Who can apply to have a company struck off the register?
A limited company can request to be dissolved providing that it meets all of the following requirements: • Not traded within the last 3 months • Not changed the company name within the last 3 months • Is not subject to any legal proceedings, current or proposed • Has not made a disposal for value of property or rights If all of the criteria are met the company can complete a Striking Off application (form DSO1) to Companies House. A copy must also be sent to interested parties HM Revenue & Customs, employees, creditors, etc. within a week of submitting the application for example. When the application has been accepted a notice will be placed in the relevant Gazette giving at least 3 months notice of the intent to remove the company. If an objection ( see below) by an interested party is upheld the action to close the company will be suspended. A company may be voluntarily closed, if it cannot pay its creditors or by order of the court on the petition of a creditor.
