What is the Gazette?

The Gazette is the UK’s official public record, publishing legally significant notices about people and companies. It is an important source of information for identifying early signs of financial distress and insolvency.

The three UK Gazettes

The Gazette is the combined name for three official journals of record: The London Gazette, The Edinburgh Gazette and The Belfast Gazette. Together, they form the government’s authoritative platform for publishing statutory and other formal notices that must be placed in the public domain.

Although published as separate editions, these are collectively referred to as “The Gazette” and are accessible through a single online service.

As a publication, The Gazette consists largely of statutory notices. This means that there is some form of legal requirement for the notice placer to advertise an event or proposal in The Gazette. There are over 450 different types of notice that are advertised in The Gazette, including detrimental events such as winding-up petitions, attention to appointing administrators, and declarations of insolvency. By incorporating Gazette data into monitoring and decision‑making, you are able to gain a clearer, legally grounded view of a company’s current status and potential insolvency risk.