Id be grateful if someone could tell me if there is a bulk dataset available for dissolved companies.
Ideally every dissolved company. Although I personally dont need any accounting/ or officers details.
(I have a rough figure of approx 6.7 million from Opencorporates.com…if accurate)
If there was such, myself and others would also be interested. I’m not aware of one.
There are some third-party sites which accumulate and summarise information (some of which may not be available via the API). At the moment none I know have the specific functionality for finding all dissolved companies but you could have a look at:
We do not have any bulk products that contain dissolved companies, sorry.
I know you have been contacted, but I just wanted to post a general answer here for other users who may be looking for the same product.
StatBooks has retained Dissolved Companies data since 1 October 2017 and whilst we have no plans to make this available as a front-end module we do the capability to produce and export back end updates weekly or monthly on a subscription basis. There is a degree of volatility within the data due to the daily trickle of administrative and other restorations; we have front-end modules for these (See - LATEST >>RESTORATIONS >>RESTORED >>Requested - NOW ACTIVE / Court Order – For Legal Action on the menu bar).
E-mail admin@statbooks.co.uk for more information, specifying the data content and export format requirements.
On a more general note, I would suggest that a total of circa 6.7 million is well below the true figure (we have garnered close to 450,000 in just 10 months!) and a calculation based on issued numbers less the latest total register figure suggests around 8.7 million have been dissolved.
Checking in on this topic. Now that dissolved company information is available via the API will it also be made available in the bulk product?
This would be very helpful and would reduce unnecessary usage of the API to retrieve this information. (And it would be in the spirit of the CHS response to the recent consultation that led to making this information available via the API.)
Understand that dissolved companies are not available via the bulk download
Just a quick suggestion for the bulk data download page - in the documentation it says things like
“company status, such as ‘live’ or ‘dissolved’”
and there is a field in the download for Dissolution Date
Not sure if it might be worth updating these pages so people don’t get confused? Just an idea!