Companies House Scraper - UK Company Data, Directors & PSC

Batch-lookup any UK registered company via the official Companies House REST API. Returns company profile, registered address, SIC codes, accounts filing dates, directors/officers, and beneficial ownership (PSC) data in a single run.

No scraping of HTML pages. Uses the structured JSON API, so results are stable and cover all 5M+ companies on the register.

Common uses

• KYC and supplier checks: confirm a company is active, see who runs it and who owns it.
• Lead lists: enrich a list of UK company names with SIC codes, addresses and director names.
• Due diligence: pull accounts and confirmation statement due dates to spot late filers.

What you need

Nothing. A built-in Companies House API key is included. If you want your own rate limit, get a free key at https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk and paste it into apiKey.

Officers and PSC data are included in the per-company price; there is no extra charge for them.

Inputs

Field	Type	Default	Description
queries	array	(required)	Company names or company numbers. Numbers (e.g. 12345678) do a direct lookup; names do a search and return up to maxResultsPerQuery matches.
apiKey	string		Optional. Leave blank to use the built-in key.
includeOfficers	boolean	true	Include directors and company officers (name, role, appointment date).
includePSC	boolean	true	Include persons with significant control (beneficial owners).
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	5	Maximum companies to return per name search. Ignored for direct number lookups.
maxItems	integer	100	Stop after pushing this many results.

Output example

{
  "companyNumber": "00102498",
  "companyName": "TESCO PLC",
  "companyStatus": "active",
  "companyType": "plc",
  "jurisdiction": "england-wales",
  "dateOfCreation": "1947-05-27",
  "dateOfCessation": null,
  "registeredOfficeAddress": "Tesco House, Shire Park, Kestrel Way, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1GA",
  "sicCodes": ["47110"],
  "accountsNextDue": "2025-06-30",
  "accountsLastMadeUpTo": "2024-02-24",
  "confirmationStatementNextDue": "2025-07-04",
  "officers": [
    {
      "name": "MURPHY, Ken",
      "role": "chief-executive-officer",
      "appointedOn": "2020-10-01",
      "resignedOn": null,
      "nationality": "Irish",
      "countryOfResidence": "England"
    }
  ],
  "personsWithSignificantControl": []
}

Pricing

Pay per result: $1.00 per 1,000 companies. A 500-company batch costs $0.50.

Rate limits

The Companies House API free tier allows 600 requests per 5 minutes. With officers and PSC enabled, each company uses 3 API calls (profile + officers + PSC). The actor tracks usage and pauses automatically before hitting the limit.

Limitations

• About 15% of companies have no PSC data (legally exempt, the personsWithSignificantControl field will be an empty array).
• Officers endpoint returns up to 50 officers per company. Very large boards may be paginated; full pagination is not implemented in v0.1.
• Companies House has occasional scheduled maintenance windows (usually weekends). The actor will surface HTTP errors if the API is unavailable.
• Overseas and Welsh names may need exact spelling for name searches. Company numbers are more reliable for direct lookups.