Around 22 National Car Parks locations are due to shut their doors today, mere days after the business revealed it had gone into administration.
The parking operator, which traces its roots back to 1931 and falls under Japanese parent company Park24, confirmed last week that it had appointed administrators after failing to overcome what it described as a difficult trading landscape. The move places approximately 682 positions throughout Britain in jeopardy.
NCP, which operates roughly 340 facilities across the country, has now notified property owners and staff that two dozen sites cannot be maintained on a commercially sustainable basis. These particular car parks will cease operations permanently at 11.59pm on Friday March 27.
The locations scheduled to shut today are: Ashford County Square, Ashton-un-Lyne Cotton Street, Banbury Marlborough Road, Bexley Royal Oak Road, Birmingham Gough Street, Bournemouth Hinton Road, Bristol Nelson Street, Bromley Travelodge, Cardiff Dumfries Place, Eastbourne Trinity Place, Exeter Market Street, Grantham Station 1 through 3, Hinckley Britannia Shopping Centre, Ipswich Portman Road, Leicester Abbey Street, Leicester East Street, Leicester Lee Circle, Leicester Rutland Centre, London Harley Street, London Kings Cross St Pancras, London Knightsbridge, and Luton Regent Street.
The other 318 NCP car parks scattered across Britain will continue trading as normal.
An NCP representative stated that on Monday March 16, 2026, Zelf Hussain, Rachael Wilkinson and Toby Banfield from PwC were appointed as Joint Administrators of National Car Parks Limited. Following an early review of the business, the joint administrators identified 22 sites that lack commercial viability, meaning they will no longer serve customers from 11:59pm on March 27. Regrettably, as a consequence of these site closures, 33 staff members will lose their positions on March 31. They will receive assistance through the statutory redundancy payments procedure. The remaining 318 car parks continue to operate and no additional sites have been flagged for closure at this stage.
When a business enters administration, it signals that the organisation can no longer meet its financial commitments and obligations, according to SquareUp.com.
Companies House explains that entering administration is a formal legal procedure under the Insolvency Act 1986, undertaken with the goal of accomplishing one of the statutory purposes of administration. This may involve rescuing a struggling but viable enterprise that faces insolvency due to cashflow difficulties. An administrator, who must be a licensed insolvency practitioner, is appointed either by directors, a creditor, or the court to oversee the administration process.
Once administration begins, a statutory freeze period is imposed, providing what is effectively a temporary reprieve to enable financial restructuring strategies to be developed without interference from creditors seeking repayment.
A business may continue operating during administration, though day-to-day management and oversight transfers to the appointed administrators.
Companies House adds that within eight weeks, administrators are responsible for developing administration proposals. Creditors are subsequently invited to participate in a decision procedure to vote on whether to accept these proposals. If the administration involves selling the entire business or a portion of it, any proceeds remaining after deducting procedure costs are distributed to creditors according to a legally mandated order of priority.
Administration concludes automatically after twelve months unless the administrator applies to the court or creditors for an extension.
Through administration, a business may be restored to its directors, enter liquidation, or be wound up entirely.