Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Latest monthly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvencies increased by 3% when compared to February 2026 and 30% higher than in March 2025, totalling 12,252 personal insolvencies The insolvencies consisted of 654 bankruptcies, 4,523 debt relief orders (DROs) and 7,075 individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs). T The 7,075 IVAs registered…
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Latest monthly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvencies increased by 18% when compared to February 2025 and 6% higher than in January 2026, totalling 11,609 insolvencies. The personal insolvency data consisted of 768 bankruptcies, 4,210 debt relief orders (DROs) and 6,631 individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs). The 6,631 IVAs registered…
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Latest monthly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvencies increased by 12% in January 2026 compared to January 2025, rising to 10,843 from 9,644. Personal insolvencies were 20% lower in December 2025 compared to January 2026, when numbers were affected by a temporary backlog. The personal insolvency data consisted…
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Latest data from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales has shown that personal insolvencies increased by 7% in 2025 when compared to 2024, rising to 126,240 from 117,958 in 2042 The annual number of IVAs in 2025 was 7% higher than in 2024, but remained lower than the record high annual numbers between 2019…
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Latest monthly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvencies decreased by 12% in November 2025 to a total of 9,343 compared to the October 2025 figure of 10,612. The Insolvency Service moved to a new case management system on 1st November 2025. As a result, there was a…
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Latest monthly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvencies decreased by 4% in October 2025 to a total of 10,552 individuals. The figures were 4% lower than in September 2025 and 14% higher than in October 2024. The insolvencies consisted of 599 bankruptcies, 3,846 debt relief orders (DROs)…
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Latest Accountant in Bankruptcy data has shown that personal insolvencies in Scotland decreased by 8% to 1,780 in 2025-26 Quarter 2 (Q1), down from 1,935 in Q1 and a decrease of 113 (6%) compared with 2024-25 Q2. There was a significant reduction in the number of Protected Trust Deeds (PTD) and a small reduction in…
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Latest monthly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvencies decreased by 3% in September 2025 to a total of 11,101 compared to the August 2025 figure of 11,387 and increased by 7% compared to the September 2024 figure of 10,401. The personal insolvencies consisted of 622 bankruptcies, 3,985…
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Latest monthly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvency figures increased by 6.8% in August 2025 to a total of 11,348 compared to July 2025’s total of 10,624, and increased by 16.1% compared to August 2024’s figure of 9,778. In August 2025, 11,348 entered insolvency in England and…
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Latest monthly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvency figures rose slightly in July when compared to last month and to July 2024. Personal insolvencies increased by 1.8% in July 2025 to a total of 10,515 compared to June 2025’s total of 10,328, and slightly increased by 0.3%…
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Latest Accountant in Bankruptcy figures have shown that personal insolvency numbers (bankruptcies and protected trust deeds) in Scotland for Q1 2025-2026 decreased by 5.8% compared with Q1 2024-2025, to a total of 1,935. The number of personal insolvencies (bankruptcies and protected trust deeds) in Scotland for Q1 2025-2026 increased by 15.8% compared with the previous…
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Latest monthly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvency figures increased by 1.6% in June 2025 to a total of 10,279 compared to May 2025’s total of 10,113, and slightly decreased by 0.7% compared to June 2024’s figure of 10,356. In June 2025, 10,279 individuals entered insolvency in England…
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Latest monthly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvencies decreased by 0.5% in May 2025 to a total of 10,014 compared to April 2025’s total of 10,060, and increased by 5.5% compared to May 2024’s figure of 9,493. The personal insolvencies consisted of 648 bankruptcies, 3,783 debt relief orders…
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