--- title: "Connect EspoCRM to UK Companies House - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New contact\" fires in EspoCRM, your agent runs \"Get filing history item\" in UK Companies House." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/espocrm-to-uk-companies-house" --- # Connect EspoCRM to UK Companies House When **New contact** fires in [EspoCRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/espocrm), your agent runs **Get filing history item** in [UK Companies House](https://apiant.ai/connections/uk-companies-house). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. EspoCRM **3** triggers EspoCRM **16** actions UK Companies House **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want EspoCRM and UK Companies House to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What EspoCRM can start in UK Companies House - When **New contact** in EspoCRM then **Get filing history item** in UK Companies House - When **New Lead** in EspoCRM then **Find companies by name** in UK Companies House Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with EspoCRM and UK Companies House ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 28 actions - Trigger **New contact** Triggers when a new contact is created in EspoCRM. - Trigger **New Lead** Triggers when a new lead is created in EspoCRM. - Trigger **New opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity is created in EspoCRM. - Action **Add account** Creates a new account (company) in EspoCRM and returns its attributes. - Action **Add case** Creates a new case (support ticket) in EspoCRM. - Action **Add contact** Creates a new contact in EspoCRM. - Action **Add opportunity** Creates a new opportunity (deal) in EspoCRM and returns the created record. - Action **Add task** Creates a task in EspoCRM, optionally linked to an account, contact, lead, opportunity or case. - Action **Create Lead** Creates a new lead in EspoCRM and returns the created lead record. - Action **Find accounts** Finds EspoCRM accounts whose name matches the text you supply. - Action **Find contacts** Finds contacts whose email address (or another chosen attribute) matches the value you supply, returning every matching contact. - Action **Find Lead** Finds leads in EspoCRM matching a value on a chosen attribute (email address by default). - Action **Get contact** Returns a single EspoCRM contact by its ID, with all its attributes including custom fields. - Action **Get Lead** Returns a single EspoCRM lead by its ID, with all of its fields. - Action **Get Task** Returns one task by its ID, with its subject, status, dates, parent record and assignee. - Action **Update account** Updates an existing account (company) in EspoCRM. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing contact in EspoCRM, changing only the fields you fill in. - Action **Update Lead** Updates an existing lead in EspoCRM, changing only the fields you fill in, and returns the updated lead. - Action **Update opportunity** Updates an existing opportunity in EspoCRM, changing only the fields you fill in. - Action **Find companies by name** Returns UK companies whose name matches the search term, with company number, status and registered address. - Action **Find companies with advanced search** Returns UK companies matching advanced criteria such as name, status, type, location, SIC codes and incorporation or dissolution dates. - Action **Find officers by name** Searches Companies House for company officers whose name matches the search term. - Action **Get company insolvency** Returns the insolvency cases recorded against a UK company, including case types, dates and appointed practitioners. - Action **Get company profile** Returns the basic profile of a UK company: name, status, type, incorporation date, registered office address, SIC codes and filing details. - Action **Get filing history item** Returns a single filing history item for a company, such as an accounts or confirmation statement filing, including its date, category, description and document links. - Action **Get registered office address** Returns the current registered office address of a UK company registered with Companies House. - Action **List charges** Returns the list of charges (mortgages and securities) registered against a UK company. - Action **List company officers** Returns the officers (directors, secretaries, LLP members) of a UK company registered at Companies House. - Action **List filing history** Returns the filing history of a UK company — the documents it has filed with Companies House, such as accounts and confirmation statements. - Action **List officer appointments** Returns every company appointment held by a Companies House officer, such as directorships and secretary roles. - Action **List persons with significant control** Returns the persons with significant control (individuals, corporate entities and legal persons) registered for a UK company. ## Each app on its own - [ **EspoCRM** EspoCRM is a highly customizable open source CRM software.](https://apiant.ai/connections/espocrm) - [ **UK Companies House** UK Companies House Data from the UK government](https://apiant.ai/connections/uk-companies-house) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from EspoCRM - [ **EspoCRM to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/espocrm-to-hubspot) - [ **EspoCRM to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/espocrm-to-salesforce) - [ **EspoCRM to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in UK Companies House when something happens in EspoCRM? Any of UK Companies House's 12 actions, including Find companies by name, Find companies with advanced search, Find officers by name and Get company insolvency. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from UK Companies House to EspoCRM? UK Companies House has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in EspoCRM. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads UK Companies House's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for EspoCRM or UK Companies House? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use EspoCRM and UK Companies House without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.