UK Companies House — post-ECCTA reality and the actual API surface
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Learn how the ECCTA affects Companies House API and data, and how to integrate it in 2026
Action Steps
- Review the ECCTA changes and their impact on Companies House data
- Update your API integration to handle the new 'abbreviated information' mode for small filers
- Verify director and PSC identities using the expanded suspended-name powers
- Test your API integration with the updated data and verification processes
- Configure your application to handle the phased rollout of identity verification through 2026
Who Needs to Know This
Developers and software engineers integrating Companies House API into their applications will benefit from understanding the changes brought by ECCTA, to ensure compliance and accurate data retrieval.
Key Insight
💡 The ECCTA changes do not break the public REST API but alter the data, requiring updates to API integrations to ensure compliance and accurate data retrieval
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