UK Company Officers

List the directors and secretaries of a UK company from Companies House, current and resigned, with appointment dates.

Pay by wallet (x402) uk-companies-house-officers

Example

Example answer

{
  "active_count": 1,
  "company_number": "06770815",
  "resigned_count": 1,
  "total_officers": 2,
  "active_officers": [
    {
      "name": "EMIN, Elaine",
      "role": "director",
      "address": "Nelmes Way, Hornchurch, RM11 2QY",
      "occupation": null,
      "nationality": "British",
      "resigned_on": null,
      "appointed_on": "2010-12-22",
      "date_of_birth": "1965-01",
      "country_of_residence": "United Kingdom"
    }
  ],
  "resigned_officers": [
    {
      "name": "BLAKE, Andrew Charles",
      "role": "director",
      "address": "Hainault Road, Chigwell, 1G7 5DL",
      "occupation": null,
      "nationality": "British",
      "resigned_on": "2010-12-22",
      "appointed_on": "2008-12-11",
      "date_of_birth": "1970-12",
      "country_of_residence": null
    }
  ]
}

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	What it is
`company_name`	string	No	—
`company_number`	string	No	—

Output fields

How reliably each field appears in a successful answer.

Field	Type	Appears
`active_count`	integer	Always (present in every successful answer)
`company_number`	string	Always (present in every successful answer)
`active_officers`	array	Always (present in every successful answer)
`resigned_officers`	array	Always (present in every successful answer)

How to call it

The same tool through each route. MCP clients reach it through Strale’s server at https://api.strale.io/mcp; the call below is what the agent sends.

# Needs an API key. max_price_cents caps what this call may cost.
curl -X POST https://api.strale.io/v1/do \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRALE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "capability_slug": "uk-companies-house-officers",
    "inputs": {
      "company_name": "Tesco PLC",
      "company_number": "00445790"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 5
  }'

{
  "tool": "strale_execute",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "uk-companies-house-officers",
    "inputs": {
      "company_name": "Tesco PLC",
      "company_number": "00445790"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 5
  }
}

import { Strale } from "straleio";

const strale = new Strale({ apiKey: process.env.STRALE_API_KEY! });
const result = await strale.do({
  capability_slug: "uk-companies-house-officers",
  inputs: {
    "company_name": "Tesco PLC",
    "company_number": "00445790"
  },
  max_price_cents: 5,
});

import os
from straleio import Strale, DoRequest

strale = Strale(api_key=os.environ["STRALE_API_KEY"])
result = strale.do(DoRequest(
    capability_slug="uk-companies-house-officers",
    inputs={
        "company_name": "Tesco PLC",
        "company_number": "00445790",
    },
    max_price_cents=5,
))

# No account. The first request answers 402 with the price in USDC;
# an x402 client pays it from your wallet and repeats the request.
curl -i 'https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/uk-companies-house-officers?company_name=Tesco+PLC&company_number=00445790'

Limitations

Older officer records can be incomplete
Returns current and recently resigned officers — historical officer data beyond Companies House retention may be incomplete
What to do instead: For complete officer history, use the filing_history endpoint at Companies House with the company number