UK Company Insolvencies: October 2026 (month to date)
Summary: The London Gazette published 492 corporate distress notices in October 2026 up to 2 October: 307 liquidation, 159 winding-up, 10 administration and 0 receivership notices. The month is not complete, so no comparison is made yet.
Notices by week
Weeks start on Monday; the first and last weeks may include days outside October 2026 only in part.
By sector
488 notices matched to a Companies House record.
By region
- London129
- The North West66
- The South East57
- The East of England57
- The West Midlands42
- The South West36
- Yorkshire and the Humber34
- The East Midlands30
- Wales15
- Scotland11
- The North East7
- Northern Ireland4
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.
- New River Yard LTD £69.2m · Dec 2024
- Tainotech Holding Limited £27.5m · Dec 2024
- Cardex Solutions LTD £16.8m · Dec 2024
- Luna Venture Partners UK LTD £16.6m · Dec 2022
- Bmac (holdings) Limited £8.3m · Mar 2019
- Kennedy Pearce Consulting Limited £6.1m · Sep 2025
- Brentford Property Investments LTD £6.0m · Dec 2022
- Fitzroy Capabilities Limited £5.9m · Dec 2024
- PFF Packaging (sedgefield) Limited £5.9m · Jan 2024
- Price Anderson Financial Services Limited £5.9m · Jul 2025
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.