What suppliers get back when a customer goes under

• Nothing expected or paid
• A figure above nil
• Return not stated

Case by case

Median is in pence in the pound across the documents that state a return, including those that say nothing.

Before you rely on a figure

• A figure appears only when the document states it, in pence in the pound, as a percentage dividend, or as a statement that unsecured creditors will receive or received nothing. We never work one out from the totals.
• An estimate in administrators' proposals or a progress report can change as assets are sold and claims are agreed. A liquidator's final account states what was actually paid.
• The figure is for unsecured creditors as a class. What one supplier receives depends on its own agreed claim.
• Many documents are scanned. Those are read from the page images, and the company page says so and quotes the words used.
• Medians by sector and region are shown only where there are five or more figures, and a range such as 2p to 5p counts at its midpoint.

How the tracker works

Source: filings at Companies House (Open Government Licence v3.0). Updated 5 November 2026.