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Verify Gibraltar companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies Gibraltar companies live from the Companies House, returning company data, controlling parties, shareholders and beneficial owners, and registry documents, with AML screening and ongoing monitoring. Free sandbox available.
What the API returns for Gibraltar
When you create a KYB case for a Gibraltar company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the Companies House. A single integration returns the company record, the controlling parties and individuals, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the registry documents, with AML screening on the entity and its associated individuals built into the same case.
Gibraltar data and document availability
What the API makes available for Gibraltar companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Entity Status, Registration Number, Address, Registration Date, Other Identifiers, Previous Names, Nominal Share Capital |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Name, Role, Address, Appointed On |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Name, Role, Address, Share count |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Company Profile Available on demand: Complete Archives Bundle (All Documents Showing As Available For This Company), Memorandum Of Association, Articles Of Association, Notice Of Situation Of Registered Office, Statement Of Nominal Share Capital, Declaration Of Compliance, Duplicate Of Certificate Of Incorporation, Substituted Particulars Of Directors, And Of Any Change Therein, Particulars Of Directors, And Of Any Change Therein, Letter Of Substitution, Return Of Allotment Of Shares, Special Resolution Amending Memorandum Of Association, Annual Return, Special Resolution Amending Name, Amended Memorandum Of Association, Amended Articles Of Association, Dup. Certificate Of Change Of Name, Voluntary Return Of Members, Particulars Of Directors, Managers And Secretaries, And Of Any Change Therein, Form Of Particulars For Registration Of Charge, Certificate Of Registration, Entry In Register Of Charges, Annual Filing Of Accounts, Letter Of Consent To Act As Secretary, Return Of Members, And Of Any Change Therein, Electronic Annual Filing Of Accounts, Mortgages & Charges |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for Gibraltar as part of the same case.
How to verify a Gibraltar company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the Gibraltar registry, create a KYB case, and retrieve company data and the ownership org-chart. All calls go to the sandbox base URL for testing.
The sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is free. Request access to get your client credentials.
# 1. Authenticate (OAuth2 client credentials)
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/connect/token \
-d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
-d "client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
-d "client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" \
-d "scope=PublicApi"
# 2. Search the Gibraltar registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Gibraltar National Bank","codeiso31662":"GI"}'
# 3. Create a KYB case
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"rawname":"Gibraltar National Bank","codeiso31662":"GI"}'
# 4. Retrieve company data and status
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
# 5. Get the beneficial ownership org-chart
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID/org-chart \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
Replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID and YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET with your sandbox credentials, and CASE_ID with the caseCommonId returned in step 3.
Frequently asked questions about the Gibraltar KYB API
What company data can I verify in Gibraltar?
For a Gibraltar company, the API returns the company record read live from the Companies House: the entity name, type, status, registration number, address, and registration date, along with the controlling parties, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the available registry documents. See the table above for the full Gibraltar availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for Gibraltar companies?
The API resolves the controlling parties, shareholders, and beneficial owners for Gibraltar companies and exposes them as a recursive ownership org-chart (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/org-chart), tracing control through holding companies to the individual beneficial owners. The depth available depends on what the Companies House discloses. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for Gibraltar companies?
Yes. The default document set for Gibraltar includes Company Profile, retrieved by default, with additional documents available on demand (Complete Archives Bundle (All Documents Showing As Available For This Company), Memorandum Of Association, Articles Of Association, Notice Of Situation Of Registered Office, Statement Of Nominal Share Capital, Declaration Of Compliance, and more). List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing Gibraltar company verification?
Yes. The Know Your Customer sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is a free, high-fidelity test environment. Request free sandbox access to start testing.
The Know Your Customer Limited API covers 147 jurisdictions worldwide, including Gibraltar. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
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