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CODECRAFT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

Company 12345678 · Active · Illustrative ownership structure

2
Active PSCs
3
Ultimate beneficial owners
2
API calls (chain)

# Flat PSC register

GET /v1/company/12345678/psc

# Resolve to ultimate beneficial owners

GET /v1/company/12345678/psc/chain

X-API-Key: reg_live_...

Ownership chain

GET /psc/chain

The chain endpoint follows corporate entity PSCs recursively until it reaches natural persons. The UBOs (persons in green) are not directly visible from the flat PSC register.

Queried company
CODECRAFT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
12345678
Corporate entity
APEX DIGITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
08765432
Owns 75-100% of sharesHolds 75-100% of voting rights
UBO
MR GEORGE WENTWORTH
British
Owns 75-100% of shares
UBO
MS PRIYA NAIR
British
Owns 25-50% of shares
UBO
MR JAMES PEMBERTON
British
Owns 25-50% of shares
chain_metadata: companies_resolved: 2 · depth_used: 2 · total_credits: 2 · unresolved_branches: 0
Legend Queried company Corporate entity PSC Individual (UBO — terminal)

Active PSCs

GET /psc

Natures of control decoded to plain English. Corporate entity PSCs include a company_number you can pass directly to the chain endpoint.

NameKindControl
APEX DIGITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
company_number: 08765432
corporate entity
Owns 75-100% of sharesHolds 75-100% of voting rightsRight to appoint/remove directors
MR JAMES PEMBERTON
British · England
individual
Owns 25-50% of shares

Ceased PSCs (1)

NameKindCeased
MRS SARAH CHEN
British
individual2022-03-01

Illustrative data modelled on a typical UK private company ownership structure. The Registrum PSC API automatically splits active and ceased entries — the raw Companies House endpoint returns them mixed.

Resolve beneficial ownership in one call

The PSC chain endpoint traverses corporate structures automatically — decoding control types, detecting cycles, and reporting exactly why each branch terminated.