# Off market deals UK rules: UK Off Market Routes and Rules

> The UK Off Market Routes and Rules carries 2 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 1,882 to 1,946 count, read 28 October 2026.

Off-Market Businesses for Sale · https://offmarketbusinessesforsale.co.uk/datasets/uk-off-market-routes-and-rules/ · computed 2026-10-29

**Range of the published figures:** 1,882 to 1,946 count (range 1,882 to 1,946 count; 2 published figures; 2 of 9 sources read publish one).

2 of the 9 named sources read in full publish a figure; 7 publish none, read 28 October 2026.

## By month

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| month 2026-09 | 1,882 count | 1,882 to 1,882 count | 1 |
| month 2026-08 | 1,946 count | 1,946 to 1,946 count | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Company insolvencies, August 2026](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/company-insolvencies-august-2026) | 1,946 count | 2026-08 | 2026-10-28 |
| [Company insolvencies, September 2026](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/company-insolvencies-september-2026) | 1,882 count | 2026-09 | 2026-10-28 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (2)

- [Company insolvencies, August 2026](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/company-insolvencies-august-2026), read 2026-10-28: "The number of registered company insolvencies in England and Wales was 1,946 in August 2026."
- [Company insolvencies, September 2026](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/company-insolvencies-september-2026), read 2026-10-28: "The number of registered company insolvencies in England and Wales was 1,882 in September 2026, 4% lower than in August 2026 (1,953) and 5% lower than the same month in the previous year (1,973 in September 2025)."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [FCA Handbook](https://www.handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/PERG/2/8.html), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Sorry, something is wrong](https://www.icaew.com/-/media/corporate/files/regulations/insolvency/sips/england/sip-16-e-and-w-pre-packaged-sales-in-administrations-2015.ashx), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Technical Library - R3](https://www.r3.org.uk/technical-library/england-wales/sips/), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [The Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc. to Connected Persons) Regulations 2021](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/427/contents/made), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Insolvency notices](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/insolvency), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [All notices](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice?categorycode=G205010000), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Insolvency Service Official Statistics](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/insolvency-service-official-statistics), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 9 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 7 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 6 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in count (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 6 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the monthly count of company insolvencies and administration appointments as the distressed off-market flow, the register-search method stated once, and the RAO article 70 and SIP 16 rules stated with their authority pages

## Sources

- [The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/544/article/70) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/544/contents) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [FCA Handbook](https://www.handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/PERG/2/8.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Sorry, something is wrong](https://www.icaew.com/-/media/corporate/files/regulations/insolvency/sips/england/sip-16-e-and-w-pre-packaged-sales-in-administrations-2015.ashx) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Technical Library - R3](https://www.r3.org.uk/technical-library/england-wales/sips/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [The Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc. to Connected Persons) Regulations 2021](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/427/contents/made) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Insolvency notices](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/insolvency) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [All notices](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice?categorycode=G205010000) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [The Insolvency Service](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/insolvency-service) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Insolvency Service Official Statistics](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/insolvency-service-official-statistics) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Company insolvencies, September 2026](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/company-insolvencies-september-2026) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Company insolvencies, August 2026](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/company-insolvencies-august-2026) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Advanced company search - Find and update company information](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/advanced-search) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Companies House](https://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [UK Business Counts - enterprises by industry and employment size band - Nomis - Official C](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/idbrent) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

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- The UK Off Market Routes and Rules carries 2 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 1,882 to 1,946 count, read 28 October 2026.
- 2 of the 9 named sources read in full publish a figure; 7 publish none, read 28 October 2026.
- UK Off Market Routes and Rules, month 2026-09: median 1,882 count across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
- UK Off Market Routes and Rules, month 2026-08: median 1,946 count across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.

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