Monthly Insolvency Statistics: January 2025

After seasonal adjustment, 1,971 companies became insolvent in January 2025, up 6% from December 2024 and 11% from January 2024. After three years, the average absolute change between consecutive months has been 12%. After declining in the early 2000s, company insolvencies soared during the 2008-09 crisis. Government support measures during the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020…

Byju’s insolvency: Brothers move court to keep creditors away from ₹158 cr settlement

The suspended directors of embattled edtech firm Byju’s have approached the bankruptcy appeals court to prevent its creditors from deciding on a ₹158 crore settlement with India’s cricket board. Byju’s Committee of Creditors (CoC) includes opposing lenders US-based Glas Trust Llc. and Aditya Birla Finance. Riju Raveendran, a former director of Byju’s and younger brother of founder…

Business insolvencies increase by 6%

Latest figures from the Insolvency Service have shown that the number of registered business insolvencies in England and Wales in January 2025 was 1,971, 6% higher than in December 2024 (1,852) and 11% higher than the same month in the previous year (1,780). The business insolvencies consisted of 269 compulsory liquidations, 1,546 creditors’ voluntary liquidations…