Business debt and bankruptcy

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Services

• Get information about a company

  Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved

• Make a court claim for money

  How to take legal action if someone owes you money (small claims court), how much it costs, what happens next. Includes information from withdrawn guidance EX303, EX304, EX306, EX321, EX325 and EX350.

• Respond to a court claim for money

  What happens if someone makes a money claim against you, saying you owe them money, and how you can respond or defend yourself

• County court judgments for debt

  What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn EX320 and EX326 guidance.

• Liquidate your limited company

  Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator

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Guidance and regulation

• Check if you can apply for redundancy payments as a company director
  • Detailed guide
  • 24 May 2023
  • The Insolvency Service
• Customs debt liability
  • Detailed guide
  • 23 April 2024
  • HM Revenue & Customs
• Guidance on personal debt relief options, company liquidation, investigation and enforcement.
  • Detailed guide
  • 21 December 2021
  • The Insolvency Service
• Using debt management schemes to restructure a company’s finances
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 November 2023
  • HM Revenue & Customs
• The Digital Economy Act 2017 - Debt and Fraud Information Sharing Review Board
  • Guidance
  • 5 April 2024
  • Cabinet Office

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News and communications

• Directors from Halifax ordered to pay more than £180k after setting up company while banned  
  • 22 January 2024
  • The Insolvency Service
  • Press release
• London-based builder sentenced for Covid loan abuse
  • 5 December 2023
  • The Insolvency Service
  • Press release
• Southampton car dealer jailed for two years
  • 23 November 2023
  • The Insolvency Service
  • Press release
• 11-year ban for Essex coin dealer after £155k coin sale scam
  • 3 October 2023
  • The Insolvency Service
  • Press release
• Judge orders director of gift company to repay falsely-obtained Covid loan
  • 2 October 2023
  • The Insolvency Service
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• The Forward Thinking conference
  • 15 March 2024
  • The Insolvency Service
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Creating a responsible payment culture: a call for evidence on tackling late payment
  • 19 June 2019
  • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Call for evidence outcome

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• The Insolvency Service public body review outcome
  • 27 July 2023
  • Department for Business and Trade and The Insolvency Service
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• The Insolvency Service
• Department for Business & Trade
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Companies House
• HM Revenue & Customs

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• Cabinet Office
• Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
• Ministry of Justice
• Office for Product Safety & Standards
• Small Business Commissioner