get_persons_with_significant_control

Pack: companies-house · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/companies-house/mcp

Beneficial-ownership records (PSCs) for a UK company — individuals or entities with significant control. Returns name, kind, nature of control, ownership-of-shares brackets, and country of residence.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
company_numberstringyesUK company number
items_per_pagenumberno1-100 (default 25)
start_indexnumbernoPagination offset (default 0)

Example call

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/companies-house/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_persons_with_significant_control","arguments":{}}}'

Response shape

Always returns: company_number, total, persons

FieldTypeDescription
company_numberstringUK company number
totalnumberTotal number of persons with significant control
personsarrayList of beneficial owners with significant control
Full JSON Schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "company_number": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "UK company number"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of persons with significant control"
    },
    "persons": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of beneficial owners with significant control",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Name of person or entity with significant control"
          },
          "kind": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Kind of person (individual, corporate-entity, etc.)"
          },
          "natures_of_control": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Nature(s) of control exercised",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "country_of_residence": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Country of residence"
          },
          "nationality": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Nationality"
          },
          "notified_on": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Date PSC entry was notified (ISO format)"
          },
          "ceased_on": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Date PSC ceased (ISO format) if applicable"
          },
          "address": {
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Address details of PSC"
          },
          "identification": {
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Identification details"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "company_number",
    "total",
    "persons"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "companies-house": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/companies-house/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

Regenerated from source · build May 21, 2026