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Company types

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The type records what kind of legal body the company is, which decides what it must file and who is liable for what. Most trading companies are a private company limited by shares. A community interest company, a limited liability partnership and a Royal Charter body sit under different obligations entirely.

Type to means

assurance-company
Assurance company
charitable-incorporated-organisation
Charitable incorporated organisation
converted-or-closed
Converted / closed
eeig
European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG)
eeig-establishment
European Economic Interest Grouping Establishment (EEIG)
european-public-limited-liability-company-se
European public limited liability company (SE)
further-education-or-sixth-form-college-corporation
Further education or sixth form college corporation
icvc-securities
Investment company with variable capital
icvc-umbrella
Investment company with variable capital
icvc-warrant
Investment company with variable capital
industrial-and-provident-society
Industrial and Provident society
investment-company-with-variable-capital
Investment company with variable capital
limited-partnership
Limited partnership
llp
Limited liability partnership
ltd
Private limited company
northern-ireland
Northern Ireland company
northern-ireland-other
Credit union (Northern Ireland)
old-public-company
Old public company
other
Other company type
oversea-company
Overseas company
plc
Public limited company
private-limited-guarant-nsc
Private limited by guarantee without share capital
private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Private Limited Company by guarantee without share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption
private-limited-shares-section-30-exemption
Private Limited Company, use of 'Limited' exemption
private-unlimited
Private unlimited company
private-unlimited-nsc
Private unlimited company without share capital
protected-cell-company
Protected cell company
registered-overseas-entity
Overseas entity
registered-society-non-jurisdictional
Registered society
royal-charter
Royal charter company
scottish-charitable-incorporated-organisation
Scottish charitable incorporated organisation
scottish-partnership
Scottish qualifying partnership
uk-establishment
UK establishment company
ukeig
United Kingdom Economic Interest Grouping
united-kingdom-societas
United Kingdom Societas
unregistered-company
Unregistered company

Where these come from

Companies House publishes its enumerations openly, and snapdue vendors them so a code never renders as a raw string. The register is free to anyone, and so is this.