UK Companies House Scraper

The UK Companies House Scraper is an Apify Actor designed to extract detailed company information and Persons with Significant Control (PSC) data from the UK Companies House registry. It uses the official Companies House Advanced Search API to provide high-quality, structured data for business intelligence, compliance, and market research.

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⭐ Features

• Advanced Filtering: Search by company name (includes/excludes), status, type, subtype, and location.
• Date Range Filtering: Filter companies by incorporation or dissolution dates.
• SIC Code Support: Filter by Nature of Business using thousands of Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes.
• PSC Enrichment: Automatically fetches "Persons with Significant Control" (PSC) details for every company found.
• High Performance: Built with Python and httpx for asynchronous, concurrent data extraction.
• Structured Data: Produces clean JSON output that includes both core company details and enriched PSC information.

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🚀 How to Use

1. Define Search Criteria: Fill in the filters like company name, status, or location.
2. Filter by Industry: (Optional) Select a specific "Nature of Business" from the SIC code dropdown.
3. Set Result Limit: Specify how many companies you want to fetch (max 100 per run).
4. Run the Actor: Click the Run button on the Apify platform.
5. Export Data: Download your results in JSON, CSV, Excel, or other supported formats.

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🧩 Input Configuration

The following parameters are available to refine your search:

Field	Type	Required	Description
api_key	String	No	Your personal Companies House API key. Charged at basic rate. Leave blank to use built-in keys (charged at premium rate).
company_name_includes	String	No	Matches companies with these words in their name.
company_name_excludes	String	No	Excludes companies with these words in their name.
company_status	String	No	Filter by status (e.g., active, dissolved, liquidation). Comma-separated for multiple values.
company_type	String	No	Filter by company type (e.g., ltd, plc). Comma-separated for multiple values.
company_subtype	String	No	Filter by company subtype. Comma-separated for multiple values.
location	String	No	Filter by registered office location.
nature_of_business	Select	No	Choose a specific SIC code to filter by industry.
incorporated_from	String	No	Incorporation date from (YYYY-MM-DD).
incorporated_to	String	No	Incorporation date to (YYYY-MM-DD).
dissolved_from	String	No	Dissolution date from (YYYY-MM-DD).
dissolved_to	String	No	Dissolution date to (YYYY-MM-DD).
start_index	Number	No	Offset for pagination (default 0).
size	Number	No	Number of results to return (default 100, max 100).

[!TIP] Use the Nature of Business dropdown to target specific niches like "Software development" (62012) or "Financial intermediation" (64999).

[!NOTE] Pricing: Provide your own Companies House API key to be charged at the basic rate. Leave the field blank to use the built-in keys and be charged at the premium rate.

Example Input

{
    "api_key": "your-companies-house-api-key",
    "company_name_includes": "Intelligence",
    "company_status": "active",
    "location": "London",
    "incorporated_from": "2020-01-01",
    "size": 50
}

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📦 Example Output

Each item in the dataset represents one company, enriched with PSC data.

{
    "company_name": "BAHIA BLANCA CLUB B LIMITED",
    "company_number": "NI018484",
    "company_status": "dissolved",
    "company_type": "private-limited-guarant-nsc",
    "kind": "search-results#company",
    "links": {
        "company_profile": "/company/NI018484"
    },
    "date_of_cessation": "2022-08-27",
    "date_of_creation": "1985-05-17",
    "registered_office_address": "6b Upper Water Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1DJ",
    "sic_codes": ["74990"],
    "persons_with_significant_control": [
        {
            "kind": "corporate-entity-person-with-significant-control",
            "name": "First National Trustee Company (U.K.) Limited",
            "links": {
                "self": "/company/NI018484/persons-with-significant-control/corporate-entity/eeFCXVhwjzZXXcgTKTapNxQTZ3E"
            },
            "natures_of_control": ["ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent"],
            "notified_on": "2016-04-06",
            "identification": {
                "legal_form": "Limited Company",
                "legal_authority": "Companies Act 2006",
                "country_registered": "England",
                "place_registered": "England & Wales",
                "registration_number": "02903284"
            },
            "ceased": false,
            "address": "4th Floor, 45 Monmouth Street, London, WC2H 9DG, England"
        }
    ]
}

PSC Fields — Individual Person

Field	Description
name	Full name of the person
name_elements	Broken-down name parts (forename, surname, etc.)
nationality	Nationality of the person
country_of_residence	Country of residence
date_of_birth	Month and year of birth
links	API links for the PSC record
address	Merged correspondence address string

PSC Fields — Corporate Entity

Field	Description
name	Registered name of the corporate entity
kind	PSC kind (e.g. corporate-entity-...)
identification	Legal form, authority, registration number
natures_of_control	List of control types held
notified_on	Date the PSC was notified
ceased	Whether control has ceased
ceased_on	Date control ceased (if applicable)
links	API links for the PSC record
address	Merged registered address string

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