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Distress signals and Watchlist

More than half of the companies that entered insolvency in August and September 2026 showed a warning sign at Companies House first. Notehurst watches for those signs, company by company, and tells you the morning one appears.

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Example: one company, one morning

  • Accounts now 3 months overdue, the first deadline it has missed
  • Confirmation statement overdue
  • Strike-off proposed by Companies House
  • Registered office moved to an insolvency practitioner's address

An illustration of how signals combine. Each one is a fact about the company from the public record, checked live before we send it.

The signals we watch

Accounts now three months lateChecked live at Companies House the day a company crosses the line, and strongest when its confirmation statement is overdue too.
Confirmation statement overdueA weaker signal on its own, a strong one alongside late accounts.
Strike-off proposedCompanies House has started the process of removing the company from the register.
Registered office moved to a practitionerWhere it happens, it typically shows days before the first Gazette notice.
New secured borrowingCharges registered by lenders, including invoice finance.
Insolvency noticesAny Gazette notice, from petition to appointment, linked to the same company.

Companies being struck off simply for not filing are kept out of the main list: most have already stopped trading. County Court Judgments may be added later. Signals about individual directors are deliberately left out: Notehurst works at company level only.

What the record showed, looking back

We took all 2,142 companies that entered liquidation or administration in The Gazette in August and September 2026 and checked what Companies House showed before their first notice.

55%showed at least one warning sign first.
3 in 4of the court-ordered liquidations showed one; half had accounts more than three months late.
1 in 3creditors' voluntary liquidations had an overdue confirmation statement.

This counts companies that did become insolvent. A warning sign is not a finding that a company is insolvent, and many companies with late filings never are.

Watchlist

Upload the companies you deal with. We check every one of them every morning.

  • Add customers, suppliers or clients by company number, or upload a list.
  • Each morning we check them all against Companies House and the Gazette.
  • You get an email only when something changes, with what changed and why it matters.
  • Add or remove companies in your portal at any time. No credit scores to interpret: just the facts, in plain English.

Who it's for

Credit control and finance teamsKnow when a customer starts to slip, before the invoice goes unpaid.
AccountantsSpot clients falling behind, and local businesses that need help now.
Insolvency practitionersEstablished companies showing the signs that came before many insolvencies, before any notice appears.

Early access

Distress signals and Watchlist are being finished now and tested on live data before the first customers start. Join early access and you'll be among the first to try it, with a free week first and the founding rate of £149 a month, locked.

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