Insolvency Service

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The Insolvency Service

Agency overview
Type	Executive agency
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Employees	1,700
Agency executive	Dean Beale, Chief Executive
Parent department	Department for Business and Trade
Website	gov.uk/insolvency-service

The Insolvency Service is an executive agency of the Department for Business and Trade with headquarters in London. It has around 1,700 staff, operating from 22 locations across Great Britain.

The Insolvency Service administers compulsory company liquidations and personal bankruptcies and deals with misconduct through investigation of companies and enforcement. It also makes redundancy payments in cases where a company is insolvent.^[1]