UK Company Insolvencies: October 2026
Summary: The London Gazette published 5,226 corporate distress notices in October 2026: 3,639 liquidation, 1,191 winding-up, 157 administration and 0 receivership notices. That is up 6.7% on the previous month (4,899) and down 10.5% on October 2025 (5,837).
Notices by week
Weeks start on Monday; the first and last weeks may include days outside October 2026 only in part.
By sector
5,194 notices matched to a Companies House record.
By region
- London1,212
- The North West777
- The South East555
- The East of England502
- Yorkshire and the Humber443
- The West Midlands424
- The South West340
- The East Midlands288
- Scotland237
- Wales205
- The North East111
- Northern Ireland91
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 Holding (UK) Ltd £1062.0m · Dec 2024
- Yunyi Guokai Limited £76.8m · Jun 2024
- New River Yard Ltd £69.2m · Dec 2024
- Torsion Developments Limited £51.0m · Dec 2024
- National Vaulting Services Ltd £34.8m · Dec 2024
- Tainotech Holding Limited £27.5m · Dec 2024
- C. Brown & Sons (steel) Limited £27.4m · May 2024
- Fairplane Solicitors Limited £23.3m · Mar 2025
- Amber Beverage UK Limited £22.6m · Dec 2024
- Woodford Heating & Energy Limited £21.0m · Jan 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.