Insolvency Service

The Insolvency Service
Agency overview
TypeExecutive agency
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Employees1,700
Agency executive
  • Dean Beale, Chief Executive
Parent departmentDepartment for Business and Trade
Websitegov.uk/insolvency-service

The Insolvency Service is an executive agency of the Department for Business and Trade with headquarters in London. It has around 1,700 staff, operating from 22 locations across the UK.

The Insolvency Service administers compulsory company liquidations and personal bankruptcies and deals with misconduct through investigation of companies and enforcement. It also makes redundancy payments in cases where a company is insolvent.[1]

  1. ^ "About us". GOV.UK. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2019.