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Credit teams know the familiar pattern: supplier debt starts stretching before everything else follows.
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Credit teams know the familiar pattern: supplier debt starts stretching before everything else follows. This week, the filings point to a quieter problem: director-loan balances rising faster than trade debt. In Companies House filings, 50 companies met our capital-bleed test by 21 July 2026, with a mean siphon-risk score of 0.90.
Run a full forensic check on any UK company. recoup-iq.tech/forensic-report (£167) It is a governance and recoverability question. If money is pulled through director accounts before supplier stress shows, unsecured creditors can be left behind once a formal process starts.
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Public records show financial distress weeks before credit rating agencies update. Select your situation to see the specific legal risks and what to verify before funds or work leave your hands:
Trigger: Your invoice is 7 to 30 days overdue. Emails are bouncing or promises to pay keep slipping.
High Court winding-up petitions are presented 14 to 30 days before public registers show liquidation. Once a winding-up order is made, trade creditors recover an average of £0.02 on the pound.
Verify live London Gazette winding-up notices, active strike-off proposals, and debenture registrations before you lose statutory priority.
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