Insolvency Check

Check a UK company for insolvency, bankruptcy or winding-up proceedings at Companies House. Returns the status and key dates.

Pay by wallet (x402) insolvency-check

Example

Input

{
  "company_name": "Tesco PLC",
  "country_code": "GB",
  "company_number": "00445790"
}

Answer

{
  "query": "Tesco PLC",
  "data_source": "companies-house-uk",
  "proceedings": [],
  "country_code": "GB",
  "company_number": "00445790",
  "supported_country": true,
  "has_insolvency_proceedings": false
}

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	What it is
`company_name`	string	Yes	Company name
`country_code`	string	Yes	Country code (ISO 2-letter)
`company_number`	string	No	Company registration number if known (optional)

Output fields

How reliably each field appears in a successful answer.

Field	Type	Appears
`found`	boolean	Sometimes (present only for some inputs)
`data_source`	string or null	Usually (present for most inputs)
`proceedings`	array or null	Usually (present for most inputs)
`supported_country`	boolean	Always (present in every successful answer)
`has_insolvency_proceedings`	boolean or null	Usually (present for most inputs)
`query`	—	Always (present in every successful answer)
`company_number`	—	Usually (present for most inputs)

How to call it

The same tool through each route. MCP clients reach it through Strale’s server at https://api.strale.io/mcp; the call below is what the agent sends.

# Needs an API key. max_price_cents caps what this call may cost.
curl -X POST https://api.strale.io/v1/do \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRALE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "capability_slug": "insolvency-check",
    "inputs": {
      "company_name": "Tesco PLC",
      "country_code": "GB",
      "company_number": "00445790"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 2
  }'

{
  "tool": "strale_execute",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "insolvency-check",
    "inputs": {
      "company_name": "Tesco PLC",
      "country_code": "GB",
      "company_number": "00445790"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 2
  }
}

import { Strale } from "straleio";

const strale = new Strale({ apiKey: process.env.STRALE_API_KEY! });
const result = await strale.do({
  capability_slug: "insolvency-check",
  inputs: {
    "company_name": "Tesco PLC",
    "country_code": "GB",
    "company_number": "00445790"
  },
  max_price_cents: 2,
});

import os
from straleio import Strale, DoRequest

strale = Strale(api_key=os.environ["STRALE_API_KEY"])
result = strale.do(DoRequest(
    capability_slug="insolvency-check",
    inputs={
        "company_name": "Tesco PLC",
        "country_code": "GB",
        "company_number": "00445790",
    },
    max_price_cents=2,
))

# No account. The first request answers 402 with the price in USDC;
# an x402 client pays it from your wallet and repeats the request.
curl -i 'https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/insolvency-check?company_name=Tesco+PLC&country_code=GB&company_number=00445790'

Limitations

Currently UK only
Insolvency checks currently only available for UK companies via Companies House
What to do instead: For other jurisdictions, use the relevant country's company registry data capability
Requires Companies House API key
UK insolvency checks require COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY environment variable

Bundled checks that include it

KYB Complete — United Kingdom €2.50
Invoice Verify — United Kingdom €2.50