Live UK director-change detection on Companies House: 4 real cases from this month

Short summary

Traditional KYB/KYC pipelines rely on stale monthly snapshots; this post introduces an MCP server for live UK Companies House queries, with real examples showing 6-week lags in static data. Live-query model costs $0–29/month, covers 27 global registries, and integrates with Claude Code via JSON config. Trade-off: covers registry data only, not sanctions lists or AML-gated beneficial-owner registries.

• •Static snapshot KYC data lags weeks behind actual director changes; real examples: Unilever directors shown active 14 days after departure
• •Open-source MCP server queries Companies House live; pricing free to $29/month with 27-jurisdiction coverage and PDF document access
• •Setup via JSON config in Claude Desktop; also works with Cursor, Cline, Goose, Zed, Gemini CLI

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