This document describes how FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) properties are returned in UK company reports, specifically within the additionalInformation property of the API response. The FCA data can be found in two places:
- As direct properties under
miscellaneous - As objects within the
fcaDataarray
The FCA-related data appears in the following structure:
{
"additionalInformation": {
"miscellaneous": {
"fcaReferenceNumber": "string", // FCA registration number for the company
"fcaAuthorisationStatus": "string" // Authorisation status (see below for possible values)
// ...other properties
},
"fcaData": [
{
"fcaReferenceNumber": "string", // FCA registration number for the company
"fcaAuthorisationStatus": "string" // Authorisation status (see below for possible values)
}
// ...additional FCA records if present
]
// ...other properties
}
}- The unique reference number assigned to the company by the FCA.
- Example:
123456
- The current authorisation status of the company with the FCA.
- Example values may include:
AuthorisedRegisteredNo longer authorisedApplication pending
- Note: The API does not currently specify an enum for this property, but typical values are as above.
- Contains one or more objects, each representing an FCA record for the company.
- Each object includes
fcaReferenceNumberandfcaAuthorisationStatus.
{
"additionalInformation": {
"miscellaneous": {
"fcaReferenceNumber": "123456",
"fcaAuthorisationStatus": "Authorised"
},
"fcaData": [
{
"fcaReferenceNumber": "123456",
"fcaAuthorisationStatus": "Authorised"
}
]
}
}- Path:
additionalInformation.miscellaneous.fcaReferenceNumberandadditionalInformation.miscellaneous.fcaAuthorisationStatus - Path:
additionalInformation.fcaData[](array of FCA records)
- The FCA properties may not be present for all companies; they are included only when relevant FCA data is available.
- If you require a definitive list of possible
fcaAuthorisationStatusvalues.