## companies_house/search

`GET /v1/companies_house/search`

Search the UK register by company name or number. Returns number, status, type and incorporation date.

*Company search*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | yes | Company name or number to search for. — e.g. `NTV LTD` |
| `limit` | no | Results per page, 1–100 (default 20). — e.g. `20` |
| `cursor` | no | Opaque cursor from a previous page. — e.g. `20` |
| `dry_run` | no | Read a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution. — e.g. `1` |

**Cost:** 1 credit at list price per successful uncached response; variable-cost operations may quote or settle a different charge. Confirmed uncharged or refunded failures report zero. Pending reconciliation can report credits_used:null; retain request_id and the original idempotency key.

```bash
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/companies_house/search?query=NTV%20LTD" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
```

### Response data

Illustrative abbreviated data; documented core fields are optional and may be null. Additional source fields are allowed.

```json
{
  "count": 0,
  "cursor": null,
  "dropped": 0,
  "items": [
    {
      "address": "example",
      "company_number": "example",
      "incorporated_on": "example",
      "name": "example",
      "status": "example",
      "type": "example",
      "url": "https://example.com/example"
    }
  ],
  "total_results": 0
}
```

[Field reference](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/companies_house/search#response) · [JSON Schema for response.data](https://www.monocrawl.com/schemas/companies_house/search.json)