The UK People with significant control (PSC) Register was launched in 2016 and contains beneficial ownership details declared for companies registered with Companies House.
The UK Register of Overseas Entities was launched in 2022. Overseas entities who want to buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK, must register with Companies House and explain who their registrable beneficial owners or managing officers are.
The data from both registers is published openly. In order to understand and transform this data, we use it in combination with the Free Company Data Product from Companies House which provides a snapshot containing basic company data for live companies.
You can search information from Companies House for free at https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk or learn more about the data products and application programming interfaces (APIs) offered to encourage reuse of its company and beneficial ownership data.
On Github, you can see how Open Ownership has mapped, transformed and republished this data in line with version 0.4 of our Beneficial Ownership Data Standard.
We have also published a data use guide that details the key modeling decisions made during the mapping process and provides field-level mapping information to support data use and analysis.
These mappings are currently a work in progress and should be treated with caution. This dataset is published under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication licence.
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 13,925,340 | 5459003 | 1170244 | 10861219 |
statementId | string | 13,925,340 | 0e1572e2-5e65-d8f1-0301-fa0b48914f75 | 5e09b728-fee1-66ee-83ff-da3532eb0972 | cf29650a-9ec4-3e2f-142e-7ae9cd587fea |
declarationSubject | string | 13,925,340 | GB-COH-14040750 | GB-COH-12408468 | GB-COH-10807064 |
statementDate | date | 13,925,340 | 2022-04-12 | 2020-01-17 | 2017-06-07 |
recordId | string | 13,925,340 | GB-COH-REL-14040750-d8wB8bWVdBho5nTKWoGQa5LqBo0 | GB-COH-REL-12408468-1nq7zgXGqKIMwa3vWPT8Ov9nHdI | GB-COH-REL-10807064-iC39OlrE5-ZW8wK7ZWP0Q5385Kk |
recordStatus | string | 13,925,340 | new | new | new |
recordType | string | 13,925,340 | relationship | relationship | relationship |
recordDetails_subject | string | 13,925,340 | GB-COH-14040750 | GB-COH-12408468 | GB-COH-10807064 |
recordDetails_interestedParty | string | 13,229,857 | GB-COH-PER-14040750-d8wB8bWVdBho5nTKWoGQa5LqBo0 | GB-COH-PER-12408468-1nq7zgXGqKIMwa3vWPT8Ov9nHdI | None |
recordDetails_isComponent | boolean | 13,925,340 | False | False | False |
publicationDetails_publicationDate | date | 13,925,340 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-06 | 2025-03-06 |
publicationDetails_bodsVersion | number | 13,925,340 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
publicationDetails_license | string | 13,925,340 | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
publicationDetails_publisher_name | string | 13,925,340 | Open Ownership | Open Ownership | Open Ownership |
publicationDetails_publisher_url | string | 13,925,340 | https://www.openownership.org | https://www.openownership.org | https://www.openownership.org |
source_type | string | 13,925,340 | officialRegister | officialRegister | officialRegister |
source_url | string | 13,925,340 | https://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html | https://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html | https://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html |
recordDetails_interestedParty_reason | string | 695,483 | None | None | noBeneficialOwners |
recordDetails_interestedParty_description | string | 695,483 | None | None | Exception Reason: The company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that there is no registrable person or registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 29,636,778 | 11740397.recordDetails.interests.0 | 7149108.recordDetails.interests.0 | 7004431.recordDetails.interests.2 |
_link_relationship_statement | string | 29,636,778 | 11740397 | 7149108 | 7004431 |
directOrIndirect | string | 29,636,778 | unknown | unknown | unknown |
type | string | 29,636,778 | shareholding | votingRights | appointmentOfBoard |
beneficialOwnershipOrControl | boolean | 29,636,778 | True | True | True |
startDate | date | 28,821,841 | 2018-03-16 | 2019-03-06 | 2021-06-25 |
details | string | 29,636,778 | Relationship Type: ['ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent', 'voting-rights-75-to-100-percent', 'right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors'] | Relationship Type: ['voting-rights-25-to-50-percent'] | Relationship Type: ['voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-limited-liability-partnership', 'right-to-share-surplus-assets-75-to-100-percent-limited-liability-partnership', 'right-to-appoint-and-remove-members-limited-liability-partnership'] |
share_maximum | number | 20,844,773 | 100.0 | 50.0 | None |
share_minimum | number | 20,844,773 | 75.0 | 25.0 | None |
endDate | date | 3,537,084 | None | None | None |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 13,925,340 | 9799669.source.assertedBy.0 | 2556773.source.assertedBy.0 | 3699194.source.assertedBy.0 |
_link_relationship_statement | string | 13,925,340 | 9799669 | 2556773 | 3699194 |
name | string | 13,925,340 | Companies House | Companies House | Companies House |
uri | string | 13,925,340 | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 2,070,899 | 4477547.annotations.0 | 11674018.annotations.0 | 5852190.annotations.0 |
_link_relationship_statement | string | 2,070,899 | 4477547 | 11674018 | 5852190 |
motivation | string | 2,070,899 | commenting | commenting | commenting |
description | string | 2,070,899 | Statement closed due to retirement of UK PSC record | Statement closed due to retirement of UK PSC record | Statement closed due to retirement of UK PSC record |
statementPointerTarget | boolean | 2,070,899 | None | None | None |
creationDate | date | 2,070,899 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-05 |
createdBy_name | string | 2,070,899 | Open Ownership | Open Ownership | Open Ownership |
createdBy_uri | string | 2,070,899 | https://www.openownership.org | https://www.openownership.org | https://www.openownership.org |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 12,152,361 | 10538807 | 11420987 | 5581112 |
statementId | string | 12,152,361 | 309f909b-4447-ed2f-a6dc-32a5b2aeb29b | 722e6a61-0a38-ca6c-dfda-7ed2ed89c973 | 9fcc39be-7788-b03c-6a35-acdee043729a |
declarationSubject | string | 12,152,361 | GB-COH-14855146 | GB-COH-12444207 | GB-COH-10256930 |
statementDate | date | 12,152,361 | 2023-05-09 | 2020-03-03 | 2024-05-16 |
recordId | string | 12,152,361 | GB-COH-PER-14855146-HsvF1UtpjWnnf9vAh5gnYaGCBzU | GB-COH-PER-12444207--xSk3CW3yJFCREFTEj4UsN4xzTw | GB-COH-PER-10256930-SvDNZg1gKW2yxn10DT2szSJ0ZNE |
recordStatus | string | 12,152,361 | new | closed | new |
recordType | string | 12,152,361 | person | person | person |
recordDetails_isComponent | boolean | 12,152,361 | False | False | False |
recordDetails_personType | string | 12,152,361 | knownPerson | knownPerson | knownPerson |
recordDetails_birthDate | string | 12,151,833 | 1989-04 | 1992-03 | 1966-10 |
publicationDetails_publicationDate | date | 12,152,361 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-06 |
publicationDetails_bodsVersion | number | 12,152,361 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
publicationDetails_license | string | 12,152,361 | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
publicationDetails_publisher_name | string | 12,152,361 | Open Ownership | Open Ownership | Open Ownership |
publicationDetails_publisher_url | string | 12,152,361 | https://www.openownership.org | https://www.openownership.org | https://www.openownership.org |
source_type | string | 12,152,361 | officialRegister | officialRegister | officialRegister |
source_url | string | 12,152,361 | https://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html | https://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html | https://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 12,152,361 | 11739581.recordDetails.names.0 | 4534427.recordDetails.names.0 | 5767352.recordDetails.names.0 |
_link_person_statement | string | 12,152,361 | 11739581 | 4534427 | 5767352 |
type | string | 12,152,361 | legal | legal | legal |
fullName | string | 12,152,361 | Mrs Leigh Diane Yates | Mr Timothy Calvin Hafner | Mr Thomas Edward Watson |
familyName | string | 12,152,361 | Yates | Hafner | Watson |
givenName | string | 12,152,361 | Leigh Diane | Timothy Calvin | Thomas Edward |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 12,088,327 | 5208565.recordDetails.nationalities.0 | 9624175.recordDetails.nationalities.0 | 5673204.recordDetails.nationalities.0 |
_link_person_statement | string | 12,088,327 | 5208565 | 9624175 | 5673204 |
name | string | 12,088,327 | New Zealand | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
code | string | 12,088,327 | NZ | GB | GB |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 11,454,719 | 794339.recordDetails.taxResidencies.0 | 6931028.recordDetails.taxResidencies.0 | 2489630.recordDetails.taxResidencies.0 |
_link_person_statement | string | 11,454,719 | 794339 | 6931028 | 2489630 |
name | string | 11,454,719 | United Kingdom | France | United Kingdom |
code | string | 11,454,719 | GB | FR | GB |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 12,152,361 | 12085490.recordDetails.addresses.0 | 5474950.recordDetails.addresses.0 | 9130229.recordDetails.addresses.0 |
_link_person_statement | string | 12,152,361 | 12085490 | 5474950 | 9130229 |
type | string | 12,152,361 | service | service | service |
address | string | 12,152,361 | Unit 3, Bell Farm, Oxholme Drove, Cottenham, Cambridge, England | C/O Intouch Accounting Ltd, Suite 1 Second Floor Everdene House, Deansleigh Road, Bournemouth, England | The Vault, 1 Market Place, Mansfield, England |
postCode | string | 12,060,131 | CB24 8UP | BH7 7DU | NG18 1HU |
country_name | string | 12,152,361 | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
country_code | string | 12,152,361 | GB | GB | GB |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 12,152,361 | 9553315.source.assertedBy.0 | 5222563.source.assertedBy.0 | 1593402.source.assertedBy.0 |
_link_person_statement | string | 12,152,361 | 9553315 | 5222563 | 1593402 |
name | string | 12,152,361 | Companies House | Companies House | Companies House |
uri | string | 12,152,361 | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 1,598,703 | 10890341.annotations.0 | 1196053.annotations.0 | 7775160.annotations.0 |
_link_person_statement | string | 1,598,703 | 10890341 | 1196053 | 7775160 |
motivation | string | 1,598,703 | commenting | commenting | commenting |
description | string | 1,598,703 | Statement closed due to retirement of UK PSC record | Statement closed due to retirement of UK PSC record | Statement closed due to retirement of UK PSC record |
statementPointerTarget | boolean | 1,598,703 | None | None | None |
creationDate | date | 1,598,703 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-05 |
createdBy_name | string | 1,598,703 | Open Ownership | Open Ownership | Open Ownership |
createdBy_uri | string | 1,598,703 | https://www.openownership.org | https://www.openownership.org | https://www.openownership.org |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 5,790,763 | 159548 | 2559487 | 882985 |
statementId | string | 5,790,763 | afad0901-823e-0cd5-113f-55d2543d5ed4 | 24cf13d1-2019-e13a-fc79-eb1fe2684b9f | d37b7458-7170-f20c-29cb-86b239a12150 |
declarationSubject | string | 5,790,763 | GB-COH-05723901 | GB-COH-06986056 | GB-COH-15394458 |
statementDate | date | 5,790,763 | 2024-06-27 | 2024-08-10 | 2025-01-06 |
recordId | string | 5,790,763 | GB-COH-05723901 | GB-COH-06986056 | GB-COH-15394458 |
recordStatus | string | 5,790,763 | new | new | new |
recordType | string | 5,790,763 | entity | entity | entity |
recordDetails_isComponent | boolean | 5,790,763 | False | False | False |
recordDetails_foundingDate | date | 5,790,763 | 2006-02-28 | 2009-08-10 | 2024-01-07 |
recordDetails_name | string | 5,790,763 | VESEY PROPERTY LIMITED | GLASS FITTINGS DIRECT LIMITED | STRATFORD ENERGY HOLDINGS LTD |
recordDetails_entityType_type | string | 5,790,763 | registeredEntity | registeredEntity | registeredEntity |
recordDetails_jurisdiction_name | string | 5,721,018 | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
recordDetails_jurisdiction_code | string | 5,721,018 | GB | GB | GB |
recordDetails_publicListing_hasPublicListing | boolean | 5,790,763 | False | False | False |
publicationDetails_publicationDate | date | 5,790,763 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-05 |
publicationDetails_bodsVersion | number | 5,790,763 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
publicationDetails_license | string | 5,790,763 | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
publicationDetails_publisher_name | string | 5,790,763 | Open Ownership | Open Ownership | Open Ownership |
publicationDetails_publisher_url | string | 5,790,763 | https://www.openownership.org | https://www.openownership.org | https://www.openownership.org |
source_type | string | 5,790,763 | officialRegister | officialRegister | officialRegister |
source_url | string | 5,790,763 | https://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html | https://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html | https://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html |
recordDetails_uri | string | 5,626,630 | http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/05723901 | http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/06986056 | http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/15394458 |
recordDetails_entityType_details | string | 5,626,630 | Private Limited Company | Private Limited Company | Private Limited Company |
recordDetails_alternateNames | string | 525,271 | None | GLAS FITTINGS DIRECT LIMITED | None |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 5,790,763 | 5765842.recordDetails.addresses.0 | 3167890.recordDetails.addresses.0 | 1112232.recordDetails.addresses.0 |
_link_entity_statement | string | 5,790,763 | 5765842 | 3167890 | 1112232 |
type | string | 5,790,763 | registered | registered | registered |
address | string | 5,790,763 | 92 LEE HIGH ROAD, LEWISHAM, LONDON, ENGLAND | 126 SAMUEL STREET, LONDON, ENGLAND | 26-28 SOUTHERNHAY EAST, EXETER, ENGLAND |
postCode | string | 5,657,754 | SE13 5PT | SE18 5LW | EX1 1NS |
country_name | string | 5,790,763 | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
country_code | string | 5,790,763 | GB | GB | GB |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 5,790,763 | 2214660.source.assertedBy.0 | 4246124.source.assertedBy.0 | 2472963.source.assertedBy.0 |
_link_entity_statement | string | 5,790,763 | 2214660 | 4246124 | 2472963 |
name | string | 5,790,763 | Companies House | Companies House | Companies House |
uri | string | 5,790,763 | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 5,698,012 | 5095049.recordDetails.identifiers.0 | 125402.recordDetails.identifiers.0 | 2336208.recordDetails.identifiers.0 |
_link_entity_statement | string | 5,698,012 | 5095049 | 125402 | 2336208 |
id | string | 5,698,012 | 07315369 | 16243814 | 12011903 |
scheme | string | 5,698,012 | GB-COH | GB-COH | GB-COH |
schemeName | string | 5,698,012 | Companies House | Companies House | Companies House |
uri | string | 5,642,838 | https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house | https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house | https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house |
Field Name | Field Type | Field Count | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
_link | string | 5,626,630 | 5109368.annotations.0 | 3497817.annotations.0 | 3902015.annotations.0 |
_link_entity_statement | string | 5,626,630 | 5109368 | 3497817 | 3902015 |
motivation | string | 5,626,630 | commenting | commenting | commenting |
description | string | 5,626,630 | Company Entity Status: Active | Company Entity Status: Active | Company Entity Status: Active - Proposal to Strike off |
statementPointerTarget | boolean | 5,626,630 | None | None | None |
creationDate | date | 5,626,630 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-05 |
url | string | 5,626,630 | http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/13852417 | http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/16074108 | http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/11131746 |
createdBy_name | string | 5,626,630 | Open Ownership | Open Ownership | Open Ownership |
createdBy_uri | string | 5,626,630 | https://www.openownership.org | https://www.openownership.org | https://www.openownership.org |