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COMPANIES HOUSE (UK)
WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
Companies House (UK) is an open dataset published by UK Government in the "Business Register & Company Data" domain. Available formats: Web portal, API, CSV. License: Open Government Licence. Update cadence: ongoing.
Suitable for undergraduate and graduate theses, group projects, papers and personal analysis portfolios. Always review the documentation and collection methodology before citing the data: institutions publish detailed methodological notes alongside every series.
Accountra indexes this resource and verifies its free-access requirements; delivery remains the responsibility of UK Government on the official site.
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