Insolvent companies

Insolvent companies and disqualified directors

Note – the following information refers to investigations into companies which have entered into formal insolvency proceedings e.g. administration, administrative receivership and voluntary liquidation in England, Wales and Scotland. For information on investigations into live companies visit our Company Investigations pages. 

What does The Insolvency Service's Investigations and Enforcement Service do?

 
We investigate, following complaints or other intelligence, corporate abuse where there is suspicion of misconduct;

We investigate reports of misconduct by company directors from insolvency practitioners acting under appointments; and

We investigate misconduct by company directors, bankrupts or individuals subject to debt relief orders by official receivers in cases they are handling.

We also secure remedies, including the institution of civil proceedings where this is in the public interest and we report allegations of criminality to prosecuting authorities (mainly to The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)

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