The number of registered company insolvencies in England and Wales was 2,081 in July 2025, similar to both June 2025 (2,053) and the same month in the previous year (2,078 in July 2024). Monthly company insolvency numbers in the first seven months of 2025 were higher than the second half of 2024, but remained slightly lower than the 30-year annual high seen in 2023.

Company insolvencies in July 2025 consisted of 339 compulsory liquidations, 1,583 creditors’ voluntary liquidations (CVLs), 147 administrations and 12 company voluntary arrangements (CVAs). There were no receivership appointments. The number of compulsory liquidations was slightly higher than in June 2025 and remained higher than both July 2024 and the 2024 monthly average. The number of CVLs in July 2025 was similar to both June 2025 and the average numbers seen over the last 18 months. Administrations were higher than in June 2025, while CVAs were lower.

One in 190 companies on the Companies House effective register (at a rate of 52.5 per 10,000 companies) entered insolvency between 1 August 2024 and 31 July 2025. This was a decrease from the 56.6 per 10,000 companies that entered insolvency in the 12 months ending 31 July 2024. Insolvency rates are calculated on a 12-month rolling basis as a proportion of the total number of companies on the effective register. The 12-month rolling rates show longer term trends and reduce the volatility associated with estimates based on single months.

While the insolvency rate has increased since the lows seen in 2020 and 2021, it remains much lower than the peak of 113.1 per 10,000 companies seen during the 2008-09 recession. This is because the number of companies on the effective register has more than doubled over this period.