FTP Data Product Archive
Published by Companies House on a private, legacy FTP server, these datasets have long been difficult to access. Here the complete dataset is made available from high performance web storage, designed to support modern data pipelines.
Officers Bulk File
A comprehensive record of all current and historical officers.
Product ID
prod216
Frequency
Monthly
Size
11.76 GB
Liquidations
Daily updates for company liquidation records.
Product ID
prod197
Frequency
Daily
Size
N/A
Mortgages
Corporate mortgage records. Initial snapshot with prod201 for daily updates.
Product ID
prod199
Frequency
Daily
Size
1.82 GB
Gazette
Official public record including London, Belfast and Edinburgh Gazettes.
Product ID
prod202
Frequency
Weekly
Size
21.33 MB
Disqualified Directors
Weekly snapshot of disqualified officers.
Product ID
prod192
Frequency
Weekly
Size
4.71 MB
Free unlimited access coming soon
Our roadmap for this product in the next 3-6 months is to publish all files from the FTP server in a public S3 bucket.
Data sample
The data format for most of the files on the FTP server is a fixed-width format with variable width fields separated by chevrons.
FC0294761C 00030031VITAMIN- SHOP NORTHERN IRELAND<FC0294762301149774860001 20100316 197810 0127<MARCIN<NAKONOWSKI<<<<MOORE ST. MALL 58-66 PARNELL STREET<DUBLIN<DUBLIN<CO. DUBLIN<IRELAND<DIRECTOR<POLISH<REPUBLIC OF IRELAND<
Currently, they require writing a custom parser to convert to a standard data format, however we plan to develop an open source, high performance parser over the next 12 months.