New API extension to the Charity Commission for England and Wales

Posted 2023-09-27

It is indeed a significant step to announce an expansion of connection with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. This organization plays a crucial role in the regulation of charities, ensuring that they operate within the law and maintain their charitable purposes [1].

This connection is only supported on our KYC API v2 through an extension CHA and is offered in following services.

  • Search by name: with name (e.g. THE BRADFIELD FEOFFEES CHARITY)

  • Search by number: with number (e.g. 229982)

  • Refresh dataset

    • The refresh response from the new connection will cover all the information below:

  • kompanyId
  • countryCode
  • countryName
  • registrationNumber
  • name
  • status
  • providedStatus
  • address
  • legalForm
  • formattedAddress
  • branches
  • registrationDate
  • officers
  • activity

    • Refresh sample

    Request

    curl --location 'https://api.kompany.com/api/v2/company/dataset' --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header 'user_key: {secret}'

    Response

    
{
    "datasetId": "428F6670EB6DB6E28C5900BA91BE9979",
    "kompanyId": "C86F25D5CE91A232C74817D5DD6541A6",
    "datasetName": "refresh",
    "datasetOptions": [],
    "info": null,
    "status": "COMPLETED",
    "requestTime": "2023-09-27T08:30:58+00:00",
    "responseTime": "2023-09-27T08:30:58+00:00",
    "estimatedDeliverySeconds": 0,
    "content": {
        "kompanyId": "C86F25D5CE91A232C74817D5DD6541A6",
        "countryCode": "UK",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "registrationNumber": "229982",
        "name": "THE BRADFIELD FEOFFEES CHARITY",
        "status": "LIVE",
        "providedStatus": "Registered",
        "address": "CO GIBBS & CO, PO Box 4939, S18 9DF",
        "legalForm": "Other",
        "additionalData": {
            "formattedAddress": {
                "street": "CO GIBBS & CO",
                "addressLine2": "PO Box 4939",
                "zip": "S18 9DF",
                "country": "UK"
            },
            "otherIdentifiers": {
                "localNumber": "229982"
            },
            "branches": [
                {
                    "name": "(FEOFFEE) ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY",
                    "number": "229982/1",
                    "officer": []
                },
                {
                    "name": "(FEOFFEE) POOR'S CHARITY",
                    "number": "229982/2",
                    "officer": []
                }
            ],
            "legalEvents": {
                "registrationDate": "1964-04-14"
            }
        },
        "associatedEntities": {
            "shareholders": [],
            "officers": [
                {
                    "name": "Vickie Priestley",
                    "role": "officer",
                    "providedRole": "Trustee"
                },
                {
                    "name": "PATRICIA MAY BANCROFT",
                    "role": "officer",
                    "providedRole": "Trustee"
                },
                {
                    "name": "DAVID WRAGG",
                    "role": "officer",
                    "providedRole": "Trustee"
                },
                {
                    "name": "JOHN BARRAND",
                    "role": "officer",
                    "providedRole": "Trustee"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Jonathan Cass",
                    "role": "officer",
                    "providedRole": "Trustee"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Jane Gregory",
                    "role": "officer",
                    "providedRole": "Trustee"
                },
                {
                    "name": "John Graham Leslie Marples",
                    "role": "officer",
                    "providedRole": "Trustee"
                }
            ],
            "ultimateBeneficialOwners": []
        },
        "industryActivityCode": {
            "activity": "105 - What - The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, 107 - What - Accommodation/housing, 205 - Who - Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, 206 - Who - Other Defined Groups, 302 - How - Makes Grants To Organisations, 305 - How - Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space"
        },
        "providerSpecificData": [],
        "sources": [
            {
                "name": "Charity Commission for England and Wales",
                "info": null,
                "primary": true,
                "fields": [
                    "*"
                ],
                "lastCheckedTime": "2023-09-27T08:30:58+00:00"
            }
        ],
        "iso20022": {
            "CountryOfResidence": "UK",
            "Name": "THE BRADFIELD FEOFFEES CHARITY",
            "Identification": "229982",
            "StreetName": "=CO GIBBS & CO",
            "PostCode": "=S18 9DF",
            "AddressLine": [
                "CO GIBBS & CO",
                "PO Box 4939",
                "S18 9DF"
            ],
            "Issuer": "Charity Commission for England and Wales"
        },
        "version": "company-v2.0"
    }
}

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    Reference

    [1] – https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission/about