# How to pull SEC filings and UK company records into your AI agent

By Alan Lui. Published 2026-09-13; last updated 2026-09-14. Page: https://apifare.com/blog/sec-filings-and-uk-company-records

Give your agent two apifare capabilities. [sec-edgar](https://apifare.com/capabilities/sec-edgar) returns a US company's latest SEC filings with direct document links, and [companies-house](https://apifare.com/capabilities/companies-house) searches the UK register and returns company profiles and officers. Neither needs a provider key or account of your own.

## Copy this line to your agent

```text
Use apifare's sec-edgar capability with {"company": "AAPL", "form": "10-K", "limit": 3} and list each filing's date with its document link.
```

## What does sec-edgar return?

Pass `company` (a ticker such as `AAPL`, or a numeric CIK), optionally a `form` type (`"10-K"`, `"10-Q"`, `"8-K"` and so on) and a `limit` from 1 to 20 (5 by default).

It returns the company (CIK, ticker, name and industry) and its most recent filings. For each filing you get the form, the filing date, the accession number, a description when EDGAR has one, and a direct link to the document. The data is US public domain, from SEC EDGAR.

## What does companies-house return?

One capability, three modes, set with `type`:

- `"search"` (the default): pass a company name and get up to `limit` matches (1 to 20, 5 by default). Each has its company number, name, status, incorporation date and address.
- `"profile"`: pass a company number and get its status, type, incorporation date, SIC codes and registered office.
- `"officers"`: pass a company number and get its officers, each with name, role, appointment and resignation dates, and nationality.

## Do I need an EDGAR or Companies House API key?

No. Both capabilities run on apifare's side, and your balance pays each one's listed price per call. Per-call prices are on [/capabilities](https://apifare.com/capabilities).

## What do I have to show next to the data?

Both results carry an attribution line: keep it next to any data you display. SEC results say "Data from SEC EDGAR (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)". Companies House results say "Contains Companies House data © Crown copyright".

## How does a due-diligence agent chain these?

For a UK company, it searches by name, takes the `company_number` from the best match, then pulls the profile and the officers with that number. For a US company, it lists the 10-K or 8-K filings and opens the document links it needs.

Research agents loop, and a runaway loop is a bill. Every call is debited from one prepaid balance with a hard stop at zero. Per-agent daily and monthly caps, allowlists and a kill switch are checked before a call is dispatched, failed provider calls are refunded, and every call lands on a signed audit chain you can export. More: [give your agent a budget](https://apifare.com/guides/give-your-agent-a-budget).

## For agents: the exact calls

1. Over MCP (`apifare-mcp`): `call_api` with slug `sec-edgar` and params `{"company": "AAPL", "form": "10-K"}`. Not sure of the slug? `search_apis` finds it.
2. Over HTTP: `POST https://apifare.com/v1/call/sec-edgar` with `Authorization: Bearer $APIFARE_TOKEN` and the JSON body `{"company": "AAPL", "form": "10-K"}`.
3. UK register: the same call with slug `companies-house` and `{"company": "Tesco"}`. Then take a `company_number` from the matches and call again with `{"company": "<company_number>", "type": "officers"}`.
4. Keep the attribution line from each result next to any data you show your human.
5. On HTTP 402 the balance is empty: relay the body's `human_readable` line to your human, wait for the top-up, then retry the same call. Every other error and its fix: [the error catalog](https://apifare.com/errors).

## For humans: set it up

1. **Connect your agent.** Paste `set up https://apifare.com/SKILL.md` into it: it gets a key ($5 of calls free), writes its own config and makes a first call. Or get a key at [/start](https://apifare.com/start?origin=blog) and follow your client's [setup guide](https://apifare.com/integrations).
2. **Ask.** `Show me Apple's latest 10-K filings`, or `Who are the officers of <UK company>?`

## Which tool for which job

| Job | Tool | Runs on |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The latest US filings for a ticker or CIK | [sec-edgar](https://apifare.com/capabilities/sec-edgar) | ready to run |
| One form type only (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K) | [sec-edgar](https://apifare.com/capabilities/sec-edgar) | ready to run |
| Find a UK company by name | [companies-house](https://apifare.com/capabilities/companies-house) | ready to run |
| A UK company’s status, SIC codes and registered office | [companies-house](https://apifare.com/capabilities/companies-house) | ready to run |
| A UK company’s officers | [companies-house](https://apifare.com/capabilities/companies-house) | ready to run |
| Recent coverage of the company on the web | [dataforseo](https://apifare.com/capabilities/dataforseo) | ready to run |

More: [business data tools in the catalog](https://apifare.com/tools/c/business)

## When this is the wrong tool

- **You need share prices or market data.** Filings are documents, not quotes.
- **The company is neither an SEC filer nor on the UK register.** EDGAR covers companies that file with the SEC; Companies House covers companies registered in the UK.
- **You need the numbers inside a filing as structured data.** sec-edgar lists filings and links to the documents; it doesn't parse the financial statements.
- **You need a UK company's accounts or full filing history.** companies-house returns search results, the profile and officers.

## FAQ

### Can I look up a company by ticker?

Yes. Pass a ticker such as AAPL, or a numeric CIK.

### Which SEC forms can I filter by?

Any form type EDGAR uses, for example "10-K", "10-Q" or "8-K". Leave form out to get the latest filings of every type.

### How many results come back?

Five by default for both capabilities. Set limit from 1 to 20.

### How do I get a UK company’s officers?

Search by name first, take the company_number from the result, then call companies-house with that number and type "officers".

### Do I need to credit the source?

Yes. Both results carry an attribution line; keep it next to any data you display.

## Give this to your agent

`set up https://apifare.com/SKILL.md`: it takes it from there (key, config, first call). $5 of calls free.
No agent open right now? Get a key at https://apifare.com/start?origin=blog-filings, then give it to your agent (setup guides: https://apifare.com/integrations).