Search for people or companies in insolvency proceedings
Updated 8 July 2020
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Search for an insolvent person or company
You might need to find out if someone or a company is insolvent.
To search for companies registered in the UK, you can use the , or search the .
If you鈥檙e looking for an insolvent or bankrupt person, you can search the . If the person or company you鈥檙e looking for is not on this list, they are not currently in formal insolvency proceedings.
Companies House service
Search the Companies House service for information on limited companies registered in the UK.
Search for disqualified company directors
Anyone who has a bankruptcy order (also known as 鈥榰ndischarged bankrupts鈥�), a debt relief order, bankruptcy restrictions or debt relief restrictions is banned from being the director of a company.
The Companies House includes details of directors disqualified by the courts and the Insolvency Service.
England, Scotland and Wales
If the director was disqualified in the last 3 months, you can find full details on our .
For other cases, email [email protected].
Northern Ireland
Contact the .
Bankruptcy and insolvency
You can search for the details of people who have gone bankrupt or signed an agreement with us to deal with their debts in England and Wales, using our registers.
Individual Insolvency Register
about insolvency cases in England and Wales, including:
- bankruptcies
- debt relief orders
- individual voluntary arrangements
We usually remove records within 3 months of an insolvency case ending.
Search for people with Bankruptcy or Debt Relief Restrictions
When the official receiver thinks that someone who鈥檚 bankrupt or has a debt relief order has not been honest or is to blame for their debts, they might be given further restrictions.
These restrictions are:
- bankruptcy restrictions order (BRO)
- bankruptcy restrictions undertaking (BRU)
- debt relief restrictions order (DRRO)
- debt relief restrictions undertaking (DRRU)
The Individual Insolvency Register gives details of anyone who currently has bankruptcy or debt relief restrictions.
You can for the last 3 months.
You can ask for information about the unfit conduct of an individual (who has a current bankruptcy or debt relief restrictions) by contacting the official receiver dealing with the case.
The Gazette
Official notices about insolvency or companies being wound up are published in . You can search The Gazettes online, and get help using their .
Registers for Scotland and Northern Ireland
Search the insolvency registers for: