UK Companies House Scraper

Search the UK Companies House register by company name or keyword and get structured company records, with optional officers (directors and secretaries). Companies are de-duplicated by company number across queries and restarts.

What you can do with it

• Build lists of UK companies by name or keyword, with status, type, incorporation date and registered address.
• Pull current (and optionally resigned) officers for each company.
• Check which companies are active, dissolved or in liquidation before outreach or onboarding.

An empty input ({}) runs a small demo: search "tesco", 5 results.

Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
queries	string[]	Company names or keywords. A single string also works.	demo: tesco
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	Maximum companies per query, 1 to 1000.	50 (5 in the demo)
includeOfficers	boolean	Officers and directors of each company.	false
includeResigned	boolean	Also return resigned officers. Only applies with officers.	false

Example:

{
  "queries": ["Revolut Ltd", "Monzo Bank Limited"],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 10,
  "includeOfficers": true
}

Output

One row per company. Fields:

Field	Description
company_name	Registered company name
company_number	Companies House registration number
company_type	Company type code (ltd, plc, llp, ...)
company_status	active, dissolved, liquidation, ...
date_of_creation	Incorporation date (YYYY-MM-DD)
registered_address	Registered office address as one string
address_locality	Town or city (can be empty)
address_postal_code	Postal code (can be empty)
address_country	Country (empty for some companies)
company_url	Link to the company's page on Companies House
officers	Only with includeOfficers: name, role, appointed_on, resigned_on, nationality, country_of_residence, address, birth_month_year (dates as YYYY-MM-DD).
data_source	Where the row came from (website)
search_query	The query that found this company
scraped_at	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp

Sample row:

{
  "company_name": "REVOLUT LTD",
  "company_number": "08804411",
  "company_type": "ltd",
  "company_status": "active",
  "date_of_creation": "2013-12-06",
  "registered_address": "30 South Colonnade, London, United Kingdom, E14 5HX",
  "address_locality": "London",
  "address_postal_code": "E14 5HX",
  "address_country": "United Kingdom",
  "company_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08804411",
  "officers": [
    {
      "name": "BRITTON, Caroline Louise",
      "role": "director",
      "appointed_on": "2019-03-08",
      "nationality": "British",
      "country_of_residence": "United Kingdom",
      "address": "30 South Colonnade, London, United Kingdom, E14 5HX",
      "birth_month_year": "1965-02"
    }
  ],
  "data_source": "website",
  "search_query": "revolut",
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-26T07:01:59Z"
}

Pricing

Pay per event:

Event	When it is charged
actor-start	Once per run, after the first company row has been delivered. A run that delivers nothing (for example a search with no hits) is not charged.
uk-company-result	Per company row delivered.
uk-company-officers-enriched	Per company whose officers were added.

An enrichment is charged only when it was actually added to the row. See the Pricing tab for current prices. If you set a maximum total charge for the run, rows stop when the next row (with its enrichments) would exceed it, and the run ends with the status "Stopped at the max charge limit. N companies delivered."

Use with AI agents (MCP)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=santamaria-automations/uk-companies-house-scraper",
        "--header",
        "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Example prompt: "Use uk-companies-house-scraper to list the active directors of Revolut Ltd."

FAQ

How many companies can one query return? Up to 1000. The register's search stops there.

Why can address_country be empty? The register does not show it for every company.

How do I find a company number? Search by name and read company_number from the result.

Can I stop at a budget? Yes, set a maximum total charge on the run.

Data protection

The actor returns data that is public on Companies House. Officer records can include names, correspondence addresses and birth month and year of individuals. You are responsible for using the data lawfully, including UK GDPR and direct-marketing rules.

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Support

Something not working or a field missing? Open an issue from the Issues tab of this actor or email contact@nanoscrape.com.