UK Company Insolvencies: July 2026
Summary: The London Gazette published 5,466 corporate distress notices in July 2026: 3,897 liquidation, 1,142 winding-up, 163 administration and 0 receivership notices. That is up 3.6% on the previous month (5,274) and down 3.7% on July 2025 (5,676).
Notices by week
Weeks start on Monday; the first and last weeks may include days outside July 2026 only in part.
By sector
4,940 notices matched to a Companies House record.
By region
- London1,141
- The North West885
- Yorkshire and the Humber481
- The East of England466
- The West Midlands449
- The South East448
- The East Midlands292
- The South West221
- Scotland192
- The North East158
- Wales144
- Northern Ireland58
Top towns and cities
Largest companies by last filed total assets
Companies whose first notice this month was a distress notice (solvent members' voluntary liquidations excluded). Figures are from the last filed accounts, which may predate the insolvency by a year or more; group accounts can include subsidiaries.
- Woodville Consultants Limited £256.0m · Dec 2024
- Bridgewater Wharf LTD £126.0m · Mar 2025
- Torsion Construction Limited £75.7m · Jun 2025
- Key Coin Assets LTD £75.6m · Oct 2024
- Lubriage LTD £63.4m · Dec 2023
- Fournier Group LTD £50.6m · Feb 2025
- Redstart Leisure Limited £42.7m · Jul 2023
- Flower & Hayes Limited £32.7m · Nov 2022
- X1 Manchester Waters Limited £29.7m · Oct 2024
- C. Brown & Sons (steel) Limited £27.4m · May 2024
Is your own business showing the same warning signs?
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.
Monthly reports
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.