UK Company Insolvencies: August 2026
Summary: The London Gazette published 4,502 corporate distress notices in August 2026: 3,156 liquidation, 983 winding-up, 150 administration and 0 receivership notices. That is down 17.6% on the previous month (5,466) and down 13.4% on August 2025 (5,197).
Notices by week
Weeks start on Monday; the first and last weeks may include days outside August 2026 only in part.
By sector
4,471 notices matched to a Companies House record.
By region
- London1,007
- The North West665
- The South East520
- The East of England435
- Yorkshire and the Humber391
- The West Midlands331
- The South West307
- The East Midlands281
- Scotland169
- Wales165
- The North East117
- Northern Ireland75
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.
- Igi Inex Trading (UK) LTD £239.6m · Dec 2024
- Ev Metals UK Limited £60.1m · Jun 2022
- Enigmatic Smile LTD £58.2m · Dec 2024
- London Richmond Limited £36.3m · Mar 2025
- Euro Exchange Securities UK Limited £31.1m · Dec 2024
- Rehability UK Community LTD £22.9m · Jun 2024
- Baker & Taylor (scotland) Limited £20.4m · Jun 2024
- NXG Global Group Limited £17.9m · Dec 2024
- The Burdens Group Limited £15.6m · Dec 2022
- Peritum LTD £15.2m · Dec 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.