# UK Companies House: Directors & PSC (Beneficial Owners) API (`titoune33/uk-companies-house-psc-directors`) Actor

UK Companies House PSC & Directors: extract beneficial ownership, persons with significant control, company directors and secretaries. Returns appointment dates, verification status, nationality and control rights as JSON. No API key required. Licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/titoune33/uk-companies-house-psc-directors.md
- **Developed by:** [Titouan MARTY](https://apify.com/titoune33) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation
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## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 company pscs and directors records

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?

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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.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 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.

***

### ⚙️ 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

```json
{
  "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.

***

### ⚖️ 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."*

# Actor input Schema

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

List of UK company numbers (8 characters, e.g. 12181850 or 00002065). If provided, these companies are directly queried.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Company name or keyword to search on Companies House if no company numbers are provided (e.g. 'DeepMind' or 'Revolut').

## `extractOfficers` (type: `boolean`):

Include directors, secretaries, and other company officers in the output.

## `extractPsc` (type: `boolean`):

Include Persons with Significant Control (PSCs / ultimate beneficial owners) and their control rights.

## `activeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, filters out resigned officers and ceased PSCs, returning only active records.

## `maxCompanies` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of companies to extract when performing a search query.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "companyNumbers": [
    "12181850"
  ],
  "extractOfficers": true,
  "extractPsc": true,
  "activeOnly": false,
  "maxCompanies": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "companyNumbers": [
        "12181850"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("titoune33/uk-companies-house-psc-directors").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 = { "companyNumbers": ["12181850"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("titoune33/uk-companies-house-psc-directors").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 '{
  "companyNumbers": [
    "12181850"
  ]
}' |
apify call titoune33/uk-companies-house-psc-directors --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,titoune33/uk-companies-house-psc-directors"
        }
    }
}
```

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/EIazth69zzvGZnCK7/builds/oVaGs4XQjEaRfZ4uY/openapi.json