Tag: companies house

  • Working with Companies House snapshot data

    Get a snapshot of latest live (excluding dissolved companies) basic company data from – http://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html. Latest file (http://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/BasicCompanyDataAsOneFile-2022-01-01.zip) contains over 5 million records. It’s a csv file however there are records (22 companies) which contain comma and quotes in the data. You might have to do extra work to parse those records correctly. It is…

  • How to get Companies House data using REST API

    Companies House provide REST API, which lets you retrieve information about limited companies in UK. In this article, will use python script to get data from Companies House data using REST API. Prerequisites We need to register with Companies House to access REST API. Follow the steps below: Create a developer account Create an application…