Failures register

UK construction company failures

Larger UK construction businesses that went into administration or liquidation or made a formal arrangement with their creditors, taken from Companies House records. Each entry shows what happened and when, its last accounts, what it owed where the reports show it, and links to the official records.

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Companies in the register: 229
Failed in the last 12 months: 27

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Company	What happened	Date	Sector	Region
Alvstap	Creditors' voluntary liquidation	20 Dec 2023	Developer	Greater London
Henley Homes	Administration	9 Aug 2023	Housebuilder	Greater London
Claritas Group	Creditors' voluntary liquidation	20 Jun 2023	Main contractor	Greater London
Henry Construction Projects	Administration	8 Jun 2023	Main contractor	Greater London
Prime Care Solutions (Kingston)	Compulsory liquidation	24 May 2023	Main contractor	Greater London
Cosmur Construction (London)	Company voluntary arrangement	11 May 2023	Main contractor	Greater London
E.H. Allingham (Construction)	Company voluntary arrangement	3 May 2023	Main contractor	Greater London
MEC Design And Build	Compulsory liquidation	3 May 2023	Main contractor	Greater London
Henley Construct	Administration	14 Apr 2023	Main contractor	Greater London
ME Construction	Administration	23 Mar 2023	Main contractor	Greater London
Shapoorji Pallonji UK	Compulsory liquidation	1 Feb 2023	Main contractor	Greater London

The register covers companies filing full, group or medium-sized accounts before they failed, plus well-known failures. It is built from public records (Companies House and The Gazette, reused under the Open Government Licence) and does not include individuals or sole traders. Spotted an error? Tell us.