Bankruptcy and The Gazette
Details of all bankruptcies in the UK are also published in The Gazette. This is an official ‘newspaper of record’ that lists official notices. This information is available for free on The Gazette website.
All bankruptcies in the UK are also advertised in the paper version of The Gazette. Three versions of this are printed weekly, in London, Edinburgh and Belfast.
The paper shows the same information available online and looks like this.
The Gazette shows the same details as the Insolvency Register, and you can request that your address is hidden if this would put your personal safety at risk.
If bankruptcy is the most suitable debt solution for you don’t let The Gazette listing put you off.
You cannot prevent your details appearing in The Gazette and it will remain in their records permanently. Lenders use information on the credit reference agencies, rather than The Gazette, to decide if they will lend to you.
Bankruptcy order notices are available to be indexed by search engines for one year and three months after publication. After this point they are automatically blocked from appearing in search engine results and would only be available to view on The Gazette website. The Gazette privacy policy explains this fully.
Before going ahead with bankruptcy, you should get free and impartial debt advice. Use our online debt advice tool or contact us.