Methods

Full API Method List

View all available methods in the T2A API

Find People Methods

Service name Credits per use Notes
Search for a person
(person_search)
10

Search the edited electoral register, the phone book, companies house data and consumer data for a person.

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See who lives at an address
(address_person)
4

Obtain the names and telephone numbers of all residents who have lived, or are currently living, at a specified address.

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Search the electoral roll
(electoral_roll)
or (full_electoral_roll)
10

Search the electoral roll for people by entering their name and/or their address/partial address. Results can be found for people who are ex-directory.

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Find a residential phone number
(telephone_residential)
2.5

Search the current telephone data for people by entering their name and/or their address/partial address.

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Search for a company director
(director_search)
and (director_details)
0.01 and 10

Search for and find details about a company director or other company officer, using companies house data.

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Check if a person is deceased
(deceased)
and (deceased_bulk)
100

Check the bereavement register to ascertain whether or not a person is deceased.

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Validate a person
(person_verify)
or (age_verification)
10 or 20

Search the edited electoral register, the phone book, companies house data and consumer data for a person.

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Data enrichment
(data_enrichment)
1.5

A facility to append business or residential telephone numbers to a CSV dataset.

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Addresses & Postcode Methods

Service name Credits per use Notes
Search for a postcode or address
(address_search)
1.7

Use our data to find a UK address from a postcode or vice versa. This is the most up-to-date source of address information you can find in the UK.

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See who lives at an address
(address_person)
4

Obtain the names and telephone numbers of all residents who have lived, or are currently living, at a specified address.

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Geo-code an address
(geo_code)
0.01

Convert a postcode, place or street into a geographical location, as both latitude/longitude and northings/eastings.

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Reverse geo-code an address
(reverse_geo_code)
2

Convert geographic coordinates to their nearest address.

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Validation Methods

Service name Credits per use Notes
Age Verification
(age_verification)
10

Validate your data against our UK people data sources to see if a record, aged over 18, is found.

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Validate a person
(person_verify)
20

Validate a UK person by checking if they exist in our data which includes: the edited electoral register, the phone book, companies house data and consumer data.

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Validate with financial data
(person_verify_financial)
40

Validate a UK person by checking if they exist in our financial data.

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Check if a number is TPS registered
(tps_full)
0.05

Check a telephone number against both the TPS and CTPS registers.

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Validate an email address
(validate_email)
0.01

Validate the syntax of an email address whilst also checking that the domain actually exists.

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Validate a VAT number
(validate_vat)
0.01

Check whether a VAT number is in the correct format.

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Check if a person is deceased
(deceased)
and (deceased_bulk)
10

Check the bereavement register to ascertain whether or not a person is deceased.

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Companies Methods

Service name Credits per use Notes
Search for a company or business
(business_search)
or (company_details)
2.5 or 1

Search the phone book and companies house data to find a company or business.

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Find a business telephone number
(business search)
and (telephone_business_class)
2.5

Search the phone book and companies house data to find a UK business telephone number by name and/or location.

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Search for a company director
(director_search)
and (director_details)
0.01 and 1

Search for and find details about a company director or other company officer, using companies house data

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Get a list of company appointments
(company_details)
1

Obtain a list of the officer appointments for a UK company.

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Get a credit report on a company
(company_credit_report)
50

Get a full credit report on a UK company.

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Get a company's mortgage index
(company_details)
1

Obtain a list of charges, past and present, against a company.

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Get a company's filing history
(company_details)
1

Obtain the filing history for a UK company.

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Download a company document
(company_document_download)
1

Using a company number and image key obtained from the company_details method you can download a scan of a company document.

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Company name search
(company_name_search)
0.01

Search for a company number by name.

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Validate a company number
(company_details)
1

Enter a company number to check if it is valid.

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Valiate a VAT
(validate_vat)
0.01

Check whether a VAT number is in the correct format.

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Phone Numbers Methods

Service name Credits per use Notes
Find a business telephone number
(business_search)
or (telephone_business_class)
2.5

Search the phone book and companies house data to find a UK business telephone number by name and/or location.

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Find a residential telephone number
(telephone_residential)
2.5

Search the phone book to find a UK residential phone number.

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Validate a phone number
(validate_telephone)
2.5

Search the phone book and companies house data to find a UK business telephone number by name and/or location.

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Check if a phone number is TPS registered
(tps_full)
0.05

Check if the telephone number provided is matched against both the TPS and CTPS registered data.

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Bulk TPS checking
(tps_bulk)
0.05

A facility to bulk TPS/CTPS check a CSV file of business or residential telephone numbers.

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Locate a landline number
(geo_code_telephone)
10

Pinpoint the geographical location of a mobile phone or landline simply by using the phone number.

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Find an international dialling code
(country_dial)
0.01

Find out which telephone prefix code is required to call another country.

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Find a UK dialling code
(area_code)
0.01

Find out which telephone prefix code is required to call another country.

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Send a text message
(send_text_message)
8

Send a text message (SMS) to a mobile number.

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Contact data enrichment
(data_enrichment)
1.5

A facility to append business or residential contact telephone numbers to a CSV dataset.

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Valiate a mobile phone number
(validate_mobile_phone_number)
2

Validate a UK mobile telephone number and return the current network, the original network and an indicator if the number is still in use.

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Geolocation Methods

Service name Credits per use Notes
Geo-code an address
(geo_code)
0.01

Convert a postcode, place or street into a geographical location, as both latitude/longitude and northings/eastings.

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Geo-code a single address
(address_geo_code)
10

This method returns accurate geo-co-ordinates for a single address in England, Wales or Scotland.

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Reverse geo-code an address
(reverse_geo_code)
2

Convert geographic coordinates to their nearest address.

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