brady
March 14, 2025, 9:31am
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Hi,
I have noticed that some of the historic company names that are available on the companies house website are not populated on the bulk data download.
Is there a reason for this? (e.g. do the historic names only go back to 2007 for example). Or is this an unforseen error?
Thanks
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Yes I raised this issue with them last year and they have logged an issue, but haven’t received any update on a fix.
I’ve found cases where the previous names of companies are not included in the bulk product (Basic Company Profile Data CSV from Companies House ).
Company 03587701, line from CSV file:
"COMPONENT KNOWLEDGE LIMITED","03587701","","","84 WORDSWORTH MEAD","","REDHILL","","ENGLAND","RH1 1AJ","Private Limited Company","Active","United
Kingdom","","25/06/1998","31","3","31/12/2024","31/03/2023","TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL","28/04/2017","31/03/2016","0","0","0","0","62012 - Business and domestic software d…
brady
March 14, 2025, 9:51am
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Ah frustrating - fingers crossed gives them another nudge
kadach
March 14, 2025, 12:57pm
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Thank you for posting your query to the Developer Forum, we will consider along with relevant technical colleagues and respond further as soon as possible - in the meantime, the option remains available for other Forum viewers to contribute. KAJ
brady
March 17, 2025, 9:06am
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Hi Kadach - thanks for reaching out.
Do you have any indication on timelines on this? Just conscious this was initially raised in April 2024 and chased in May 2024 but seems to have gone cold.
Thanks
brady
March 31, 2025, 8:20am
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Hi - has there been any update on this? Just wondering as has been a couple of weeks now.
Thanks
kadach
March 31, 2025, 8:35am
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Hi. I am still awaiting an update from our IT team regarding your request. Thanks
brady
April 11, 2025, 9:40am
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Hi, again following up on this as it has been nearly a month since the original issue was raised and comms were sent.
Thanks
brady
April 23, 2025, 2:33pm
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Hi, has there been an update on this? thanks