National statistics

Insolvency Statistics, October to December 2014

Statistics on new corporate and individual insolvencies in England and Wales, and related statistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Documents

Insolvency Statistics October to December 2014 release

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email publications@insolvency.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Insolvency Statistics October to December 2014 tables

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email publications@insolvency.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Insolvency Statistics October to December 2014 infographic

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email publications@insolvency.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Insolvency Statistics 1984 to December 2014 (csv format)

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email publications@insolvency.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Insolvency Statistics October to December 2014 pre-release list

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email publications@insolvency.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

This statistical release contains statistics on insolvency in England and Wales for Q4 2014 and the calendar year 2014, both for companies (company insolvency) and for people (individual insolvency). It also includes related statistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Main messages

Companies in 2014

  • Creditors’ voluntary liquidations in England and Wales decreased to the lowest annual total since 2008, but compulsory liquidations increased compared with 2013.
  • The number of administrations was at its lowest since 2004, while receiverships and company voluntary arrangements declined to their lowest level since 2007.

People in 2014

  • The number of people who became insolvent in England and Wales decreased for the fourth successive year, to the lowest annual total since 2005.
  • The number of bankruptcies and debt relief orders decreased, but the number of individual voluntary arrangements was at its highest level since they were introduced in 1987
Published 29 January 2015
Last updated 13 January 2020 + show all updates
  1. Minor punctuation change to title for consistency

  2. First published.