Jersey

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Data Sources

All Jersey company data and documents come from the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).

JFSC public register: Basic identity information, including legal name, registration number, status, legal form, and registration date.
Entity Profile Report: The official trade register extract. Where offered, it supplies detailed company information and any directors, capital, or shareholders disclosed in the report.
Certificate of Business Name Registration: Confirms the registration of a trading name. It is available as a separate document and does not replace the Entity Profile Report for detailed company data.

Document availability depends on what JFSC offers for the individual entity. An active or registered status does not guarantee that an Entity Profile Report exists. Request availableDocuments to see the supported documents available for that entity.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

The JFSC assigns registration numbers per entity type, each starting its own series from 1. That means a bare registration number is not unique: it can identify several entities at once. For example, registration number 3499 is both LORDSWOOD LIMITED (a Registered Company, dissolved in 1968) and QUADRIGA CAPITAL PRIVATE EQUITY VI B L.P. (an active Limited Partnership). Both pages on the JFSC register print Registration Number: 3499, with nothing to tell them apart. To address a single entity, Topograph identifiers combine the registration number with the JFSC entity id, joined by a hyphen: 3499-3005057. A bare registration number remains a valid search query, and /v2/search returns every entity that carries it, but /v2/company requires the full identifier.

Company Type	Source	Format	Example	Notes
Companies and other entities	JFSC Registry	`<registrationNumber>-<entityId>`, digits on both sides	`3499-3005057`, `41-319968`, `159454-3289543`	Registration number and JFSC entity id, hyphen-joined. In the records we have seen, the registration number has 2 to 6 digits and the entity id 6 or 7
Registered business names	JFSC Registry	`<registrationNumber>-<entityId>`, the registration number prefixed with `RBN` or `BNT`	`RBN14929-158455`, `BNT12894-168806`	Preserve the identifier exactly as returned by search

Reserved names (RN-prefixed registrations) are name reservations rather than entities: they carry no company data and are not returned by search, so they cannot be queried.

Preserve prefixes: registration numbers RBN14929 and 14929 belong to different registrations. Use the complete identifier returned by search.

Identifiers in API Response

Once you retrieve company data, the identifiers object contains:

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Found In
`companyNumber`	Registration number and JFSC entity id, hyphen-joined	`3499-3005057`	All entities

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

GLEIF is the supplementary data source for this identifier. company.identifiers.lei is optional. It is returned when the JFSC entity identifier matches a registration or validation reference in GLEIF and identifies a single LEI. The LEI has 20 uppercase letters and digits, ending in two digits. Coverage varies by entity; a missing LEI does not establish that the company has none. Lapsed or retired LEIs can still be returned. Annulled LEIs are excluded, so the presence of this identifier does not establish current LEI registration status. A bare JFSC registration number is insufficient because numbers overlap across entity types. The match must identify the same entity as the composite identifier.

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By Registration Number	Digits, optionally prefixed	`3499`	Exact	One result per entity carrying that number, often more than one
By Name	Text string (2-100 chars)	`"EXAMPLE HOLDINGS"`	Fuzzy	Multiple results (up to 100 per page)

Search Performance: Use registration number searches for best performance and the most precise results; keep the full identifier, including any RBN prefix. Name searches include previous names by default and may return many results across all entity types.

Search uses the JFSC API directly. Both name and ID searches query the JFSC Registry Search API in real time. Name searches include previous/historical names to help find renamed entities.

Active companies only

Search can return companies that are no longer active. Each result carries the register’s status, so activeOnly=true removes the inactive ones.

Company Status

The JFSC status is a closed list of values. Topograph maps each one deterministically to a standardized status and, where the register’s wording names the cause, a closure reason. For active entities whose data comes from the Entity Profile Report, status is AI-parsed from the report.

Local Status	Standardized Status	Closure Reason	Notes
Active	Active	—	Entity is currently operating
Registered	Active	—	Live status of a registered business name
Active (Continued In)	Active	—	Continued into Jersey from another jurisdiction
Active (Merged)	Active	—	Surviving entity of a merger
In Liquidation	Under Insolvency Proceeding	Liquidation	Entity is being liquidated
Cancelled	Closed	Other	Registration cancelled (partnerships, funds)
Inactive (Cancelled)	Closed	Other
Ceased	Closed	Other	Business name that has stopped trading
Dissolved	Closed	Other
Inactive (Dissolved)	Closed	Other
Inactive (Dissolved/Ceased)	Closed	Other
Inactive (Struck Off)	Closed	Administrative Dissolution	Removed from the register
Inactive (Merged/Demerged)	Closed	Merger
Inactive (Merged Out)	Closed	Merger	Absorbed by a merger
Inactive (Continued Overseas)	Closed	Other	Migrated out of Jersey
Inactive (Continued Out)	Closed	Other	Migrated out of Jersey
Used	Unknown	—	Name reservation consumed by an incorporation, not a company
Rejected	Unknown	—	Name reservation refused by the JFSC, not a company

For inactive entities (for example Dissolved, Inactive (Struck Off), Cancelled, Ceased), the Entity Profile Report is not available from the JFSC. This means legal representatives, shareholders, capital, and registered address cannot be extracted for inactive companies — only basic data (name, status, legal form, registration date) is returned from the public register.

Legal Forms

Jersey entities are classified by type from the JFSC Registry. The JFSC type is a closed list of values, mapped deterministically to an English translation, standardized company type, and ISO 20275 (ELF) code. The local JFSC entity type is always preserved verbatim in the localName field. For active entities whose data comes from the Entity Profile Report, the legal form is AI-parsed from the report.

Companies

Local Name	Standardized	ISO 20275	Notes
Registered Company Private	Limited Liability Company	SQXV	Most common company type (private limited)
Registered Company Public	Corporation	JOX1	Public limited company
Limited Liability Company - Body Corporate	Limited Liability Company	—	Jersey LLC
Limited Liability Company - Unincorporated Body	Limited Liability Company	—	Jersey LLC

Cell Companies

Local Name	Standardized	ISO 20275	Notes
Incorporated Cell Company Private	Limited Liability Company	—	Company with segregated cells
Incorporated Cell Company Public	Corporation	—	Company with segregated cells
Incorporated Cell Private	Limited Liability Company	—	Cell of an incorporated cell company
Incorporated Cell Public	Corporation	—	Cell of an incorporated cell company
Protected Cell Company Private	Limited Liability Company	—	Company with protected cells
Protected Cell Company Public	Corporation	—	Company with protected cells
Protected Cell Private	Limited Liability Company	—	Cell of a protected cell company
Protected Cell Public	Corporation	—	Cell of a protected cell company

Partnerships

Local Name	Standardized	ISO 20275	Notes
Limited Partnership	Partnership	UBWU	LP structure
Limited Liability Partnership	Partnership	7RZH	LLP structure
Separate Limited Partnership	Partnership	21F4	SLP with separate legal personality
Incorporated Limited Partnership	Partnership	33IP	ILP with separate legal personality

Other Entities

Local Name	Standardized	ISO 20275	Notes
Foundation	Nonprofit Organization	40A7	Jersey foundation
Business Name	Sole Proprietorship	—	Trading name registration
Registered Business Name	Sole Proprietorship	—	Trading name registration
Unregulated Fund	Other	—

Legal Representatives

Disclosed current appointments come from the Entity Profile Report. The role catalogue distinguishes company directors, foundation council members, general partners, LLP partners and LLC management appointments. A title identifies a capacity; it does not establish sole or joint signing or unrestricted transaction powers.

Role	Classification	Standardized	Notes
Director, Nominee Director, Alternate Director	Legal Representative	Director	Current director appointment
Council Member, Member of the council	Legal Representative	Board Member	Foundation council appointment
Qualified Person	Depends on appointment	Board Member or Other	Board Member only when a current qualified council appointment is confirmed
General Partner	Legal Representative	General Partner	General-partner appointment
Partner	Depends on appointment	Partner or Other	LLP agency or a separately disclosed representative mandate
Manager, Member	Depends on appointment	Manager or Other	LLC management and authority depend on the management arrangement and LLC agreement; ownership alone is insufficient

Corporate role holders retain type company and their disclosed registered identity. Individual details are included only when disclosed. An unfamiliar appointment title is preserved with standardized role Other.

Other Key Persons

Disclosed administrative or other appointments are returned separately from representative capacities.

Role	Classification	Standardized	Notes
Secretary	Other Key Person	Secretary	Unless a separate representative mandate is explicitly disclosed
Unqualified member, partner or qualified-person capacity	Other Key Person	Other	Ownership, formation or service-provider status alone does not establish authority

Person records require an available Entity Profile Report and are limited to its disclosures. JFSC generally keeps secretary information private unless the person is also a director or member. Directors of share-transfer companies may appear publicly only as members; a member entry alone is not treated as a director appointment. People are not supplied by the fast search-only mode.

Shareholders

Shareholders are extracted from the Entity Profile Report PDF using AI parsing when shareholder information is disclosed in the document.

Extraction Logic

Source	When Used	Data Extracted
Entity Profile Report (Members/Shareholders section)	Active entities only	Shareholder name, number of shares, share class, ownership percentage

Ownership Fields

Field	Description	Source
`type`	Individual or Company	AI-inferred from name format (e.g., “Ltd” suffix = company)
`sharePercentage`	Ownership percentage	AI-calculated from shares held vs. total issued shares
`numberOfShares`	Number of shares held	AI-extracted from document

Share Class	Description
Ordinary shares	Standard voting shares
Preference shares	Preferential dividend rights
Management shares	Often held by directors

Private Jersey companies are not required to publicly disclose shareholders. When a company’s shareholder data is not in the Entity Profile Report, an empty array is returned. Shareholder data is never available for inactive entities.Business name registrations and Jersey foundations have no share capital. For these, the shareholders datapoint is not applicable and returns an explicit not-applicable response at no charge.

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Pattern: Many Jersey companies have only 1 share issued despite higher authorized capital. A single shareholder holding 1 share is correctly interpreted as 100% ownership.

Activity Code Mapping

Jersey does not provide activity codes or industry classification through the JFSC Registry. There are no SIC, NACE, or ISIC codes available for Jersey companies.

The JFSC Registry does not include industry classification data in its company records. As a result, no activity codes (NACE, ISIC, SIC, or local classification) are returned for Jersey entities.

Data Availability Matrix

Data Type	Active Entities	Inactive Entities	Notes
Company Profile (basic)	✅ Sync	✅ Sync	Name, status, legal form, registration date from search API
Company Profile (full)	✅ Async (~2 min)	❌	Requires Entity Profile Report (not available for inactive)
Registered Address	✅	❌	From the JFSC register
Share Capital	✅	❌	From Entity Profile Report (AI-parsed)
Legal Representatives	✅	❌	AI-extracted from Entity Profile Report
Other Key Persons	✅	❌	Secretary, AI-extracted from Entity Profile Report
Shareholders	⚠️ When disclosed	❌	Private companies not required to disclose. Not applicable to business names and foundations (explicit not-applicable response, no charge)
Ultimate Beneficial Owners	❌	❌	Not available through JFSC
Establishments	❌	❌	Not provided by JFSC
Activity Codes	❌	❌	JFSC does not provide industry classification
Documents (Entity Profile Report)	⚠️ Where offered	❌	Check `availableDocuments`; active status alone is insufficient
Documents (Business Name Registration Certificate)	⚠️ Where offered	⚠️ Where offered	Confirms registration of a trading name

Legend: ✅ Available | ❌ Not Available | ⚠️ Conditionally Available | Sync = Synchronous | Async = Asynchronous

Documents by Company Type

Document	API Category	Format	Availability
Entity Profile Report (Uncertified)	`tradeRegisterExtract`	PDF	Entities for which JFSC offers the report
Certificate of Business Name Registration	`otherDocuments[]`	PDF	Business names for which JFSC offers the certificate

The certificate carries subType: "business_name_registration_certificate". A business name is a trading name registered by an individual or a company; its registration does not establish which legal form the holder has.

Some active business names have a registration certificate but no Entity Profile Report. The document list reflects the supported products currently offered by JFSC for the requested entity. Inactive entities generally have no Entity Profile Report; basic company information remains available from the public register.

Retrieved documents are reused for 24 hours.

Example API Responses

All examples use placeholder data. Query: POST /v2/company with { "id": "<id>", "countryCode": "JE", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives"] }

Active Private Company (with directors and shareholders)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "3499-3005057",
    "countryCode": "JE",
    "identifiers": {
      "companyNumber": "3499-3005057"
    },
    "legalName": "EXAMPLE HOLDINGS (JERSEY) LIMITED",
    "legalNameInEnglish": "EXAMPLE HOLDINGS (JERSEY) LIMITED",
    "registrationDate": "2018-03-15",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Active",
      "active": true,
      "statusDetails": {
        "status": "ACTIVE"
      }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Registered Company Private",
      "englishTranslation": "Private Limited Company",
      "standardized": "Limited Liability Company",
      "iso20275Code": "SQXV"
    },
    "capital": {
      "amount": 10000,
      "currency": "GBP",
      "formatted": "\u00a310,000"
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "47 Esplanade",
      "city": "St. Helier",
      "postalCode": "JE1 0BD",
      "countryCode": "JE"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "Director",
        "englishTranslation": "Director",
        "standardized": "Director"
      },
      "individual": {
        "name": {
          "fullName": "Jane Elizabeth Smith",
          "firstName": "Jane Elizabeth",
          "lastName": "Smith"
        },
        "birthDate": {
          "month": 6,
          "year": 1980
        },
        "nationality": "GB",
        "residenceAddress": {
          "addressLine1": "47 Esplanade",
          "city": "St. Helier",
          "region": "Jersey",
          "postalCode": "JE1 0BD",
          "countryCode": "JE"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "entityId": "person_002",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "Director",
        "englishTranslation": "Director",
        "standardized": "Director"
      },
      "individual": {
        "name": {
          "fullName": "John Robert Doe",
          "firstName": "John Robert",
          "lastName": "Doe"
        },
        "birthDate": {
          "month": 10,
          "year": 1975
        },
        "nationality": "GB",
        "residenceAddress": {
          "addressLine1": "47 Esplanade",
          "city": "St. Helier",
          "region": "Jersey",
          "postalCode": "JE1 0BD",
          "countryCode": "JE"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "shareholders": [
    {
      "entityId": "company_001",
      "type": "company",
      "sharePercentage": 100,
      "numberOfShares": 1,
      "company": {
        "legalName": "PARENT GROUP LIMITED",
        "countryCode": "JE",
        "legalAddress": {
          "addressLine1": "47 Esplanade",
          "city": "St. Helier",
          "postalCode": "JE1 0BD",
          "countryCode": "JE"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Inactive Company (Cancelled LP -- basic data only)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "495-318592",
    "countryCode": "JE",
    "identifiers": {
      "companyNumber": "495-318592"
    },
    "legalName": "EXAMPLE PARTNERS L.P.",
    "registrationDate": "2004-03-31",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Cancelled",
      "active": false,
      "statusDetails": {
        "status": "CLOSED",
        "closureReason": "OTHER"
      }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Limited Partnership",
      "englishTranslation": "Limited Partnership",
      "standardized": "Partnership",
      "iso20275Code": "UBWU"
    }
  }
}

Note: Inactive companies return only basic data (name, status, legal form, registration date). No legal representatives, shareholders, address, or capital — the Entity Profile Report is not available for inactive entities.

Available Documents

Documents are returned when "dataPoints": ["availableDocuments"] is requested.

API Category	Document	Notes
`tradeRegisterExtract`	Entity Profile Report (Uncertified)	Where offered by JFSC
`otherDocuments[]`	Certificate of Business Name Registration	Where offered; `subType: "business_name_registration_certificate"`

{
  "documents": {
    "tradeRegisterExtract": {
      "id": "b903c3b8-e0a6-5880-923f-306c10722b15",
      "name": "Entity Profile Report - Uncertified Online",
      "format": "pdf",
      "description": "Jersey FSC Entity Profile Report (uncertified)",
      "estimatedDeliverySeconds": 60
    }
  }
}

All documents are PDF format in English.

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
No data for inactive entities	The Entity Profile Report is only available for active companies. Dissolved, Inactive (Struck Off), Cancelled, Ceased, and other inactive entities return only basic data (name, status, legal form, registration date) with no directors, shareholders, address, or capital.
Shareholders often undisclosed	Private Jersey companies are not required to publicly disclose shareholders. When a company’s shareholder data is not in the Entity Profile Report, an empty array is returned. For business names and foundations, `shareholders` returns a not-applicable response at no charge.
Wholly-owned subsidiary pattern	Many Jersey companies have only 1 share issued despite higher authorized capital. A single shareholder with 1 share is correctly interpreted as 100% ownership.
Document delivery time	Entity Profile Reports usually arrive in about a minute, and can take longer in edge cases. A full company profile built from the report takes about 2 minutes.
No activity codes	The JFSC does not provide industry classification (SIC, NACE, ISIC) for Jersey companies. Activity codes are not returned.
AI-parsed legal representatives	Directors and secretaries are extracted from the Entity Profile Report PDF using AI parsing, not from a structured API endpoint.
Registration numbers are not unique on their own	The JFSC numbers each entity type in its own series, so a bare registration number can belong to several entities. Topograph identifiers combine the registration number with the JFSC entity id (e.g., `3499-3005057`); some also carry a prefix (`RBN`, `BNT`).
Documents deduplicated 24 hours	Entity Profile Reports are deduplicated for 24 hours after retrieval to avoid redundant retrieves.
Capital in GBP	Jersey companies report share capital in British Pounds Sterling (GBP), not Euros.
No UBOs	Ultimate Beneficial Owner data is not available through the JFSC Registry.
No establishments	The JFSC does not provide establishment/branch data.

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Jersey coverage, pricing, and sources

Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

Search Capabilities

Active companies only

Company Status

Legal Forms

Companies

Cell Companies

Partnerships

Other Entities

Legal Representatives

Other Key Persons

Shareholders

Extraction Logic

Ownership Fields

Activity Code Mapping

Data Availability Matrix

Documents by Company Type

Example API Responses

Quirks & Gotchas

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Jersey coverage, pricing, and sources

​Data Sources

​Company Identifiers

​Query Identifiers

​Identifiers in API Response

​Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

​Search Capabilities

​Active companies only

​Company Status

​Legal Forms

​Companies

​Cell Companies

​Partnerships

​Other Entities

​Legal Representatives

​Other Key Persons

​Shareholders

​Extraction Logic

​Ownership Fields

​Share Types

​Activity Code Mapping

​Data Availability Matrix

​Documents by Company Type

​Example API Responses

​Quirks & Gotchas

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Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

Search Capabilities

Active companies only

Company Status

Legal Forms

Companies

Cell Companies

Partnerships

Other Entities

Legal Representatives

Other Key Persons

Shareholders

Extraction Logic

Ownership Fields

Share Types

Activity Code Mapping

Data Availability Matrix

Documents by Company Type

Example API Responses

Quirks & Gotchas