Distressed sales

Off market deals UK: the monthly insolvency count

Updated 2026-10-28

An administration is one of the few places an unadvertised business can be bought quickly. The count of new insolvencies is published every month.

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The count

4% lower than August and 5% lower than September 2025.

Registered company insolvencies in England and Wales.

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What you want to buy

What kind of business do you want to buy?

Where in the UK?

A town, a region or anywhere: it is the first filter on any search.

Roughly what price are you looking to pay?

Share purchase or asset purchase?

Buy the company's shares Buy the business and its assets Not sure yet

It changes the tax, the diligence and who takes on the liabilities. Not sure is a fine answer.

This site's own dataset, every figure quoted from its source and dated:

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.

Sector, area, price range and timing. Joseph Ellul reads it himself and replies directly. Free, no obligation.