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UK Company Insolvencies: March 2024

Summary: The London Gazette published 5,532 corporate distress notices in March 2024: 4,215 liquidation, 875 winding-up, 170 administration and 0 receivership notices. That is down 3.8% on the previous month (5,753) and down 15.3% on March 2023 (6,534).

Liquidation (excl. MVL)
4,215
5,243 a year earlier
Winding Up
875
817 a year earlier
Administration
170
168 a year earlier
Receivership
0

Notices by week

Weeks start on Monday; the first and last weeks may include days outside March 2024 only in part.

w/c 26 Feb
364
w/c 4 Mar
1,430
w/c 11 Mar
1,219
w/c 18 Mar
1,344
w/c 25 Mar
1,175

Sector, regional and company-level detail is available from July 2026, when K2 began matching every notice to its Companies House record. Earlier months show Gazette category totals only.

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Falling margins, stretched creditors, overdue filings and HMRC arrears usually appear months before a Gazette notice. Directors who act at that stage keep far more options open, from an informal turnaround to a CVA or restructuring plan.

Counts are compiled from corporate insolvency notices published in The London Gazette, excluding solvent members' voluntary liquidations (planned closures of companies that can pay their debts in full), and reflect notice volume, not the number of distinct companies: one insolvency generates several notices over its life. Official Insolvency Service statistics count cases, so the two are not directly comparable. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.