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This page provides a full list of published guidance about the following processes administered or regulated by the Insolvency Service:
This guide provides information on how insolvency practitioners are authorised and regulated in Great Britain
Insolvency Service research findings into concerns about take-on practices for Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs).
Dealing with the affairs of a debtor who dies during the bankruptcy process or the estate of a deceased insolvent
Even the best-run business can face unexpected challenges and solvency issues. It's important you recognise the signs and understand your duties as a director.
Guidance to help you calculate your average rate of pay so that you can apply for redundancy related payments from the Insolvency Service.
What is a financial statement and why should directors maintain them?
This guidance deals with the circumstances in which the Registrar of Companies may dissolve a company
This document contains guidance on the main statutory consequences flowing from a bankruptcy restrictions order or undertaking.
Recovering sums due in respect of antecedent recoveries such as excessive pension contributions, misfeasance of directors, voidable dispositions and transactions defrauding creditors
Information on the work of the PPI Team and recovering compensation where the insolvent has been a victim of financial mis-selling cases.
Dealing with an insolvent's goods that are subject to a retention of title clause, including verifying the validity of the clause
What insolvency means for limited companies and their directors.
Sending your confirmation statements.
Information about director's loans.
Directors are required to submit records for tax, VAT and company information.
An insolvency practitioner is not qualified to act in relation to a company or individual unless there is in force security (a bond).
This guidance is for approved Intermediaries applying for a DRO.
Distribution by means of a dividend or division of property
Update: 22 September 2025 - Information for employees, sub-contractors, creditors and suppliers of Carillion in liquidation
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