Companies House to resume compulsory strike-off process in October

In April 2020, Companies House introduced temporary easement measures in response to coronavirus (COVID-19) and has been reviewing the measures each month.

Following its latest review, the temporary measure to suspend compulsory strike-off action will be lifted.

From 10th October,  the process to remove a company from the register if there’s reasonable cause to believe it’s no longer carrying on business or in operation will continue.

This includes:

• company documents are outstanding, and we’ve had no response to our letters
• letters sent by Companies House are returned undelivered
• the company has no directors

Companies that do not file their annual accounts or confirmation statement will normally receive two letters from Companies House. A notice is then published in the Gazette to tell the public that the registrar intends to strike off the company.

When compulsory strike-off action resumes from 10th October – if there are no objections to dissolution and the two month period from the publication of the Gazette notice has expired,  a company will be struck off shortly afterwards.