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Use when: Is this UK company still active?","url":"https://api.eckari.com/v1/companies/uk/:companyNumber/status?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), e.g. 00445790, SC123456, NI000001, BR008975. 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":{}}},"additionalProperties":false},"output":{"type":"object","required":["type"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string"},"example":{"type":"object"}}}}},"responseSchema":null,"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.003","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":"$0.003/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.003","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.003","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_QkkcOr-U-_pORHhxa9s1v","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.003","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Returns the current legal status of a UK company from the Companies House register, including derived is_active and is_striking_off flags.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Can you check whether UK company number 00445790 is still active on the Companies House register, and flag if it's been dissolved, is in liquidation, or has any proposal to strike off?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Pre-contract supplier verification","prompt":"Before we sign this contract, can you check if our UK supplier with company number 09876543 is still active on Companies House, or if they've been dissolved or are in any kind of insolvency?"},{"title":"Investment due diligence check","prompt":"I'm looking at investing in a UK company — their registration number is SC234567. Can you pull their current legal status from Companies House and tell me if they're genuinely active or if there's anything concerning like administration or a striking-off proposal?"},{"title":"Automated compliance screening","prompt":"I need to verify the Companies House status for UK company NI000123 — is it active, dissolved, or in any form of liquidation or receivership?"}],"resultDescription":"Returns the company's current legal status string (e.g. active, dissolved, liquidation, administration, receivership, voluntary-arrangement), a status detail field, an optional cessation date, a boolean is_active derived from live-on-register statuses (active, open, registered), and a boolean is_striking_off indicating an active company with a pending strike-off proposal.","failureModes":["INVALID_INPUT: company number contains internal spaces, is whitespace-only, or exceeds 8 meaningful characters — rejected before payment","Company not found: number is syntactically valid but does not exist in the Companies House register","Network or upstream Companies House API unavailability causing timeout or 5xx error","Payment failure via x402 protocol if USDC balance is insufficient"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need a single authoritative answer about whether a UK company is legally active or not, sourced directly from Companies House. It is the fastest, cheapest way to get a verified status check without parsing full company profiles. Prefer it over general company profile endpoints when status is all you need, and over manual Companies House lookups when the result must be machine-readable for compliance, due diligence, or automated screening workflows.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-10T18:38:50.073Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"eckari-uk-company-status-2ce9f8ec"}