Find here the insolvencies in the financial services sector, from intermediaries and bookkeeping firms to financing and investment companies. You'll see the insolvency practitioner handling each case, alongside the related auctions and news.
On Friday 6 November, 150 company insolvencies were published. The companies involved work mainly in health and social work, administrative and support services and real estate.
Poundland filed a notice to appoint administrators last Thursday, giving it 10 days of protection from creditors. Owner Gordon Brothers rejected a management buyout backed by Martin Property Group, which would have preserved nearly 12,000 jobs.
Insolvency-related activity in the East Midlands rose 11% year on year to 281 cases in the third quarter of 2026, according to R3's Business Health report, based on Creditsafe data. National levels were broadly flat.
Reading-based cyber security firm BlackDice Cyber Limited has had liquidators appointed, according to published insolvency records. The notice was recorded on 4 September 2026, with a winding-up resolution also passed.
Genwise Ltd, which ran Lime House School in Dalston, entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 6 October with an estimated deficiency of £1,697,621.96. A company voluntary arrangement approved in February collapsed after the company failed to pay PAYE liabilities.
A winding-up petition has been filed against Blu Fitness SW Ltd, owner of the former HYPR Fitness gym at Weavers Wharf, Kidderminster. LCP Estates Ltd brought the petition in October, months after the gym closed in June.