Companies House vs UK Companies House

In-depth architectural comparison of the Companies House and UK Companies House MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Companies House when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

Explore Companies House Details

Choose UK Companies House when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

Explore UK Companies House Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Companies House Developer Tools	UK Companies House Developer Tools
Summary	MCP server and CLI for the UK Companies House API. Search, filings, officers, due diligence.	Search UK companies, retrieve profiles, officers, charges, and generate due diligence reports
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "companies-house": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "companies-house-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-companies-house": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "uk-companies-house"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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