/financials

GET 1 request = 1 credit

Coverage Companies that have filed accounts. Turnover is disclosed for a minority of companies — most small UK companies are not required to publish a profit and loss account.

Returns filed accounts normalised into consistent fields across every accounts type, plus compound annual growth rates over 1, 3 and 5 years. Saves you maintaining an iXBRL parser and reconciling micro-entity, abridged and full accounts into one shape.

Input

Parameter	Description	Required
`key`	Your API key. May also be sent as a bearer token or X-API-Key header.	Required
`company_number`	Companies House company number, with or without the UK- prefix. E.g. 00000042 or UK-00000042.	Required
`period`	latest for the most recent filed period, or all for the full series. Default latest.	Optional

Example request

GET request

https://api.ukdatalayer.com/v1/financials?key=YOUR_KEY&company_number=00000042&period=latest

Output

Field	Type	Description
`period_end`	date	Accounting period end date.
`financial_year`	number \| null	Financial year the period belongs to.
`accounts_type`	string \| null	full, abridged, micro-entity, small, group or dormant. Only known for the latest filed period; null on earlier periods.
`currency`	string	Reporting currency, normally GBP.
`turnover`	number \| null	Revenue. Null where not disclosed.
`gross_profit`	number \| null	Gross profit.
`op_profit_loss`	number \| null	Operating profit or loss.
`profit_loss_after_tax`	number \| null	Profit or loss after taxation.
`ebitda`	number \| null	Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.
`cash_eq`	number \| null	Cash and cash equivalents.
`net_curr_assets`	number \| null	Net current assets.
`tangible_assets`	number \| null	Tangible fixed assets.
`intangible_assets`	number \| null	Intangible assets.
`total_assets`	number \| null	Total assets.
`curr_assets`	number \| null	Current assets.
`curr_liabs`	number \| null	Current liabilities.
`debtors`	number \| null	Trade and other debtors.
`creditors`	number \| null	Creditors.
`stock`	number \| null	Stock / inventory.
`long_term_debt`	number \| null	Long-term debt.
`short_term_debt`	number \| null	Short-term debt.
`working_capital`	number \| null	Working capital.
`depreciation_amort`	number \| null	Depreciation and amortisation.
`profit_loss_before_tax`	number \| null	Profit or loss before taxation.
`sh_funds`	number \| null	Shareholders funds.
`total_sh_funds_and_liabs`	number \| null	Total shareholders funds and liabilities.
`num_employees`	number \| null	Average employee count for the period.
`growth`	object	turnover_cagr_1y/3y/5y, ebitda_cagr_1y/3y/5y, num_employees_cagr_1y/3y/5y, cash_eq_cagr_1y/3y/5y. Decimals, so 0.12 = 12% a year. A rate is present only when both comparison periods disclosed a strictly positive value.

Example response

200 OK · application/json

{
  "status": "success",
  "credits_used": 1,
  "data": {
    "company_id": "UK-00000042",
    "period_end": "2025-03-31",
    "accounts_type": "full",
    "currency": "GBP",
    "turnover": 4120000,
    "gross_profit": 2884000,
    "op_profit_loss": 412500,
    "profit_loss_after_tax": 331900,
    "ebitda": 596300,
    "cash_eq": 1880400,
    "net_curr_assets": 1244600,
    "sh_funds": 2306800,
    "num_employees": 42,
    "growth": {
      "turnover_cagr_1y": 0.312,
      "turnover_cagr_3y": 0.268,
      "ebitda_cagr_3y": 0.194,
      "num_employees_cagr_3y": 0.221
    }
  }
}

Notes

A null value means the figure was not disclosed in the filing. It never means zero.
CAGR values are only computed where both the start and end values are strictly positive, so a missing growth rate is expected for loss-making or newly incorporated companies.
With period=all the response is { periods: [...], growth: {...} } — one entry per filed period, newest first, each with the same fields as the period=latest shape.
Companies with no filed accounts return status "no_data" and consume no credits.