Guides
What each insolvency notice means for the people owed money
One guide per stage a company page can show, written for the supplier or lender reading the notice.
Winding-up petition: what it means for a UK company
What a winding-up petition is, why it appears in The Gazette, what happens to the company's bank account, and what a creditor should do next.
Winding-up order: compulsory liquidation explained
What happens when a court makes a winding-up order: the Official Receiver, the end of the directors' powers, and how creditors claim.
Company administration: what it means for creditors
What administration is, how the moratorium stops creditor action, how long it lasts, and what suppliers and customers should do.
Insolvent liquidation: compulsory and creditors' voluntary
The two ways an insolvent UK company is liquidated, what the Gazette notices mean, and how to submit a claim as a creditor.
Members' voluntary liquidation: a solvent company closing
Why a members' voluntary liquidation is not an insolvency, what the declaration of solvency promises, and what it means if you are owed money.
Company voluntary arrangement (CVA) explained
What a CVA is, how creditors vote on it, and what it changes for suppliers and landlords of the company.