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
Brymor Group Southern	Company voluntary arrangement	18 Dec 2023	Housebuilder	South East England
Real SWPart of Real	Creditors' voluntary liquidation	13 Nov 2023	Developer	South East England
Real PlacesPart of Real	Creditors' voluntary liquidation	9 Nov 2023	Housebuilder	South East England
Real LSEPart of Real	Administration	7 Nov 2023	Developer	South East England
Appletree Farm Cressing	Administration	5 Oct 2023	Developer	South East England
InlandPart of Inland	Administration	5 Oct 2023	Developer	South East England
Inland (STB)Part of Inland	Administration	5 Oct 2023	Developer	South East England
Inland PartnershipsPart of Inland	Administration	5 Oct 2023	Housebuilder	South East England
Inland HomesPart of Inland	Administration	4 Oct 2023	Housebuilder	South East England
Michael J. Lonsdale	Administration	2 Oct 2023	Specialist trade	South East England
Westridge Construction	Administration	15 Sept 2023	Main contractor	South East England
Buckingham Group Contracting	Administration	4 Sept 2023	Main contractor	South East England
R&W Civil Engineering	Administration	24 Jul 2023	Civil engineering	South East England

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.