Published: 30/05/2023 By Hannah Duncan
Here are the insolvency stats for April 2023, for the first time in 2023 we are seeing a drop in insolvencies.All the data is taken from the monthly stats created by the insolvency service.
The graph below shows the total number of company insolvencies each month since April 2019. It is split by the different type of insolvency, making it easier to see which type had the most cases.
As you can see creditors voluntary liquidations (CVL) still hold the largest portion of the total insolvencies for this month despite a large drop in numbers. However this is the first month we see a drop in the total number of insolvencies, with levels dropping to that similar to early 2022.

There were 1,685 registered company insolvencies in April 2023 in England & Wales
- 15% lower than in the same month a year ago (1,988 in April 2022)
- 31% lower than last month (2,457 in March 2023)
These figures are made up as follows:
Creditors Voluntary Liquidations = 1,368 - 23% lower than in April 2023
Compulsory liquidations = 183 - twice as high as in April 2022
Administrations = 122 - 8% higher than April 2022
Company Voluntary Arrangements = 12 - 20% higher than April 2022
Receivership = 0
Moratorium = the number remains at 43 between June 2020 & April 2023
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