TL;DR: some streaming API data does not agree with C/H Website data for some companies.
We have noticed that, for some companies, the data showing on the C/H website (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/) does not agree with the data that we’ve received from the streaming API.
An example of two such companies is shown below:
regnum | latest event_time_point | latest event_published_at |
---|---|---|
09781713 | 32890840 | 2021-09-07 07:09:07 |
NI621216 | 35847495 | 2021-11-10 08:38:04 |
In both cases the C/H website shows overdue accounts & confirmation statement status but the streaming API data does not.
We were concerned that we may have missed some streaming api records, but we’ve confirmed that there are no gaps in our data’s event_time_point history between 29400000 (2021-06-17 11:15:15) and 59156372 (2023-04-04 10:42:47).
We’ve started looking at our streaming api data in more detail now and have found the following:
9,683 companies have accounts_next_due date before 31/10/2022 but are not marked as having overdue accounts.
Of the 9,683:
- 8,956 are in liquidation
- 494 have another financial distress event
- 146 are Suspended strike-off / Ceasing to trade / Petition winding up
- 87 are live.
Please let us know if this is an error in the streaming api or the C/H website and if something can be done to make the datasets consistent.
Thanks
Lance