# API return Shareholders information

**URL:** <http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/api-return-shareholders-information/7858>\
**Category:** Information\
**Created:** [May 2, 2024, 8:18am UTC](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/api-return-shareholders-information/7858 "2024-05-02T08:18:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 8:18am UTC](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/api-return-shareholders-information/7858/1 "2024-05-02T08:18:09Z")

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I am currently using the UKCH API to create an application which takes the company name and outputs the shareholder information. I have looked through the forum and documentation and there does not seem to be an easy API request to get the shareholder information (correct me if I’m wrong). Instead, I am getting the confirmation statements from filing history / fetch a document(or annual returns/incorporation document if not in the confirmation statement), scanning these and using regular expressions to find the shareholder information.

I was just hoping to suggest an API request for shareholder information would make this much easier and possible. There are a few issues I am coming across as the filing history and fetch a document are very inconsistent.

N.B. ‘Persons with Significant Control’ is different to shareholders.