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Description

gazette_search_notices

Search The Gazette — the UK's official public record of statutory notices (London, Edinburgh and Belfast editions, archive back to 1665). Full-text search plus filters for notice category, publication date range, edition, and location. Covers company events (liquidations, administrations, winding-up petitions, name changes), personal insolvency, deceased estates, road/planning orders, honours, state and royal notices. Use for "official UK notices about X", "gazette notices for company Y", "road closure orders near Z". Example: gazette_search_notices({ query: "Tesco", category: "corporate insolvency" })

gazette_insolvency_notices

Search official UK insolvency notices in The Gazette — the statutory public record where liquidations, administrations, winding-up petitions and orders, bankruptcy orders, creditors' meetings, and notices to creditors MUST be published. The go-to source for "is UK company X in liquidation/administration", monitoring company distress, or tracking personal bankruptcies. Search by company name or Companies House number (both are indexed). scope narrows to "corporate" or "personal" insolvency. Example: gazette_insolvency_notices({ company: "Wilko", scope: "corporate" })

gazette_deceased_estates

Search UK deceased-estates notices in The Gazette (Trustee Act 1925 s.27 notices) — executors advertise a death so creditors and claimants can come forward before the estate is distributed. Used for probate research, tracing an estate, checking whether a death notice was placed, and finding the claim deadline. Filter by name, date of death, claim expiry date, or location. Example: gazette_deceased_estates({ name: "John Smith", died_after: "2026-01-01" })

gazette_get_notice

Get the structured record for one Gazette notice by its ID (from any gazette search tool, or a thegazette.co.uk/notice/ URL). Returns the notice type, publication date, gazette edition and issue, companies named (with Companies House numbers), people, addresses with coordinates, related legislation, and key dates. Example: gazette_get_notice({ notice_id: "4123456" })

gazette_notice_categories

Browse The Gazette's notice-category taxonomy — the category codes accepted by gazette_search_notices. Optionally filter by a search word. Categories span companies (insolvency, name changes, mergers), people (bankruptcy, deceased estates, honours), environment & infrastructure (planning, roads, property), state/royal/church notices, and money (pensions, coinage). Example: gazette_notice_categories({ search: "insolvency" })