DataLedger
Structured company data, without the chaos.
Clean, searchable financial insights from Companies House - ready to use, delivered via API.
Why DataLedger?
1. Save hours on messy data cleaning
Get consistently structured, standardised financial data - no more copy-pasting from PDFs or guessing at balance sheets.
2. Search and filter with precision
Search by financial indicators like employee count, liabilities, assets, and year-on-year performance across industries.
3. Plug straight into your workflow
Access data via API, ready for spreadsheets, dashboards, or internal tools - so your team can stop rekeying and start analysing.
4. Reduce cost and reliance on clunky platforms
Built on open data, DataLedger is more affordable than legacy providers and removes the friction of working with Companies House directly.
5. Confident decisions, made faster
Know you're using accurate, reliable information - whether you're qualifying prospects, benchmarking competitors or selling insights internally.
What is DataLedger?
DataLedger is a financial data platform that transforms messy company filings into structured, searchable insights delivered via API.
Unlike Companies House, generic data platforms, or costly manual processes, DataLedger offers clean, reliable financial data that saves time, reduces cost, and integrates seamlessly into your existing workflows - so you can act faster, with more confidence.
We help finance professionals, analysts, and business developers access reliable UK company data for due diligence, prospecting, and market analysis.
Companies House Challenges
Raw, unstructured filings - Endless individual files that need manual processing
Hard to search effectively - Can't filter by financial thresholds without building custom logic
Time-consuming manual work - Copy-pasting from PDFs and stitching together datasets
Limited discovery options - Hard to find companies without exact names or numbers
DataLedger Solution
Structured data in one API - Pre-processed, clean financial data ready to use
Smart search and filtering - Find companies by assets, revenue, employee count, and more
Seamless workflow integration - Plug directly into your CRMs, dashboards, and tools
Comprehensive discovery - Autocomplete, SIC codes, and location-based search
Industry Use Cases
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SME Credit Assessment Using Electronic Filing Data
Access structured balance sheet and P&L data from UK companies that file electronically with Companies House. DataLedger provides pre-calculated financial ratios and growth metrics for SME credit assessment and portfolio analysis.
Key use cases:
Debt ratio analysis: Use pre-calculated debt-to-equity and debt-to-asset ratios for credit risk assessment
Asset growth monitoring: Track year-on-year asset growth and net asset growth rates to identify expanding businesses
SME portfolio screening: Filter companies by equity levels, total assets, and liability thresholds for targeted lending
Financial health tracking: Monitor changes in key ratios across your client base using verified data
Available financial metrics:
Debt-to-equity ratios (current and previous year)
Debt-to-asset ratios (current and previous year)
Asset growth rates (year-on-year percentage change)
Net asset growth rates (year-on-year percentage change)
Complete balance sheet line items (when using detailed API calls)
P&L data including turnover and profit/loss (where companies file full accounts)
Data coverage: Electronic filings only - excludes large corporates that file on paper, but covers the growing SME and digitally-native business segment.
Technical implementation: REST API with financial ratio filters, bulk company screening, data quality indicators.
Progressive SME lenders are using structured electronic filing data for faster credit decisions. Still manually processing company accounts whilst competitors leverage structured data?
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Skip Building Companies House Infrastructure - Use Our API Instead
Avoid the cost and complexity of building your own Companies House data pipeline. DataLedger provides ready-to-use structured financial data via API, eliminating months of development work and ongoing infrastructure costs.
Key benefits:
Avoid infrastructure costs: No need to build ETL pipelines, data storage, or processing systems for Companies House filings
Reduce engineering overhead: Skip months of development work parsing XBRL files and handling data quality issues
Enhanced product offering: Provide users with debt ratios, growth metrics, and financial analysis without building the calculation engine
Faster time-to-market: Integrate financial intelligence features in days, not months
Ongoing maintenance savings: No need to monitor Companies House API changes or handle data format updates
Implementation advantages:
On-demand data access: Call our API as needed rather than storing and maintaining your own database
Pre-calculated financial ratios: Get debt-to-equity, debt-to-asset, and growth rates without building calculation logic
Quality-assured data: Verified financial metrics (cVerified, pVerified) eliminate data validation work
Structured JSON responses: Clean, consistent data format perfect for AI/ML applications
Scalable pricing: Credit-based model grows with your usage without fixed infrastructure costs
Product enhancement opportunities:
Intelligent onboarding: Auto-populate company profiles reducing user data entry by 90%
AI-powered insights: Feed structured financial data into LLMs for custom report generation
Risk scoring features: Embed pre-calculated financial health indicators into your platform
Competitive analysis tools: Provide users with industry benchmarking using our sector data
Lead qualification enhancement: Enrich CRM records with growth indicators and financial stability scores
Technical implementation: RESTful API with comprehensive documentation and integration examples. Credit-based pricing eliminates upfront infrastructure investment.
Leading software platforms are focusing on their core product whilst leveraging DataLedger for financial intelligence. Still building Companies House infrastructure whilst competitors ship features faster?
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SME Market Research & Industry Analysis
Access structured financial data for comprehensive market research and industry analysis. DataLedger provides detailed balance sheet and P&L data for evidence-based market insights and competitive intelligence.
Key use cases:
Market sizing and segmentation: Use financial filters to calculate total addressable market by revenue, assets, or geographic region
Industry trend analysis: Track sector performance using growth rates, debt ratios, and financial health indicators across SIC codes
Competitive benchmarking: Analyse competitor financial performance using balance sheet and P&L data
Economic impact assessment: Monitor SME sector health through asset growth and financial stability metrics
Research report development: Generate data-driven insights using comprehensive electronic filing database
Available analytical capabilities:
Financial health analysis using debt-to-equity and debt-to-asset ratios
Growth trend identification through asset growth and net asset growth rates
Sector performance comparison
Geographic market analysis using postcode and local authority data
Employee count analysis for workforce and operational insights
Data coverage: Electronic filing companies - comprehensive coverage of SMEs, growth companies, and digitally-native businesses.
Technical implementation: Bulk data export, advanced filtering APIs, statistical analysis capabilities, and geographic segmentation tools.
Leading market research firms are using structured electronic filing data for comprehensive industry analysis. Still relying on surveys and estimates whilst comprehensive financial data provides definitive market insights?
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Advisory Services Using Structured Financial Data
DataLedger provides structured balance sheet and P&L analysis for modern advisory services.
Key use cases:
Growth company identification: Use asset growth rates to identify expanding businesses for advisory services
EIS qualifying company analysis: Filter by equity levels, employee counts, and growth indicators for EIS investment advice
Client benchmarking: Compare client debt-to-equity ratios and growth metrics against sector peers
Financial health monitoring: Track year-on-year balance sheet changes for existing advisory clients
Tech sector focus: Electronic filers include many SaaS, consulting, and digital businesses
Available analysis capabilities:
Pre-calculated debt-to-equity and debt-to-asset ratios for financial health assessment
Year-on-year asset growth analysis for expansion tracking
Net asset growth monitoring for wealth creation assessment
Complete balance sheet breakdown (fixed assets, current assets, liabilities)
P&L analysis including turnover and margins (where full accounts are filed)
Employee count data for operational analysis
Data coverage: Companies filing electronically - primarily SMEs, growth companies, and tech businesses rather than traditional large corporates.
Technical implementation: API filtering by growth rates, financial ratios, and balance sheet metrics with quality assurance indicators.
Modern advisory firms are building expertise in the growing SME sector through electronic filing intelligence. Focusing only on traditional large corporates whilst the digital economy expands?
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Growth Company Recruitment Intelligence
Target companies with demonstrated financial growth using structured balance sheet metrics. DataLedger's electronic filing database captures dynamic businesses with expanding operations.
Key use cases:
Growth indicator targeting: Use asset growth rates to identify companies likely expanding their workforce
Financial stability screening: Filter prospects by debt-to-equity ratios to focus on financially stable potential clients
Expansion tracking: Monitor year-on-year asset growth and employee count changes for hiring predictions
Sector specialisation: Electronic filers include many tech, consulting, and digital businesses with active recruitment needs
Prospect qualification: Focus outreach on companies with positive financial indicators
Available growth indicators:
Year-on-year asset growth rates (companies expanding their asset base)
Net asset growth tracking (business expansion indicator)
Employee count filtering (direct hiring indicator)
Debt-to-equity analysis for financial stability assessment
Incorporation date filtering to identify new, potentially expanding businesses
SIC code targeting for sector-specific recruitment focus
Data coverage: Electronic filing companies only - excludes traditional large corporates but captures the dynamic SME and growth company segment.
Technical implementation: API filtering by employee ranges, growth rate thresholds, financial stability metrics, and incorporation dates.
Leading recruitment agencies are using financial growth indicators to identify hiring opportunities before competitors. Still cold-calling randomly whilst growth data shows exactly which companies are expanding?
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Data-Driven Prospect Identification & Lead Qualification
Transform your business development approach using structured financial intelligence. DataLedger provides the data needed for targeted prospecting, lead scoring, and sales pipeline development.
Key use cases:
Prospect qualification: Filter potential clients by financial health indicators and growth metrics
Lead scoring and prioritisation: Rank prospects using debt-to-equity ratios, asset growth, and financial stability
Target market identification: Identify high-value prospects by revenue, assets, and employee count thresholds
Sales territory planning: Analyse prospect density and financial profiles across geographic regions
Pipeline development: Build targeted prospect lists using industry, size, and growth criteria
Available targeting capabilities:
Financial health scoring using pre-calculated debt and asset ratios
Growth company identification through asset growth and net asset growth rates
Size-based targeting by revenue, assets, and employee count
Geographic targeting using postcode and local authority filters
Industry-specific prospecting across detailed SIC code classifications
New business identification using incorporation date filtering
Data coverage: Electronic filing companies - ideal for targeting SMEs, growth companies, and tech businesses that often have higher technology adoption rates.
Technical implementation: Advanced search APIs, prospect list generation, growth indicator filtering, and CRM integration capabilities.
Top-performing business development teams are using financial intelligence for targeted prospecting. Still working from basic company directories whilst structured data reveals the best prospects?
Frequently Asked Questions
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You can search UK companies by total assets, equity values, SIC industry codes, location/postcode, and company name. CHat lets you ask these questions in plain English, while our API provides the same filtering capabilities programmatically for enterprise applications.
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Companies House only allows exact company name searches. DataLedger transforms this into intelligent business research - find "accountants in Manchester with assets over £100k" or "dormant companies in Glasgow with liabilities over £50k" through natural language queries.
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CHat is your conversational interface to our DataLedger API. It takes your natural language questions, converts them into precise API calls, and returns structured business intelligence. Everything CHat can do is available programmatically through our developer platform.
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Revenue and profit data are included in detailed company profiles once you find companies through our current search filters. We're actively developing revenue and profit search capabilities for direct filtering.
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DataLedger updates daily with new Companies House filings. When a company files new accounts, the structured financial data is typically available within 24 hours through both CHat and API endpoints.
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Yes, our RESTful API is designed for seamless integration with CRMs, business intelligence platforms, compliance systems, and custom applications. We provide comprehensive documentation and integration support.
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Yes, our paid plans include a licence for commercial reuse of the data.
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The Business Plan provides unlimited tokens within our fair usage guidelines. You're still subject to a 50,000 tokens per hour rate limit to ensure reliable service for all users, but you won't be charged for additional tokens beyond your monthly allocation.
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All users have a rate limit of 50,000 tokens per hour, calculated on a rolling basis. If you exceed this limit, you'll receive error responses and need to wait for the rate limit to reset. This ensures optimal performance for everyone.
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If you have legitimate business requirements that exceed our standard limits, contact us at contact@dataledger.uk. We can discuss custom enterprise plans, bulk data exports, or dedicated infrastructure for high-volume users.
Flexible pricing
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Starter
£5.00 - One-time purchase
100 credits
Full API access
CHat (Companies House accounts translator)
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Pro
£10.00 - One-time purchase
250 credits
Full API access
CHat (Companies House accounts translator)
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Pro Plan
£10.00/month
300 credits
Monthly renewal
Full API access
CHat (Companies House accounts translator)
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Business Plan
£20.00/month
2,000 credits
Monthly renewal
Full API access
CHat (Companies House accounts translator)
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Enterprise
Unlimited credits
Full API access
CHat (Companies House accounts translator)
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