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Guidance

Notify the Rural Payments Agency about an insolvency

Use this online service to notify the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) about a personal or corporate insolvency.

Applies to England

You can also use this service for certain solvent business closure processes, including members voluntary liquidation (MVL), or voluntary strike off.

Before you start

You’ll need to provide:

  • the insolvency type
  • contact details of the person making the notification
  • contact details for the business or individual
  • a date of birth if you’re notifying the RPA about a bankruptcy or Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA)
  • contact details of the insolvency practitioners and their appointment date

To help us identify you or the business on our system, you can choose to provide the single business identifier (SBI), customer reference number (CRN) or vendor number.

You can save and return to this form at any time. Most notifications take around 10 minutes to complete.

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After you notify

If we need more information after you submit the form, we’ll contact the person whose details you provided.

Get help

To get help, or if you prefer to speak to someone to report insolvency, phone the RPA on:

03000 200 301
Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5pm, except bank holidays

Find out about call charges

Data protection  

For information on how we handle personal data, read our personal information charter.

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Update history

2026-10-08 15:25
First published.