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Business support services companies in liquidation and administration
A live list of failed business support services companies in the UK — recruitment agencies, cleaning and security contractors, facilities management and office services — that have gone into liquidation, administration or a company voluntary arrangement, newest first. Every row links to the company’s full insolvency timeline, officers and Companies House record.
Updated 40 this weekSource: Companies House & The Gazette
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About this list
This page tracks UK business support services companies that have entered a formal insolvency procedure. The industry comes from the SIC code on each company’s Companies House record, so it includes recruitment agencies, cleaning and security contractors, facilities management and office services.
Break the list down by procedure:
- Business support services companies in liquidation (38 this week)
- Business support services companies in administration (2 this week)
- Business support services companies in a CVA (0 this week)
Or browse by industry, by region, or search the full insolvency register.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I find out if a recruitment, cleaning or facilities company has gone into liquidation or administration?
- Search the company by name or number from the home page. If it has entered liquidation, administration or a CVA in the last two years it has a page here showing the date, the appointed practitioner and links to the official Gazette notice and Companies House record. For a definitive check, see how to check if a company is insolvent.
- What is the difference between liquidation and administration?
- Liquidation closes a company for good and distributes its assets to creditors; administration puts a licensed administrator in control to rescue the business or sell it as a going concern. Read administration vs liquidation.
- How quickly do new business support services insolvencies appear here?
- Notices are indexed from The Gazette and Companies House within about an hour of publication during UK business hours, so a company that appointed a liquidator this morning is usually listed by lunchtime.
- Does the list include business support services companies facing a winding-up petition?
- Not yet. The list records procedures that have taken effect — liquidations (including winding-up orders), administrations and CVAs. Petitions are advertised separately in The Gazette; see how to read a Gazette insolvency notice.