Companies House vs Stratum UK compliance checks
A side-by-side look at the Companies House and Stratum UK compliance checks MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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Stratum UK compliance checksLegal · Remote HTTP/SSEUK sanctions, export controls, Companies House owners, FCA register and property checks.37FairAuth: not declaredVerdict: choose Companies House for legal work as a local process; choose Stratum UK compliance checks for legal over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Companies House when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY.
SChoose Stratum UK compliance checks when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | S Stratum UK compliance checks | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Legal |
| Quality signal | 48/100 · Fair | 37/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 13 | — |
| Directory activity | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Companies House | View Stratum UK compliance checks |
Tools & capabilities
Companies House tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Stratum UK compliance checks tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Companies House
{
"mcpServers": {
"companies-house": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"companies-house-mcp"
],
"env": {
"COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY": "YOUR_COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Stratum UK compliance checks
{
"mcpServers": {
"stratum-uk-compliance-checks": {
"url": "https://stratumapis.com/docs/mcp"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Companies House is categorized under Legal and uses a local stdio subprocess. Stratum UK compliance checks belongs to Legal and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Companies House for legal work and Stratum UK compliance checks for legal.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Companies House has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Stratum UK compliance checks has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add companies-house and stratum-uk-compliance-checks as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Companies House has a quality signal of 48/100 (Fair) with 4 views, 0 installs and 13 GitHub stars. Stratum UK compliance checks has 37/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.