Ask your AI agent to find any UK company
Two lines of config and Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor can query live UK company financials, ownership records and corporate structures on your behalf. No coding required.
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A real conversation, powered by DataLedger
This is an actual Claude session with the DataLedger MCP server connected. The user typed a plain English question. Claude searched 71 companies, pulled financial data on the most promising candidates in parallel, and returned a structured acquisition shortlist.
Salford Area: Acquisition Shortlist
Criteria: Active · individual owners only · >5% asset growth · equity <£1m · non-dormant · service SIC codes
Eliminated
Helixnode Ltd - negative equity (-£5k, insolvent) · Veritas Digital Ltd - negative equity (-£6k) · Greystone Apps Ltd - equity only £8k, effectively micro · Premier Advisory Services - owners born 1953/54, 0 staff, only 7 to 8% growth
Recommended next steps
Castleton Accountancy and Nexbridge are the cleanest targets: couple-owned, growing, service-based, healthy balance sheets, well within budget. For Brindley & Holt, obtain revenue/billings before valuing. For Meridian and Irongate, model key-person dependency carefully and build retention terms into any deal.
MCP lets AI tools use live data instead of guessing
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants like Claude connect to external data sources in a controlled way. Even AI tools with live web search cannot reliably retrieve structured financial records, PSC ownership data or corporate group structures. The DataLedger MCP server gives your AI direct, structured access to that data so it can reason over real numbers rather than approximations.
Search companies naturally
Ask in plain English: by sector, location, financials, employee count, growth rate or owner type.
Retrieve financial profiles
Balance sheet totals, year-on-year growth, ratios and P&L where disclosed in filings.
Inspect PSC ownership
Individual and corporate PSC records, ownership bands, owner age and voting rights.
Map ownership chains
Follow parent companies upward and subsidiaries downward from any single company.
Works with your AI tools
Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, n8n, Zapier and any other MCP-compatible client or agent framework. ChatGPT users can connect via a custom GPT with Actions.
Read-only and credit-tracked
The server only retrieves data. Nothing is written or changed. All usage maps to API credits so there are no surprises.
Connected in under five minutes
Pick your AI tool below. You need a DataLedger API key for both routes - grab one free at hub.dataledger.uk.
Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, n8n, Zapier and any other MCP-compatible client. No code required - choose a connection method and paste the config into your client settings.
Connect to our hosted server
The DataLedger MCP server runs on our infrastructure at api.dataledger.uk/mcp. Add the URL and your API key to your client config and you are ready.
- Nothing to install on your machine
- Server updates happen on our side, not yours
- Two config options: native HTTP (recent clients) or mcp-remote bridge (wider compatibility)
Run your own instance
Clone the repo from GitHub and run the server yourself. Gives you direct access to the source so you can adjust the system prompt and control exactly what the server requests.
- Tune the system prompt to shape what gets returned and how
- Tighter control over LLM token usage and DataLedger credit spend
- Node.js required - see the GitHub repo for setup
Option 1: Native HTTP (recommended)
Supported in any MCP client that handles native HTTP connections, including recent versions of Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. No install required - just add the server URL and your API key to your client config.
{
"mcpServers": {
"dataledger": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.dataledger.uk/mcp",
"headers": {
"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}
Option 2: Via mcp-remote (fallback for older clients)
If your client does not yet support native HTTP MCP connections, use mcp-remote as a bridge. Node.js must be installed. This works across the widest range of current client versions.
{
"mcpServers": {
"dataledger": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://api.dataledger.uk/mcp",
"--header",
"x-api-key:YOUR_API_KEY"
]
}
}
}
Option 3: Claude Code CLI shortcut
Claude Code has a CLI command that writes the config for you. Other clients with their own CLI tools will have an equivalent. This writes to ~/.claude.json and picks it up on next start.
claude mcp add --transport http dl-mcp \ https://api.dataledger.uk/mcp \ --header "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" # Confirms: Added HTTP MCP server dl-mcp # URL: https://api.dataledger.uk/mcp # File modified: ~/.claude.json
ChatGPT does not currently support MCP connections without OAuth. The practical alternative is a custom GPT with Actions, which calls the DataLedger API directly using your API key. The result is similar: a GPT that can search UK companies, retrieve financials and work with Companies House data in conversation.
Suggested GPT instructions
Paste this into the instructions field when creating your GPT. Adjust the tone and scope to suit your use case.
You are a UK company data assistant powered by DataLedger. Use the DataLedger API when the user asks for UK company searches, company profiles, financial data, ownership data, SIC filtering, location filtering, or Companies House-derived structured data. Explain clearly when data is based on electronic Companies House filings. Do not imply that turnover or profit and loss data is available for every company. Where profit and loss data is unavailable, explain that many UK SMEs do not disclose full P&L figures. When searching, prefer structured filters such as SIC code, local authority, company status, incorporation date, assets, liabilities, equity, employees, and available P&L figures. Return concise summaries first, then structured tables where helpful.
OpenAPI schema
The full OpenAPI schema for the DataLedger API, including all available endpoints, parameters and authentication details, is on our agents and integrations page. Copy the schema from there and paste it into the Action schema field in your custom GPT.
View OpenAPI schema →Ready to connect your AI to UK company data?
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