Can we get the PSC details on a person's name?

API Changes Information
#1

Hi team,

Is there any option to fetch the PSC details by searching on a person’s name.

We know that there is /search/officers; However, it would be ‘corporate officers’ I believe. In case a person is not directly appointed to a company; but still holds shares and is a person of significant control, can we get to that detail through APIs?

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Maithreyi

#2

@maithreyi_g

There is no functionality presently to search and retrieve PSC data by name. PSC data will be available via the company through the PSC endpoint, documented at;

There are plans to add searching by PSC name but we have no timescales for delivery of the functionality as yet.

To note that the /search/officers functionality returns both individuals and corporate officers. PSCs are separate and any search functionality will also be separate.

Thanks,

@mfairhurst

#3

Hello Mark,

“To note that the /search/officers functionality returns both individuals
and corporate officers. PSCs are separate and any search functionality
will also be separate.”

When you write “individuals” in that sentence, you mean “persons with significant control” ?

That is, the current “/search/officers” API returns both "persons with significant control and corporate officers? Is that the case?

If so, these are both natural and legal persons or only natural ones?

Thank you for your great contributions and please keep up the good work.

Johannes
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#4

@jgiannakouros,

Officers (directors and secretaries) and persons with significant control are separate registers. Therefore, the search/officers endpoint returns individual and corporate officers, which are NOT persons with significant control.

Hope this clarifies

Thanks

@mfairhurst

#5

@mfairhurst,

We understand that /search/officers returns a list of appointments through which we can use /company/<comp_no> api and get the company profiles. From the same company number, probably, we can get to the PSC details, as well.

However, what we are trying to understand and confirm from your end is that whether all PSC’s (as in PSC individuals) could be retrieved as part of /search/officers? Here /search/officers are both -
individual (who may not be an official of the company and is an outsider, holding some % of shares)
and the appointed corporate officials?

We have also seen the api enumerations on the definitions of ‘officers’. However, if you make us understand better in this regards, it would be great.

Thanks for all the effort.

Regards,
Maithreyi

#6

@maithreyi_g

In an attempt to make this clear :smile:

Before 30th June 2016 companies were required to provide Companies House with details of their directors and secretaries, what we define as “officers”, and could be both individual and corporate officers.

This data is presented to consumers in two ways: -

Company Officers; A list of officers associated with the company.
Officer Appointments; A list of companies that the officer is appointed to.

From June 30th 2016 in addition to officers, companies are also required to provide details of their persons with significant control. This information is presented per company and there is no relationship between PSCs and Officers, the information is collected as separate data. PSC data is, currently, only presented to customers as

Company PSCs; A list of PSCs per company.

So in response to the specific question: -

However, what we are trying to understand and confirm from your end is that whether all PSC’s (as in PSC individuals) could be retrieved as part of /search/officers?

No, the /search/officers resource will only return officer information NOT PSCs as they are distinct data sets with no links between them.

Thanks

@mfairhurst