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Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments
You can claim interest and debt recovery costs if another business is late…
The interest you can charge if another business is late paying for goods…
You can also charge a business a fixed sum for the cost of recovering a…
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
You can apply to the court to close or ‘wind up’ a company if it cannot…
You must send the right form to the court before they can deal with your…
If the court accepts your petition, they’ll arrange a date for a hearing.…
Detailed information about the Insolvency Service’s investigation and enforcement work, how we achieve our outcomes and how to complain about misconduct.
Check if you can claim for bad debt relief if a customer is insolvent and can no longer pay what they owe for taxable aggregate.
Information for people who have a Debt Relief Order about what happens after.
This page provides links to guidance produced by, or relating to, the Insolvency Service
How to prioritise and reduce your debts, and where to get free debt advice
We are a government agency that helps to deliver economic confidence by supporting those in financial distress, tackling financial wrongdoing and maximising returns to creditors. The Insolvency Service is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade...
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
Statutory demands are a formal way of asking for a debt to be paid - get the forms to send, cancel or set aside a statutory demand.
What you need to know if you are a creditor with a debt listed in a Debt Relief Order (DRO).
Form SD4: Statutory demand under section 268(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986. Debt for liquidated sum payable immediately following a judgment or order of the court.
How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
Collection of monies owed to an insolvent, including the process for engaging contracted agents to undertake the recovery
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
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