# UK supplier check: still active? (Companies House)

**Use case:** 

Before onboarding or paying a UK supplier, confirm the company is still active (this example includes one in liquidation): status, insolvency history, incorporation date, registered office, SIC codes, accounts and confirmation statement due dates and overdue flags, from the official Companies House API. One row per company number.

## Input

```json
{
  "companyNumbers": [
    "00445790",
    "SC090312",
    "00502851",
    "03782379"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 5,
  "activeOnly": false,
  "currentNameMatchOnly": false,
  "includeFilingHistory": false,
  "filingHistoryCount": 10,
  "maxCompanies": 10,
  "maxRequestsPer5Min": 500
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "companyNumber": {
    "label": "Company number"
  },
  "companyName": {
    "label": "Company name"
  },
  "companyStatusDescription": {
    "label": "Company status description"
  },
  "companyTypeDescription": {
    "label": "Company type description"
  },
  "dateOfCreation": {
    "label": "Date of creation"
  },
  "dateOfCessation": {
    "label": "Date of cessation"
  },
  "registeredOfficeAddress": {
    "label": "Registered office address"
  },
  "sicCodes": {
    "label": "Sic codes"
  },
  "accountsNextDue": {
    "label": "Accounts next due"
  },
  "accountsOverdue": {
    "label": "Accounts overdue"
  },
  "confirmationStatementNextDue": {
    "label": "Confirmation statement next due"
  },
  "confirmationStatementOverdue": {
    "label": "Confirmation statement overdue"
  },
  "hasInsolvencyHistory": {
    "label": "Has insolvency history"
  },
  "companiesHouseUrl": {
    "label": "Companies house url"
  },
  "input": {
    "label": "Input"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The UK Company Lookup - Companies House API (No Personal Data) Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "UK supplier check: still active? (Companies House)". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/S9B8FJVU9goD785QK) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "UK supplier check: still active? (Companies House)" task

The UK Company Lookup - Companies House API (No Personal Data) Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like company numbers, company names to search, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "UK supplier check: still active? (Companies House)" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as company number, company name, company status description, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "UK supplier check: still active? (Companies House)" task via API](https://apify.com/shelly_fen/uk-company-lookup-companies-house.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [UK Company Lookup - Companies House API (No Personal Data)](https://apify.com/shelly_fen/uk-company-lookup-companies-house.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/shelly_fen/uk-company-lookup-companies-house.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/shelly_fen/uk-company-lookup-companies-house.md

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`).