Insolvency practitioner directory

On 24 September 2026 the Insolvency Service register listed 1,413 insolvency practitioners, and every one of them is in this directory with their firm, town, IP number and the professional body that licenses them. Search by name, firm, town or postcode, then open the official record for contact details. The register only includes practitioners who have agreed to be listed, so someone missing here may still be licensed; ask for their IP number and check with their authorising body. Nobody pays us to appear on this list, and a listing is not a recommendation. Insolvency Service, Find an insolvency practitioner

Data as of: the Find an insolvency practitioner service, read in full on 24 September 2026 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0 · 1,413 practitioners, 500 firms, 231 towns.

Who licenses insolvency practitioners

Practitioners are authorised by a recognised professional body, which sets the rules they work to and handles complaints about them. The register shows one practitioner authorised by the Secretary of State instead. The body shown on each listing is the one the register names. If you are unhappy with a practitioner, you complain to them first and then, if their answer does not settle it, to their authorising body; the Insolvency Service can help you make the complaint, and it normally has to be about something that happened in the last 3 years (gov.uk guidance). You need to know which body licenses them, which is why it is on every listing below.

Where the practitioners are

405 of the 1,413 listed practitioners, 28.7%, give a London address, which reflects where the large accountancy and restructuring firms have their insolvency teams. For a small company outside London that may matter less than it sounds. Much of the work can be done remotely, and since April 2017 in England and Wales (April 2019 in Scotland) creditors' decisions are not taken at a physical meeting unless at least 10% of creditors by value or by number, or 10 creditors, ask for one (Insolvency Act 1986 s246ZE). The town is the one on the practitioner's listed office address, so a firm with several offices can appear under one town only.

Firms with the most listed practitioners

The 1,413 practitioners work at 500 firms. 308 of those firms have a single listed practitioner, so most firms on the register are small practices, even though the largest firms list dozens of practitioners each. Size tells you little about fit: a large firm is set up for complex administrations, while a small practice may be the more natural choice for a straightforward liquidation. What matters is the fee quote in writing, the scope it covers and whether they look at every option, including ones that earn them nothing.

A worked example: finding practitioners near you

Say your company trades from Manchester. Searching the directory for "Manchester" returns 105 practitioners at 46 firms, licensed by ICAEW, IPA, Secretary of State. From there, the checks that matter before you sign anything are:

1. Ask the practitioner for their IP number and check it matches the name on their listing here and on the official record.
2. Open the official record from the link on their name. It shows their office address, telephone, email and authorising body.
3. If they are not on the register, ask which body licenses them and check with that body directly. The register only lists practitioners who agree to be listed.
4. Get the fee, and what it covers, in writing before you agree to anything. Our liquidation cost calculator shows what a typical CVL costs.

Every listed practitioner, A to Z by surname

Each name links to the practitioner's official record on the Insolvency Service register. The letters group practitioners by the last word of their name as the register gives it.

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