# UK Company Data — Directors, Owners & Firmographics (`foxlabs/uk-company-data`) Actor

Look up any UK company and get directors, persons with significant control (beneficial owners), and firmographics. 5M+ companies from the official Companies House API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/foxlabs/uk-company-data.md
- **Developed by:** [Berkan Kaplan](https://apify.com/foxlabs) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 results

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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## UK Company Data — Companies House 🇬🇧

🎉 Turn Companies House into clean, structured UK company data — no login, no API key, one row per company, with the company number, status, type, SIC codes, registered address and officer / PSC / charges counts.
Built for B2B sales, KYB / compliance and market research.

### 🔍 What is the UK Company Data — and when should you use it?

Give this actor company names or company numbers and it returns matching companies from the UK Companies House register (official open API) — as clean, deduplicated rows you can filter, export or feed to an AI agent. Every run queries the source live, so the data is as fresh as the registry itself.

**Use it when you need:** a UK company list for outreach; formation / status monitoring; or a canonical registry record for KYB and due diligence.

**Use something else when:** you need the full PSC / charges detail or accounts figures — this returns the profile plus counts; the detailed lists are a documented follow-up.

### 🤖 Use with AI agents

**Already on the Apify MCP server?** Ask for this Actor by name: `foxlabs/uk-company-data`.

**Your agent can pay for its own runs.** This Actor is pay-per-event with agentic payments, so an agent can discover it, run it and settle the bill over **x402 (USDC on Base)** or **Skyfire** — no Apify account or API token of its own. Billing is the same either way: per delivered record, never for errors.

Otherwise paste this into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP-enabled assistant:

```
I want to pull UK company records using the Apify Actor `foxlabs/uk-company-data`.
Input: `queries` is a list of company names or company numbers. `maxResultsPerQuery` caps rows per query.
Start with: {"queries":["undefined"],"maxResultsPerQuery":50}
Ask me what to look up, run the Actor, then summarise the rows as a table.
```

The machine-readable API, MCP config and OpenAPI definition live at `apify.com/foxlabs/uk-company-data.md`.

### 📋 Overview

Everything you need to turn the UK Companies House register (official open API) into clean, structured data — in one actor, with no login, cookies or API key.

**Why teams pick this actor:**

- ✅ **Whole registry, one call** — name or ID in, matching companies out.
- 🧹 **No empty-promise columns** — only fields this registry actually fills; degenerate columns are removed.
- 🔗 **Stable identifiers** — every row carries the source's own IDs, ready to join across runs and to other Fox Labs actors.
- 💰 **Pay only for results** — per-row pricing, empty/failed lookups never billed.
- 🤖 **Agent-ready** — MCP + x402 agentic payments.

### ✨ Features

- 🔍 **Name or ID lookup** — relevance-ranked name search or exact registry-ID lookup.
- 🏢 **Full entity profile** — status, legal form, formation date, address and the registry’s own contact fields.
- 🧹 **Clean schema** — deduplicated camelCase rows, ready for CSV/Excel/JSON.

### 🎬 Quick Start

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/foxlabs~uk-company-data/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"queries":["undefined"],"maxResultsPerQuery":50}'
```

### 🚀 Getting Started (3 steps)

1. **Choose your targets** — company names or company numbers.
2. **Set the cap** — `maxResultsPerQuery` limits rows per query.
3. **Run and export** — get a clean dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel.

### 📥 Input

```json
{"queries":["undefined"],"maxResultsPerQuery":50}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `queries` | array | Company names or company numbers. |
| `maxResultsPerQuery` | integer | Caps rows per query. |
| `maxConcurrency` | integer | How many queries to fetch at once. |
| `includeRaw` | boolean | Attach the source’s untouched record under `raw`. |

### 📤 Output

One row per company, saved to the dataset. Every row also carries `query`, `scrapedAt`, and — when a lookup fails — an `error` explaining why (never silently dropped, never billed).

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `company_number` | Company number |
| `company_name` | Company name |
| `company_status` | Company status |
| `company_type` | Company type |
| `incorporation_date` | Incorporation date |
| `sic_codes` | Sic codes |
| `registered_address` | Registered address |
| `registered_in` | Registered in |
| `previous_company_names` | Previous company names |
| `previous_names_count` | Previous names count |
| `accounts_type` | Accounts type |
| `accounts_period_start` | Accounts period start |
| `accounts_period_end` | Accounts period end |
| `accounting_reference_date` | Accounting reference date |
| `last_accounts_date` | Last accounts date |
| `next_accounts_due` | Next accounts due |
| `next_accounts_due_on` | Next accounts due on |
| `next_accounts_overdue` | Next accounts overdue |
| `last_confirmation_statement` | Last confirmation statement |
| `next_confirmation_statement` | Next confirmation statement |
| `next_confirmation_due` | Next confirmation due |
| `confirmation_overdue` | Confirmation overdue |
| `last_members_list_date` | Last members list date |
| `has_charges` | Has charges |
| `has_insolvency_history` | Has insolvency history |
| `can_file` | Can file |
| `undeliverable_registered_office` | Undeliverable registered office |
| `registered_office_in_dispute` | Registered office in dispute |
| `officers` | Officers |
| `officers_count` | Officers count |
| `officers_truncated` | Officers truncated |
| `officers_text` | Officers text |
| `resigned_officers` | Resigned officers |
| `resigned_officers_count` | Resigned officers count |
| `psc_count` | Psc count |
| `charges_count` | Charges count |
| `charges_outstanding` | Charges outstanding |
| `recent_filings` | Recent filings |
| `filing_categories` | Filing categories |
| `total_filings` | Total filings |
| `matched` | Matched |
| `source` | Source |
| `source_url` | Source url |
| `scraped_at` | Scraped at |

### 💼 Use cases

**1. UK B2B lead lists** — active UK companies by name or SIC.
*Input:* name searches. *Output:* companies + SIC + address. *Use:* a ready sales list.

**2. KYB / due diligence** — verify a UK company by number.
*Input:* the company number or name. *Output:* the canonical Companies House record. *Use:* confirm status and standing.

**3. Risk signals** — flag companies with charges or many PSCs.
*Input:* company numbers. *Output:* PSC + charges counts. *Use:* a risk screen.

### 🔗 Integration

**JavaScript / Node.js**

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('foxlabs/uk-company-data').call({"queries":["undefined"],"maxResultsPerQuery":50});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items[0]);
```

**Python**

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient('YOUR_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('foxlabs/uk-company-data').call(run_input={"queries":["undefined"],"maxResultsPerQuery":50})
for item in client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).iterate_items():
    print(item)
```

**Automation (n8n / Zapier / Make):** schedule or webhook → HTTP request to the actor API with your `queries` → handle the JSON dataset → push to a sheet, CRM or dashboard.

### 📊 Pricing

Pay-per-event: **per delivered record**. Empty or failed lookups are never billed. [View current pricing.](https://apify.com/foxlabs/uk-company-data)

### ❓ FAQ

**Do I need an account, login or API key?** No. This reads the UK Companies House register (official open API).

**What do I search by?** Company names or company numbers.

**How current is the data?** Every run queries the source live, so results are as fresh as the registry.

**Does it include PSC and charges?** It returns officer, PSC (persons with significant control) and charges counts. The full PSC / charges lists come from separate Companies House sub-endpoints and are a planned enrichment.

**Can I export to CSV / Excel / JSON?** Yes — directly from the Apify dataset.

### 🐛 Troubleshooting

- **Fewer rows than expected** — raise `maxResultsPerQuery`, or refine the name.
- **A name returns an unexpected entity** — it matched a similar registered name; search the exact registry ID.
- **No rows for a name** — try the entity’s exact legal name or its registry ID.

### ⚖️ Is it legal to scrape this data?

This actor reads a public government business registry published as open data. Results can still contain personal data (e.g. a person’s name); personal data is protected by the GDPR and similar laws, so only process it with a legitimate basis. See Apify’s blog post on the legality of web scraping.

### 🤝 Support & contact

- 🌐 **Website:** [data.foxlabs.com.tr](https://data.foxlabs.com.tr)
- 📧 **Email:** info@foxlabs.com.tr
- 🐛 **Issues:** open a ticket in the Actor’s **Issues** tab
- 🧰 **More clean B2B data actors:** [Fox Labs on Apify](https://apify.com/foxlabs)

### Changelog

#### 0.1 — 2026-09-07

- **Dropped empty-promise columns.** Removed `company_status_detail, subtype, dissolution_date, foreign_company_details, branch_company_details, annual_return, registered_email, website, persons_with_significant_control, psc_text, charges, charges_text` — UK Companies House register (official open API) does not carry them, so they were shipped as always-null columns. Only fields this source actually fills are now emitted.
- **Enabled AI-agent payments (x402) + rebuilt the README to the full standard** (What-is / when, AI-agents + x402 agentic payments + MCP, Overview, Features, Use cases, Integration, FAQ, Troubleshooting, Support & contact).

#### 0.0

- Initial release: data from the UK Companies House register (official open API) by name or registry ID.

# Actor input Schema

## `api_key` (type: `string`):

A default API key is included. Provide your own key at https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk if you need higher rate limits.

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

8-digit UK company numbers (e.g. 00445790). Exact match from Companies House.

## `companyNames` (type: `array`):

Search Companies House by name. Returns first match. Best-effort — use company number for guaranteed results.

## `sicCode` (type: `string`):

Select a UK SIC industry section to discover companies in that sector. Leave empty for direct lookup with company numbers/names.

## `statusFilter` (type: `string`):

Return only companies with this status. In SIC discovery it filters the search server-side; with company numbers/names it filters the returned results.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on results.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel requests. Default 3 for rate limits.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy used for Companies House API requests. Leave on the default group unless you have a reason to change it.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "companyNumbers": [
    "00445790"
  ],
  "companyNames": [],
  "sicCode": "",
  "statusFilter": "",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "maxConcurrency": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": []
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (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 = {
    "api_key": "",
    "companyNumbers": [
        "00445790"
    ],
    "companyNames": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": []
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("foxlabs/uk-company-data").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 = {
    "api_key": "",
    "companyNumbers": ["00445790"],
    "companyNames": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("foxlabs/uk-company-data").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 '{
  "api_key": "",
  "companyNumbers": [
    "00445790"
  ],
  "companyNames": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": []
  }
}' |
apify call foxlabs/uk-company-data --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,foxlabs/uk-company-data"
        }
    }
}

```

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/zpy3lfBg58HxzbkzI/builds/g8jJxJOHY08G4TiMQ/openapi.json