{"uid":"cap_17WQGkJNaTKFodFZrBpRo","slug":"eckari-uk-company-charges-b47f1cdd","name":"Eckari UK Company Charges","description":"Charges registered against a UK company at Companies House — mortgages, debentures and other security — with dates, classification, particulars and the persons entitled. Register-wide outstanding/satisfied/part-satisfied counts lead the answer, and each charge carries a derived is_outstanding because the register records discharge under two status keys. Use when: Establish whether a UK company has outstanding security over its assets, and who holds it.","url":"https://api.eckari.com/v1/companies/uk/:company_number/charges?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","$schema":"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema","required":["input"],"properties":{"input":{"type":"object","required":["type","method"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string","const":"http"},"method":{"enum":["GET","HEAD","DELETE"],"type":"string"},"pathParams":{"type":"object","required":["company_number"],"properties":{"company_number":{"type":"string","pattern":"^\\s*(?:[0-9]{1,8}|[A-Za-z][0-9]{7}|[A-Za-z]{2}[0-9]{6}|[A-Za-z]{2}[0-9]{5}[A-Za-z]|[A-Za-z]{2}[0-9]{4}[A-Za-z]{2})\\s*$","maxLength":10,"minLength":1,"description":"Companies House company number, also called the company registration number (CRN). Accepted shapes are the register's own — 1-8 digits (zero-padded to 8, e.g. 445790 → 00445790), one letter + 7 digits (R0000001), two letters + 6 digits (SC002180, NI000001, OC123456, OE000001), or the registered-society suffix forms (two letters + 5 digits + 1 letter; two letters + 4 digits + 2 letters). Case-insensitive; surrounding whitespace is ignored (which is why maxLength is 10); internal spaces and punctuation are not accepted. Any other value (for example PROBE) is rejected as INVALID_INPUT before payment and before any upstream call."}},"additionalProperties":false},"queryParams":{"type":"object","properties":{"limit":{"type":"integer","maximum":100,"minimum":1,"description":"Maximum charges to return per page (1-100). Default 3: a charge carries free-text particulars, secured details and the persons entitled, so it is several times the size of an officer or a filing row - the register-wide counts and page.total still describe the whole register."},"detail":{"enum":["summary","full"],"type":"string","description":"How much of each charge to return. Default summary. `full` adds the four members the register populates only for particular filings — acquired_on, resolved_on, assets_ceased_released and more_than_four_persons_entitled — which are null on the great majority of charges."},"offset":{"type":"integer","maximum":10000,"minimum":0,"description":"Zero-based index into the register's charge list (not into the filtered result). Pass back page.next_offset from the previous response to page."},"status":{"enum":["outstanding","satisfied","all"],"type":"string","description":"Which charges to return. Default `all`. `outstanding` returns the charges that are still security over the company (everything the register has not marked satisfied or fully-satisfied, including part-satisfied); `satisfied` returns the discharged ones. The register offers no server-side filter, so Eckari applies it after reading up to three register pages of 100 charges — read page.has_more rather than items.length."}},"additionalProperties":false}},"additionalProperties":false},"output":{"type":"object","required":["type"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string"},"example":{"type":"object"}}}}},"responseSchema":null,"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.006","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.006/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.006","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.006","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_cBsX9xP8jUNkgbREXXNRK","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.006","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Retrieves all registered charges (mortgages, debentures, and other security) against a UK company from Companies House, including outstanding/satisfied status and charge holders.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Can you pull the outstanding charges registered against UK company number 04553920 from Companies House — I want to see who holds security over their assets and whether anything is still unsatisfied?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Pre-acquisition due diligence check","prompt":"We're looking at acquiring a company with Companies House number 00445790 — can you check whether they have any outstanding charges or secured creditors we should know about before we proceed?"},{"title":"Lender credit risk assessment","prompt":"Before we extend a loan, can you look up all registered charges for UK company 03977902 and tell me how many are outstanding, who holds them, and what assets are secured?"},{"title":"Insolvency research on a supplier","prompt":"One of our suppliers, company number 07536328, has gone quiet — can you check their Companies House charges to see if there are outstanding mortgages or debentures that might signal financial distress?"}],"resultDescription":"Returns register-wide counts of outstanding, satisfied, and part-satisfied charges, plus a paginated list of individual charge records each containing classification, particulars, secured details, dates (created, satisfied), persons entitled, and a derived is_outstanding boolean. Optional 'full' detail mode adds acquired_on, resolved_on, assets_ceased_released, and more_than_four_persons_entitled fields.","failureModes":["Invalid or malformed company number (not matching 1-8 alphanumeric characters) returns INVALID_INPUT before any payment","Company number not found on Companies House returns an empty or 404-style response","Company has no charges registered — returns zero counts and empty charge list","Pagination offset out of range (over 10,000) rejected","Network or upstream Companies House API unavailability may cause transient errors"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, register-level data on UK company charges directly from Companies House — particularly for due diligence, credit risk assessment, insolvency research, or verifying whether a company's assets are encumbered. Prefer this over general company search endpoints when the specific focus is secured lending, charges, or creditor identification. Use the status filter to narrow to outstanding charges only when you don't need historical satisfied records.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-10T18:40:33.869Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"eckari-uk-company-charges-f5d12c8c"}