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UK Companies House

Company House Officer Search API

Company House Officer Search finds directors, secretaries and other officers on the UK Companies House register from a name and returns the officer ID an officer report requires, with the officer's appointment count and correspondence address.

  • A fuzzy name search across current and former officers of every registered UK company, narrowed by month and year of birth
  • Each match carries the officer ID for Company House Officer Report, the number of current appointments and the correspondence address
For developers

After the technical detail?

For the technical detail, go to the API documentation. It holds the request and response schema, the integration guides and the error codes for this endpoint.

  • Request and response schema
  • Search behaviour and sandbox officers
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Accounts start in the sandbox. Production keys are issued once the account is approved.

Encrypted in transit and at rest Handled under the Australian Privacy Principles
What the check gives you

Finding the right officer before ordering their report

A person's name alone rarely identifies one officer on a register of every UK company. Company House Officer Search takes the name, and optionally the month and year of birth, and returns the matching officers with the details needed to pick the right one. The officer ID then goes to Company House Officer Report.

The officer ID a report needs

Each record carries the unique officer ID to pass to Company House Officer Report.

Who the officer is

Each record carries the officer's name as it appears in the register, and the date of birth as month and year only, which is all Companies House provides for most officers.

Where they can be reached

Each record carries the correspondence address and a single-line address snippet.

How many roles they hold

Each record carries the number of current company appointments and a description of the officer's roles, with a flag when more results exist than were returned.

What it costs

A monthly subscription, drawn down as you run checks

Your subscription is credited to your account each month and each check consumes credits from it. If you go past the included amount, further checks are charged at a per-check rate. The rate depends on the volume you commit to, so the sales team is the fastest way to find where your business lands.

  • Volume-based pricing
  • No lock-in contract
How billing works
Subscribe monthly, spend it as credits
  • The monthly subscription arrives as credits on your account.
  • Each check draws down credits as it runs.
  • Checks beyond the included credits are billed per check.
  • Higher monthly volume moves you to a lower rate.
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Questions

Questions we get asked about Company House Officer Search

Do we need a developer to implement this?
Yes. Company House Officer Search is a REST endpoint that takes a JSON request and returns a JSON list of officers, so a developer connects it to your KYB or director-check process. A sandbox with a deterministic test dataset is provided at no usage cost, so the integration can be built and tested before production keys are issued.
What does our system need to send?
The officer's name, up to 255 characters. Optionally a date of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format, of which only the year and month are used for matching, and a maximum number of results from 1 to 100, which defaults to 50.
Why is only the month and year of birth used?
Companies House only provides the month and year of birth for most officers. The day is accepted for convenience but is not used for matching.
What comes back?
A list of officer records, each with the officer ID, the name as registered, the date of birth as month and year, the correspondence address, the number of current appointments and a description of the roles, plus a flag stating whether more results are available.
Where does the data come from?
The register maintained by Companies House. Results include current and former officers across all registered companies.
How many calls can we make?
The API allows 600 requests per minute by default, measured as a rolling average, and returns a 429 response above that rate. A higher limit can be requested through Global Data support with a description of the operational need.
Are the names we send stored by Global Data?
Personally identifiable information sent in a request is not stored or retained unless it is needed to process that request. Query data is stripped of PII before it is kept for audit. Data in transit and at rest is encrypted, and retention follows the Australian Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles. Global Data is not a credit bureau and does not create an access footprint on any record.
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New accounts begin with sandbox access, and production API keys are issued once the account has been commercially approved.

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