Companies House (UK)

Companies House is the United Kingdom’s official registrar of companies. Every company incorporated in the UK is recorded on its statutory register, along with the people who run and control it. UserSearch integrates Companies House as a Module, giving you register-backed company and officer lookups directly inside the platform.

What it is

Companies House maintains the public register for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. UK companies are legally required to file incorporation details, annual accounts, and changes to their directors and ownership. The register is a primary, authoritative source for corporate identity: rather than aggregating third-party data, it reflects the filings companies themselves are obliged to submit.

What data it returns

For a UK company or officer, Companies House can surface:

• Company name and registration number (the unique company number)
• Company status — active, dissolved, in liquidation, and similar
• Registered office address
• Incorporation date and company type
• Officers — directors and secretaries, with appointment and resignation dates
• Filing history — accounts, confirmation statements, and other statutory filings

Draft — awaiting confirmation

The exact fields UserSearch returns from Companies House, and whether related records such as persons with significant control (PSC) or charges are included, are not yet confirmed against a live UserSearch response. Companies House is a passive OSINT source: it queries an existing public register and does not contact the company. Treat the specific field list above as indicative until verified.

UserSearch search types and Modules that use it

Companies House powers the Corporate search type in UserSearch. It appears as a Module you select when researching a UK company or its officers, letting you resolve a company name or number to its registered details and the people associated with it.

How to access it in UserSearch

1. Open the Corporate search type.
2. Enter your input — a company name, company number, or officer name.
3. Choose the Companies House Module (or run OneScan to query it alongside other Corporate data sources).
4. Run the search.

Official site

• Companies House: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house

Reliability note

Draft — reliability

As a statutory register, Companies House is authoritative for the data companies are required to file, and status changes such as dissolution are generally current. However, coverage is limited to UK-registered entities — companies incorporated elsewhere will not appear. Register accuracy also depends on companies filing correctly and on time, so recently changed details may lag, and Companies House itself does not verify the truth of every submission. Confirm currency and completeness against the live register before relying on results for a search. These characteristics await confirmation.

Verified against UserSearch v2.0.20