# UK Companies House Scraper: New Companies & Directors (`scrapemint/uk-companies-house-scraper`) Actor

Search the UK Companies House register by incorporation date, SIC code, location, name, status and company type. Get registered address, SIC descriptions, accounts and confirmation-statement due dates and active directors. Daily new-company lead lists.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapemint/uk-companies-house-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ken M](https://apify.com/scrapemint) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 companies

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
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.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## UK Companies House Scraper: New Companies & Directors

**Pull companies from the UK Companies House register in bulk.** Search by **incorporation date**, **SIC code**, **town or postcode**, **company name**, **status** and **company type**, or look up company numbers, and get one row per company:

- **Company:** name, company number, status, type, incorporation and dissolution dates
- **Where:** registered office address and postcode
- **What they do:** SIC codes with plain-English descriptions
- **With details on:** next accounts and confirmation-statement due dates, **overdue flags**, previous names, and **active directors and secretaries** (name, role, appointed date, nationality, country of residence)

Set **incorporated in the last 7 days** and run it on a schedule for a **daily feed of brand-new UK companies**: new businesses need accountants, banks, insurance, web design, software, office space and payroll.

Uses the register's own CSV export, so 5,000 companies come back in about a second. Large searches are split by date automatically, so you are not stuck at the 5,000 limit of the website.

No API key, no account, no proxy.

### What you get

`companyName`, `companyNumber`, `status`, `companyType`, `companyTypeCode`, `incorporationDate`, `dissolutionDate`, `registeredOfficeAddress`, `postcode`, `sicCodes`, `sicDescriptions`, `companyUrl`

With **Add profile details and officers**: `accountsNextMadeUpTo`, `accountsNextDue`, `accountsLastMadeUpTo`, `accountsOverdue`, `confirmationStatementNextDue`, `confirmationStatementLastDate`, `confirmationStatementOverdue`, `previousNames`, `activeOfficerCount`, `directors`, `officers`

### Example input

New restaurants registered this week, with their directors:

```json
{
  "incorporatedInLastDays": 7,
  "sicCodes": ["56101", "56102"],
  "includeDetails": true
}
```

Software companies incorporated in Manchester in 2026:

```json
{
  "incorporatedFrom": "2026-01-01",
  "incorporatedTo": "2026-12-31",
  "sicCodes": ["62012", "62020"],
  "location": "Manchester",
  "maxResults": 5000
}
```

Look up specific companies:

```json
{
  "companyNumbers": ["00445790", "SC906865"],
  "includeDetails": true
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "companyName": "CRAVZ LTD",
  "companyNumber": "17530611",
  "status": "Active",
  "companyType": "Private limited company",
  "incorporationDate": "2026-10-20",
  "registeredOfficeAddress": "17 Plumbers Row, Unit D, Upper Ground Floor, London, United Kingdom, E1 1EQ",
  "postcode": "E1 1EQ",
  "sicCodes": ["56101"],
  "sicDescriptions": ["Licenced restaurants"],
  "companyUrl": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/17530611",
  "accountsNextMadeUpTo": "2027-10-31",
  "accountsNextDue": "2028-07-20",
  "accountsOverdue": false,
  "confirmationStatementNextDue": "2027-11-02",
  "confirmationStatementOverdue": false,
  "activeOfficerCount": 1,
  "directors": ["MIAH, Modu"],
  "officers": [
    { "name": "MIAH, Modu", "role": "Director", "appointedOn": "2026-10-20", "nationality": "British", "countryOfResidence": "England" }
  ]
}
```

### Uses

- **New-business lead lists:** accountants, banks, insurers, web agencies and SaaS sellers reaching companies in their first weeks
- **Local prospecting:** every new company in a town or postcode area, by trade
- **Compliance and credit:** companies with overdue accounts or confirmation statements
- **Market research:** how many companies start in a sector each month
- **Pair it with** [Company Email Finder](https://apify.com/scrapemint/company-email-finder) and [Website Contact Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapemint/website-contact-scraper) for contact details

### Common SIC codes

`62012` software development, `62020` IT consultancy, `56101` restaurants, `56302` pubs and bars, `68100` buying and selling property, `68209` letting property, `41202` building houses, `43210` electricians, `43220` plumbing and heating, `47910` online retail, `70229` management consultancy, `73110` advertising agencies, `86900` health practices, `96020` hairdressing and beauty

### Pricing

- **$0.001** per company from the search
- **$0.003** per company with profile details and officers (instead of the above)
- No start fee. A run that finds nothing is free.

Data comes from the public Companies House register under the Open Government Licence. Dates of birth and correspondence addresses of officers are left out.

# Actor input Schema

## `incorporatedInLastDays` (type: `integer`):

New companies registered in the last N days, today included. Overrides the date fields below. 0 = use the dates below.

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

Earliest incorporation date, YYYY-MM-DD.

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

Latest incorporation date, YYYY-MM-DD.

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

Nature of business codes, e.g. 62012 (software development), 56101 (restaurants), 68100 (buying and selling property), 43210 (electricians), 70229 (management consultancy). Each code runs as its own search; companies are not repeated.

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

Town, city or postcode in the registered office address, e.g. Manchester or SW1A.

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

Word or phrase in the company name, e.g. coffee.

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

Skip companies whose name contains this.

## `status` (type: `array`):

Empty = any status.

## `companyTypes` (type: `array`):

Empty = any type.

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

Company numbers such as 00445790 or SC906865. When given, the search filters above are ignored.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Reads each company's page: accounts and confirmation-statement due dates, overdue flags, previous names and active directors and secretaries (name, role, appointed date, nationality, country of residence). Two extra page reads per company, billed as a detailed company.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many companies.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "incorporatedInLastDays": 7,
  "sicCodes": [
    "62012"
  ],
  "status": [
    "active"
  ],
  "companyTypes": [],
  "includeDetails": false,
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companies` (type: `string`):

Name, number, status, type, incorporation date, registered address, postcode, SIC codes and descriptions, plus deadlines and officers when details are on.

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

Export windows used and companies written.

# 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 = {
    "incorporatedInLastDays": 7,
    "sicCodes": [
        "62012"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapemint/uk-companies-house-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 = {
    "incorporatedInLastDays": 7,
    "sicCodes": ["62012"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapemint/uk-companies-house-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 '{
  "incorporatedInLastDays": 7,
  "sicCodes": [
    "62012"
  ]
}' |
apify call scrapemint/uk-companies-house-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapemint/uk-companies-house-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/q1exeSeiVBa7Mvoqh/builds/sq7Tlg13BNuK9dvje/openapi.json