The Insolvency Service
Service
- Search the Individual Insolvency Register
- Contact an official receiver
- Find an insolvency practitioner
- Make a complaint to the Insolvency Service
- Search the register of disqualified company directors
- Investigations and enforcement
- Declaring bankruptcy or being made bankrupt
- Redundancy payments and your rights if your employer is insolvent
- Guidance on debt relief options, company liquidation, investigation and enforcement
- Director information hub
Featured
Zahid Afzal, of Pembrokeshire, fraudulently claimed extra Covid Bounce Back loans for his phone sales and merchandise companies.
Romain McLean, from Brent, exaggerated the turnover of RMC Associates Limited to secure two Bounce Back loans.
Football betting firm boss banned after company went into administration owing investors more than £10 million
Press release
The company was making substantial losses when it accepted additional investment from bondholders it was never going to be able to repay
Jagoda Rubaszko guilty of fraud after inventing a business to apply for a £50,000 Covid Bounce Back Loan which she then sent to bank accounts in Poland
Insolvency Service appoints first dedicated crypto specialist to help recover online assets such as Bitcoin
Press release
New crypto specialist will help the agency trace rising number of digital assets held by individuals in bankruptcy and criminal cases
Appliance servicing company which used high pressure sales tactics on elderly and vulnerable is shut down
Press release
UK Service Plan Ltd pressured elderly people – some of whom had Alzheimer’s and dementia – into service agreements to protect household appliances.
Latest from The Insolvency Service
Subscriptions
What we do
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.
Follow us
Documents
Transparency and freedom of information releases
Our management
Contact The Insolvency Service
Insolvency Service helpline
Insolvency Service helpline
0300 678 0015
Please only attend our offices if you have an appointment.
For information about the insolvency process contact the Insolvency Service helpline. The helpline is open 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, and 9am to 3pm on Friday.
We can give you information about processes administered or regulated by the Insolvency Service. This includes bankruptcy, debt relief orders and company liquidations.
We cannot give you: legal or financial advice, information on specific insolvency cases, information or advice about other government departments or information about redundancy payments.
If you are contacting about an existing bankruptcy or compulsory company liquidation case, use our ‘contact an official receiver’ guidance.
Redundancy Payments
Telephone
0330 331 0020
Contact about claims for redundancy, loss of notice pay, holiday pay, arrears of wages, protective award payments and lost pension contributions.
The helpline is open Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, and Friday 9am to 3pm
Online Claims Service: https://www.gov.uk/claim-redundancy
Investigations and Enforcement Services
Please contact via website.
United Kingdom
24 hour answerphone
0303 003 1744
The Insolvency Service Investigations and Enforcement Services
are responsible for investigating serious financial misconduct in companies and individuals who are subject to bankruptcy or debt relief orders.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/insolvency-service-investigations-and-enforcement-what-we-do-our-outcomes-and-complaints
Our independent Legal Services Directorate is the lead enforcement agency for insolvency related fraud and associated corporate misconduct.
https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/insolvency-service-legal-services-directorate
Estate Accounts and Scanning
Please contact by email only.
United Kingdom
Press Office
London
E20 1HZ
United Kingdom
Media Manager
0303 003 1743
This service is for journalists only. For any other queries, please contact the Insolvency Enquiry Line.
For all media enquiries outside normal working hours, please contact the Department for Business and Trade Press Office on 0207 215 2000.
Breathing Space
This service is for money advisers who need advice about the breathing space service.
Make an FOI request
- Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
- Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
- Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.
Freedom of Information and Data Protection Act team
Corporate information
Jobs and contracts
Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information. Read our policy on Social media use.