Similar values for company status

milena · June 10, 2021, 2:22pm

In the API documentation I found this:

companieshouse/api-enumerations/blob/master/constants.yml

---
identification_type:
    'non-eea' : "Non European Economic Area"
    'eea' : "European Economic Area"
jurisdiction:
    'england-wales' : "England/Wales"
    'wales' : "Wales "
    'scotland' : "Scotland"
    'northern-ireland' : "Northern Ireland"
    'european-union' : "European Union"
    'united-kingdom' : "United Kingdom"
    'england' : "England"
    'noneu' : "Foreign (Non E.U.)"
company_summary:
    'other' : "Other"
    'private-unlimited' : "Private unlimited company"
    'ltd' : "Private limited Company"
    'plc' : "Public limited Company"
    'protected-cell-company' : "Protected Cell Company"
    'old-public-company' : "Old public company"

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Is anyone able to clarify what are CLOSED and OPEN referring to? Which is the difference between Active/Open and Dissolved/Closed and why do we have two similar values?

voracityemail · June 10, 2021, 9:56pm

I believe these apply to different types of entity. Welcome to the entity type zoo - there are many kinds! I am still learning some of these…

So “active” vs. “dissolved” relate to e.g. private companies / private limited companies / public limited companies. (That covers a lot of the entries at Companies House - however there are a lot more types.)

“open” and “closed” are analogous but are used for the status of UK establishments (of overseas companies)
For example, see the status of this UK establishment: FERRARI FINANCIAL SERVICES GMBH - Overview (free company information from Companies House)
Compare with the status of the parent company:
FERRARI FINANCIAL SERVICES GMBH - Overview (free company information from Companies House)

I believe “converted” relates to changing the type of entity - or “re-registration”. Unfortunately I don’t have an example to hand but I believe certain changes would result in a new “company number” - in which case I think the original entry would then get the “converted-closed” status?

There are lots of possible conversions. Again I don’t have a list of what happens in each case. The following links may be useful - mostly for context. They don’t deal directly with what values you will find in the API though.

Off-topic but a good general intro to filings generated: Life of a company: event driven filings - GOV.UK

Closure

Overseas companies / UK establishments see here:
Overseas companies registered in the UK - GOV.UK
Closure, administration, strike off, liquidation etc. for different entity types: Company registration and filing: Closing a company - detailed information - GOV.UK

Converted

Private limited company to public limited company - Re-register your private limited company to a plc (RR01) - GOV.UK
“UK Societas” (formerly “Societas Europea”) to PLC - see here: Running a UK Societas (UKS) - GOV.UK
(This is a slightly unusual one since this has changed since Brexit)

Striking off, dissolution and restoration: Company strike off, dissolution and restoration - GOV.UK