Lookup companies-house · register by COMPANY-NUMBER
https://api.latinfo.dev/gb/companies-house/register/company-number/{company-number}
A company registration with published category and SIC attributes. Coverage: Corporate bodies in the Companies House basic-data product. Lookup by company-number as a string, preserving leading zeros. Accepted syntax and normalization are defined by the contract below. This dataset does not supply officers, shareholders or beneficial owners. Returns one record. Import time is not observation time; inspect freshness headers.
Contrato da fonte
- Publicador
- Companies House, United Kingdom
- Cobertura
- Corporate bodies in the Companies House basic-data product.
- Significado do registro
- A company registration with published category and SIC attributes.
- Identificador
- Lookup by company-number as a string, preserving leading zeros. Accepted syntax and normalization are defined by the contract below.
- Padrão aceito
^[A-Z0-9]{8}$- Quantidade de registros
one- Licença
- A permissão de reutilização não foi verificada. Acesso público não equivale a uma licença de reutilização.
Limitações conhecidas
- This dataset does not supply officers, shareholders or beneficial owners.
Parâmetros
company-numberstringpathobrigatórioCOMPANY-NUMBER in the source's normalized format. Keep identifiers as strings; preserve leading zeros.
Example: 00445790
Exemplo de requisição
curl https://api.latinfo.dev/gb/companies-house/register/company-number/00445790 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $LATINFO_API_KEY"
Respostas
200Published source records. Missing data is not a clearance or a negative finding.
Cabeçalhos da resposta
X-Latinfo-Imported-AtImport time, not the date of the government observation.
X-Source-Updated-AtPublisher update time, when known.
X-Latest-Observation-AtLatest date in returned records, when known.
X-Freshness-Statusstring
CURRENT · DELAYED · STALE · UNKNOWNX-Credits-CostActual credits charged for this request.
X-Source-GenerationOpaque immutable source generation. Follow the guarded next-page Link when collecting a history.
application/jsonCampos da resposta
company-number string obrigatórioLookup by company-number as a string, preserving leading zeros. Accepted syntax and normalization are defined by the contract below.
legal_name string obrigatórioRegistered name published by the authority.
status string obrigatórioPublisher status; not a Latinfo risk rating.
company_category string obrigatórioCompanies House corporate-body category.
incorporation_date string obrigatórioPublished incorporation date date. Format: DD/MM/YYYY.
sic_code_1 string obrigatórioFirst SIC code and description as published.
sic_code_2 string obrigatórioSecond SIC code and description, if supplied.
sic_code_3 string obrigatórioThird SIC code and description, if supplied.
sic_code_4 string obrigatórioFourth SIC code and description, if supplied.
Esquema de resposta
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"company-number": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Lookup by company-number as a string, preserving leading zeros. Accepted syntax and normalization are defined by the contract below."
},
"legal_name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Registered name published by the authority.",
"x-latinfo-meaning": "text"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Publisher status; not a Latinfo risk rating.",
"x-latinfo-meaning": "text"
},
"company_category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Companies House corporate-body category.",
"x-latinfo-meaning": "text"
},
"incorporation_date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Published incorporation date date. Format: DD/MM/YYYY.",
"x-latinfo-meaning": "date"
},
"sic_code_1": {
"type": "string",
"description": "First SIC code and description as published.",
"x-latinfo-meaning": "text"
},
"sic_code_2": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Second SIC code and description, if supplied.",
"x-latinfo-meaning": "text"
},
"sic_code_3": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Third SIC code and description, if supplied.",
"x-latinfo-meaning": "text"
},
"sic_code_4": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Fourth SIC code and description, if supplied.",
"x-latinfo-meaning": "text"
}
},
"required": [
"company-number",
"legal_name",
"status",
"company_category",
"incorporation_date",
"sic_code_1",
"sic_code_2",
"sic_code_3",
"sic_code_4"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}400Invalid identifier or query. Correct the input before retrying.
401Missing or invalid API key. Authenticate before retrying.
404No published record, or identifier outside the legal-entity scope. Not proof that the company does not exist.
429Rate or credit limit exceeded. Inspect the response and rate-limit headers before retrying.
503Source unavailable. Report unavailable, not an empty result.
Exemplo JSON
Exemplo ilustrativo do esquema. Não é uma resposta ao vivo.
{
"company-number": "string",
"legal_name": "string",
"status": "string",
"company_category": "string",
"incorporation_date": "string",
"sic_code_1": "string",
"sic_code_2": "string",
"sic_code_3": "string",
"sic_code_4": "string"
}Procedência e limitações
A cobertura varia por país e fonte pública. Um campo ausente não comprova que o fato não exista. Os registros públicos podem ter atrasos ou erros; revise as evidências e a data da fonte antes de usar um resultado.