Company insolvencies — last 30 days

Are company closures rising?

One month of data is enough to start reading a trend rather than reacting to a single day. A single business day can swing wildly; four weeks smooths out that noise and lets a genuine direction show through. Use this longer window to weigh the questions that matter to creditors, analysts and reporters:

• Is the monthly volume of liquidations climbing, holding steady, or easing back?
• Which regions are carrying the heaviest share of company closures?
• Are administrations growing faster than ordinary winding-up proceedings?
• Do particular industries keep reappearing week after week?
• Has the balance shifted between voluntary resolutions and court-ordered wind-ups?

None of these patterns is visible from a single headline. By holding thirty days side by side you can benchmark the current month against what came before, spot a cluster forming in one sector, and separate a temporary blip from a sustained deterioration. For reporters chasing the freshest entry rather than the shape of the curve, the shorter weekly list is the better starting point.

A word on how to read the figures. Counts here track formal publications, so they lag the underlying economy by the time it takes a procedure to be drafted, approved and printed in the official record. Treat the monthly total as a directional indicator, not a precise census: it captures the rhythm of corporate distress well, but a quiet bank-holiday week or a backlog being cleared can nudge any single comparison. Pair it with the regional and industry breakdowns to understand where the pressure is concentrated rather than relying on the headline number alone.

Across these 30 days the most common stage was “Winding-up / liquidation”, and activity clustered around London (notably London). That gives a baseline of roughly 207.7 notices per day to compare future weeks against.