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
Carillion MenaPart of Carillion	Compulsory liquidation	18 Jun 2018	Main contractor	West Midlands
Churchward	Compulsory liquidation	24 Apr 2018	Main contractor	West Midlands
Carillion SwindonPart of Carillion	Compulsory liquidation	23 Apr 2018	Main contractor	West Midlands
Carillion JMPart of Carillion	Compulsory liquidation	9 Feb 2018	Main contractor	West Midlands
Carillion Utility ServicesPart of Carillion	Compulsory liquidation	26 Jan 2018	Main contractor	West Midlands
Carillion AM GovernmentPart of Carillion	Compulsory liquidation	26 Jan 2018	Main contractor	West Midlands
Carillion LGSPart of Carillion	Compulsory liquidation	24 Jan 2018	Civil engineering	West Midlands
Carillion Services 2006Part of Carillion	Compulsory liquidation	15 Jan 2018	Main contractor	West Midlands
Carillion ConstructionPart of Carillion	Compulsory liquidation	15 Jan 2018	Main contractor	West Midlands
CarillionPart of Carillion	Compulsory liquidation	15 Jan 2018	Main contractor	West Midlands

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.