Companies House API: List company filing history
Lists a UK company's Companies House filings, newest first, with date, form code, type, description, page count and PDF link. Finds the company by name, company number or Companies House link; a category picks accounts, confirmation statements, officers, address, capital, charges or incorporation filings.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 31, 2026, shown under Output.
- Company, required
company UK company name, company number or Companies House company link, for example Tesco PLC.
00445790
- Max Results optional
max_results Maximum filings to return, for example 20 (up to 100).
100
Whole number from 1 to 100. Default
20.- Filing Category optional
filing_category Choose which filings to list, for example accounts.
all
One of
all,accounts,confirmation_statements,officers,address,capital,charges,incorporation. Defaultall.
Input as JSON
{ "company": "00445790", "max_results": 100, "filing_category": "all"}Output
{ "filings": [ { "form_code": "SH03", "page_link": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790/filing-history/MzU0MzY3ODg5MGFkaXF6a2N4/document" , "description": "Purchase of own shares. Clarification hmrc confirmation received that appropriate duty has been paid on this repurchase", "filing_date": "2026-09-16", "filing_type": "Purchase of own shares", "transaction_id": "MzU0MzY3ODg5MGFkaXF6a2N4", "number_of_pages": 4, "document_pdf_link": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790/filing-history/MzU0MzY3ODg5MGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0" }, { "form_code": "SH06", "page_link": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790/filing-history/MzUzOTMzNzQ1OWFkaXF6a2N4/document" , "description": "Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 7 July 2026 GBP 397,007,409.26", "filing_date": "2026-08-26", "filing_type": "Cancellation of shares", "transaction_id": "MzUzOTMzNzQ1OWFkaXF6a2N4", "number_of_pages": 4, "document_pdf_link": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790/filing-history/MzUzOTMzNzQ1OWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0" }, { "form_code": "SH06", "page_link": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790/filing-history/MzUzOTMzNzMyN2FkaXF6a2N4/document" , "description": "Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 30 June 2026 GBP 398,210,742.59", "filing_date": "2026-08-26", "filing_type": "Cancellation of shares", "transaction_id": "MzUzOTMzNzMyN2FkaXF6a2N4", "number_of_pages": 4, "document_pdf_link": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00445790/filing-history/MzUzOTMzNzMyN2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0" } ], "company_name": "TESCO PLC", "company_number": "00445790"}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/list_filing_history","input":{"company":"00445790","max_results":100,"filing_category":"all"}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/list_filing_history" , "input": { "company": "00445790", "max_results": 100, "filing_category": "all" }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/list_filing_history" , "input": { "company": "00445790", "max_results": 100, "filing_category": "all" } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/list_filing_history# with {"company":"00445790","max_results":100,"filing_category":"all"}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "company" ], "properties": { "company": { "type": "string", "description": "UK company name, company number or Companies House company link, for example Tesco PLC." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 20, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum filings to return, for example 20 (up to 100)." }, "filing_category": { "enum": [ "all", "accounts", "confirmation_statements", "officers", "address", "capital", "charges", "incorporation" ], "type": "string", "default": "all", "description": "Choose which filings to list, for example accounts." } }}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "company_name", "company_number", "filings" ], "properties": { "filings": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "filing_date", "filing_type", "description", "number_of_pages", "document_pdf_link", "page_link", "form_code", "transaction_id" ], "properties": { "form_code": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "x-fous-developer": true }, "page_link": { "type": "string" }, "description": { "type": "string" }, "filing_date": { "type": "string", "format": "date" }, "filing_type": { "type": "string" }, "transaction_id": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "x-fous-developer": true }, "number_of_pages": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "document_pdf_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } }, "company_name": { "type": "string" }, "company_number": { "type": "string" } }, "additionalProperties": false}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/list_filing_history- Returns
- company name, company number, filings (date, type, description, pages, PDF link, page link, form code, transaction ID)
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/list_filing_history with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
- Show me the last 10 accounts filings for Tesco PLC with links to the PDFs
- What has company number 00445790 filed recently? I need dates, form codes and descriptions for the latest 30 filings.
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- I need every charge-related filing for Greggs plc, as many as you can get up to 100, so I can check their mortgages and charges history
- List the confirmation statements Monzo Bank Limited has submitted to Companies House, newest first
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