UK Companies House: Directors & PSC (Beneficial Owners) API

Extract official directors, secretaries, and Persons with Significant Control (PSC / beneficial ownership) directly from UK Companies House.

Built for compliance teams, KYC / AML verification, corporate intelligence, M&A due diligence, and B2B enrichment.

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🎯 What it extracts

For every UK company requested:

• Company Overview: Official company name, company number, status (Active, Dissolved, Liquidation), legal structure, incorporation date, registered office address.
• Persons with Significant Control (PSCs):
  • Beneficial owner name (individual or corporate entity)
  • Status (Active or Ceased)
  • Kind (individual-person-with-significant-control, corporate-entity-person-with-significant-control)
  • Notification date and cessation date
  • Natures of control:
    • Ownership of shares (e.g. 75% or more, 25% to 50%)
    • Voting rights (e.g. 75% or more)
    • Right to appoint or remove directors
    • Significant influence or control
  • For parent companies & corporate entities: governing law, legal form, registry name, registration number, and country of incorporation.
  • Official correspondence address.
• Officers & Directors:
  • Full name (directors, secretaries, members)
  • Role (Director, Secretary, LLP Designated Member, etc.)
  • Status (Active or Resigned)
  • Appointment date and resignation date
  • Date of birth (Month and Year)
  • Nationality and Country of residence
  • Identity verification status (ACSP / Companies House verification check)
  • Corporate registration number (for corporate directors)
  • Correspondence address.

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⚙️ Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
companyNumbers	Array of strings	["12181850"]	Specific UK company numbers (8 characters, e.g. 12181850, 00002065, SC095000).
searchQuery	String	null	Keyword or company name to search if no company numbers are specified (e.g. "Monzo" or "Revolut").
extractOfficers	Boolean	true	Include directors, secretaries, and appointed officers.
extractPsc	Boolean	true	Include beneficial owners / Persons with Significant Control.
activeOnly	Boolean	false	When enabled, only returns active appointments, filtering out resigned officers and ceased PSCs.
maxCompanies	Integer	20	Max companies to process when searching by keyword (up to 500).

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💡 Output Sample

{
  "companyNumber": "09446231",
  "companyName": "MONZO BANK LIMITED",
  "companyStatus": "Active",
  "companyType": "Private limited Company",
  "incorporationDate": "2015-02-18",
  "registeredOfficeAddress": "Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2AG",
  "officersCount": 30,
  "pscsCount": 4,
  "pscs": [
    {
      "name": "Monzo Bank Holding Group Limited",
      "status": "Active",
      "kind": "corporate-entity-person-with-significant-control",
      "notifiedOn": "2019-06-25",
      "ceasedOn": null,
      "legalAuthority": "United Kingdom",
      "legalForm": "Private Limited Company",
      "placeRegistered": "Companies House",
      "registrationNumber": "11989045",
      "countryRegistered": "United Kingdom",
      "naturesOfControl": [
        "Ownership of shares – 75% or more",
        "Ownership of voting rights - 75% or more",
        "Right to appoint or remove directors"
      ],
      "correspondenceAddress": "Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2AG"
    }
  ],
  "officers": [
    {
      "name": "BOYLE, Michael John",
      "role": "Director",
      "status": "Active",
      "appointedOn": "2020-05-15",
      "resignedOn": null,
      "dateOfBirth": "1978-02",
      "nationality": "British",
      "countryOfResidence": "United Kingdom",
      "correspondenceAddress": "Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2AG",
      "identityVerified": true
    }
  ],
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "source": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09446231",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-21T18:30:00.000Z"
}

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💳 Pricing (PAY_PER_EVENT)

This Actor uses fair pay-per-event pricing:

• 0,003 $ per extracted company (company-psc-officers).
• No expensive monthly rental commitments or opaque compute surprises.
• You only pay for the exact companies you extract.

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⚖️ Licence & Attribution

Data is sourced from the official UK Companies House register and provided under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v3.0):

"Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0."