, status, type, incorporation and dissolution dates, SIC codes and registered office.

A company number that does not exist gives a row with `error` and is not charged. The key-value store record `SUMMARY` has the totals of the run.

### What it costs

| Run | Price |
|---|---|
| 1,000 company numbers, full profiles | $2.00 |
| 5,000 new companies from the advanced search, list only | $2.50 |
| 500 companies with profiles and their last 10 filings | $1.50 |

You only pay for companies you get. The run stops cleanly at your spending limit.

### Good to know

- Data comes straight from the Companies House Public Data API, the same register as the GOV.UK website. Companies House states that it "imposes no rules or requirements on how the information on the public register is used"; you remain responsible for data protection law where it applies.
- Speed: the API allows 600 requests per 5 minutes per key. With full profiles that is about 100 companies a minute (about 60 with filing history). Advanced-search lists without profiles return up to 5,000 companies per request. For very large runs, add your own free API key.
- Officers, persons with significant control and their addresses are never fetched. Filing descriptions about officers say "Appointment of an officer as a director" without the name, and those filings have no document link. "C/O" names are removed from addresses.
- With a shared key, runs pace themselves from Companies House's own rate-limit counters and wait when the limit is reached, so a busy hour can make a run slower, never failed.
- If Companies House refuses to page further through a very large advanced search, the run keeps what it has and the log says so: split the search into shorter date ranges.
- SIC descriptions and filing descriptions come from Companies House's own enumerations, refreshed when the Actor is rebuilt.

### FAQ

**How do I get only companies registered since my last run?** Schedule the Actor daily with *Incorporated from* = `yesterday` (or weekly with `7 days ago`).

**Can I get directors?** No. This Actor deliberately leaves out personal data.

**Can I download the accounts PDFs?** Accounts filings have a `documentUrl` that opens the PDF on the Companies House website (other documents, such as incorporation papers, name people and are not linked). Pass the links to [Document to Markdown](https://apify.com/saliga/document-to-markdown) to turn accounts into text for LLMs.

### More from this developer

- [Document to Markdown](https://apify.com/saliga/document-to-markdown): PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and scans to clean Markdown for LLMs and RAG.
- [Tech Stack Detector](https://apify.com/saliga/tech-stack-detector): CMS, ecommerce platform, analytics and hosting of a list of websites.
- [Bulk HTTP Requests](https://apify.com/saliga/bulk-http-requests): call any API once for every row of a CSV, JSON list or Apify dataset.
- [Career Site Jobs](https://apify.com/saliga/career-site-jobs): open jobs from Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, Recruitee and Workday career sites.
- [Keyword Search Volume](https://apify.com/saliga/keyword-search-volume): Google search volume, CPC and trends for a keyword list.
- [Website Screenshot + Change Detection](https://apify.com/saliga/website-screenshot-change-detection): screenshots of many URLs with visual change detection.

Code examples (curl, Python, Node.js, n8n) for this and the other Actors: [github.com/msalihk/apify-actor-examples](https://github.com/msalihk/apify-actor-examples).

Questions or a missing feature: open an issue on the Actor page.

# Actor input Schema

## `companyNumbers` (type: `array`):

UK company registration numbers, e.g. 00445790 or SC123456. Short numbers are padded (445790 → 00445790).

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Company names to look up. Each search returns the best matches, up to "Results per name search".

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

How many matches to keep for each name search.

## `incorporatedFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD, or "today", "yesterday", "7 days ago", "2 weeks ago".

## `incorporatedTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD or a relative date like "yesterday".

## `sicCodes` (type: `array`):

Industry codes (SIC 2007), e.g. 62020 (IT consultancy), 56101 (restaurants), 68100 (buying and selling own real estate).

## `companyStatus` (type: `array`):

Keep only companies with these statuses. On its own this filter is too broad; combine it with dates, SIC codes, name or location.

## `companyType` (type: `array`):

Keep only these company types.

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

Town, city or postcode area of the registered office, e.g. Manchester.

## `nameIncludes` (type: `string`):

Only companies whose name contains this text.

## `nameExcludes` (type: `string`):

Leave out companies whose name contains this text.

## `dissolvedFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD or a relative date. For lists of recently dissolved companies.

## `dissolvedTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD or a relative date.

## `maxCompanies` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many companies in total.

## `fetchProfiles` (type: `boolean`):

On: each company gets accounts and confirmation statement dates, charges and insolvency flags, previous names ($2 per 1,000). Off: advanced search rows only, much faster ($0.50 per 1,000). Company numbers and name searches always get full profiles.

## `includeFilingHistory` (type: `boolean`):

Add each company's latest filings (accounts, confirmation statements, changes), with a link to the PDF for accounts. $1 per 1,000 companies.

## `maxFilingsPerCompany` (type: `integer`):

How many of the latest filings to add.

## `apiKey` (type: `string`):

Not needed: the Actor has its own key. Add your own free REST API key (developer.company-information.service.gov.uk) to get the full rate limit to yourself on large runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "companyNumbers": [
    "00445790",
    "SC095000"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 5,
  "maxCompanies": 500,
  "fetchProfiles": true,
  "includeFilingHistory": false,
  "maxFilingsPerCompany": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per company: name, status, type, SIC codes, registered office, accounts dates.

## `fullResults` (type: `string`):

Every field, including confirmation statement, flags, previous names and filings.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Companies found, not found, API requests used.

# 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 = {
    "companyNumbers": [
        "00445790",
        "SC095000"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("saliga/uk-companies-house").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 = { "companyNumbers": [
        "00445790",
        "SC095000",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("saliga/uk-companies-house").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 '{
  "companyNumbers": [
    "00445790",
    "SC095000"
  ]
}' |
apify call saliga/uk-companies-house --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/hhYlyn4jE79DiG0QX/builds/tvkY3dgIr7k9dX5xK/openapi.json