Bankruptcy and The Gazette
Details of all bankruptcies in the UK are published in The Gazette.
- The Gazette is a ‘newspaper of record’
- It lists official notices
- This information is available for free on the Gazette website
All bankruptcies in the UK are also advertised in the paper and online versions of The Gazette.
The online version looks like this.
There are three weekly print versions:
The Gazette shows the same details as the Insolvency Register. Ask them to keep your address hidden if it would put your personal safety at risk.
You cannot stop your details appearing in the Gazette.
It remains in their records permanently.
Do not let the Gazette listing put you off.
- It is not likely that anyone you know would find this information by mistake
- Lenders use information from 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.
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