All you need to know
Description of Basic Company Data Information
The “Basic Company Data” category provides immediate, high-level verification of a company’s existence, structural profile, and key operational figures 3, 8 .
Referenced internet pages dealing with UK Companies House on-line information:
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Core Profile Details
- Company Name: The officially registered name of the business, alongside a history of any previous name changes and the dates those changes took effect 10 .
- Company Number: A unique 8-character identifier issued upon incorporation 8 . Prefixes indicate jurisdiction and entity type (e.g., SC for Scotland, NI for Northern Ireland, OC for Limited Liability Partnerships) 5, 8 .
- Company Status: The current administrative state of the company, which can include:
- Company Type: The legal classification of the entity (e.g., Private Limited Company (Ltd), Public Limited Company (PLC), Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), or Royal Charter Company) 3, 5 .
- Registered Office Address: The official physical address registered for service of legal notices 8 . It must be a physical location in the company’s country of registration but is not necessarily where day-to-day trading occurs 8 .
- Incorporation Date: The precise date on which the company was legally created 8 .
- Nature of Business (SIC Codes): One or more Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes that categorize the company’s business activities 6, 10 .
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Key Reporting Dates
Referenced internet pages dealing with UK Companies House on-line information:
- 1 – Searching the Companies House register (from : find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk)
- 2 – Companies House – Free Accounts Data Product (from : download.companieshouse.gov.uk)
- 3 – An introduction to Companies House and its data (from : www.flaredata.ai)
- 4 – Developers leveraging he Companies House API (from : www.thecompanywarehouse.co.uk)
- 5 – What UK Company Financial Data you get from Companies House (from : monetaiq.com)
- 6 – Find Complete UK Company Data with Companies House Advanced Search (from : figsflow.com)
- 7 – Get UK company data in a single API call (from : medium.com)
- 8 – Companies House via API: UK registry returns (from :dev.to)
- 9 – How To Get The Most Out of Companies House Data (from : www.beauhurst.com)
- 10 – Guidance – Companies House data products (from : www.gov.uk)
- 11 – Companies House Public Data API reference (from : developer-specs.company-information.service.gov.uk)
List of Basic Company Data fieds
| Name of field | Srz field Naming |
|---|---|
| CompanyName | COMPNAME |
| CompanyNumber | CHID |
| RegAddress.CareOf | CAREOF |
| RegAddress.POBox | POBOX |
| RegAddress.AddressLine1 | ADDRESS1 |
| RegAddress.AddressLine2 | ADDRESS2 |
| RegAddress.PostTown | POSTTOWN |
| RegAddress.County | COUNTY |
| RegAddress.Country | COUNTRYADR |
| RegAddress.PostCode | POSTCODE |
| CompanyCategory | 01CTYPE |
| CompanyStatus | 05CSTAT |
| CountryOfOrigin | 02COUNTRY |
| DissolutionDate | DISSDATE |
| IncorporationDate | 03INCDATE |
| Accounts.AccountRefDay | 07ACCREF |
| Accounts.AccountRefMonth | |
| Accounts.NextDueDate | 08ACCDUE |
| Accounts.LastMadeUpDate | LASTACC |
| Accounts.AccountCategory | 06ACCCAT |
| Returns.NextDueDate | 09RETDUE |
| Returns.LastMadeUpDate | LASTRET |
| Mortgages.NumMortCharges | 10MORTGAGE |
| Mortgages.NumMortOutstanding | |
| Mortgages.NumMortPartSatisfied | |
| Mortgages.NumMortSatisfied | |
| SICCode.SicText_1 | 04SICCAT |
| SICCode.SicText_2 | |
| SICCode.SicText_3 | |
| SICCode.SicText_4 | |
| LimitedPartnerships.NumGenPartners | |
| LimitedPartnerships.NumLimPartners | |
| URI | URI |
| PreviousName_1.CONDATE | 11PREVNAME |
| PreviousName_1.CompanyName | |
| PreviousName_2.CONDATE | |
| PreviousName_2.CompanyName | |
| PreviousName_3.CONDATE | |
| PreviousName_3.CompanyName | |
| PreviousName_4.CONDATE | |
| PreviousName_4.CompanyName | |
| PreviousName_5.CONDATE | |
| PreviousName_5.CompanyName | |
| PreviousName_6.CONDATE | |
| PreviousName_6.CompanyName | |
| PreviousName_7.CONDATE | |
| PreviousName_7.CompanyName | |
| PreviousName_8.CONDATE | |
| PreviousName_8.CompanyName | |
| PreviousName_9.CONDATE | |
| PreviousName_9.CompanyName | |
| PreviousName_10.CONDATE | |
| PreviousName_10.CompanyName | |
| ConfStmtNextDueDate | 12CONFDUE |
| ConfStmtLastMadeUpDate | LASTCONF |
| Strike off date | 13STRKDATE |
| Reinstatement date | 14REINSTDATE |
| Processing flag | 15PFLAG |