Company House Officer Search API

POST
/company_house_officer_search
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Searches UK Companies House for officers (directors, secretaries and other officials). Fuzzy name match across all UK companies, with an optional date-of-birth filter (year and month only — Companies House doesn't publish the day). Returns matching officer IDs, addresses, appointment counts and role summaries.

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Example Request

POST
request.json
key Auth: BearerAuth 
{
  "name": "John Smith",
  "date_of_birth": "1975-06-15",
  "max_results": 50
}

Request Schema

name
Required
string · (≤255 chars)

Officer name to search.

date_of_birth
Optional
date · (YYYY-MM-DD)

Optional DOB filter (YYYY-MM-DD). Day component is accepted but not used. Only year and month match.

max_results
Optional
integer · (1 to 100)

Default 50.

Available Response Data

7 Data Points
01
person

Officer name to search.

02
data_object

title

officer's full name

03
schedule

date_of_birth

YYYY-MM

04
location_on

address and address_snippet

05
tag

appointment_count

current company appointments

06
data_object

description

roles description

07
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records_returned, more_results

indicates additional pages

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Unmatched data depth to power your compliance and verification workflows.

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Cross-company officer history

Discover every company a named individual is or has been an officer of. Useful for conflict checks, pattern-of-failure investigations and director screening.

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Pre-appointment director due diligence

Search for a proposed UK director's existing appointments and disqualification status before adding them to your board or licensed entity.

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Everything you need to know about implementation details and compliance infrastructure.

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Why isn't the day used in DOB filtering?

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Companies House publishes only the month and year of birth for most officers. The day component is accepted in the input for convenience, but the match is performed against year and month only.

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Test the Company House Officer Search API directly in your browser with live mock data and see instant results.

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