by Paul Brindley | Apr 23, 2025 | Advice to Directors
A company legally ceases to exist when it is dissolved or struck off the register at Companies House by the Registrar of Companies. One of the simplest and most cost-effective ways to close a company—particularly one that is no longer trading and has minimal assets—is...
by Paul Brindley | May 13, 2021 | Advice to Directors, Alternatives to formal insolvency, CVLs, Upsettable Transactions
You may have heard in the press about the Bill passing through parliament to hold directors of dissolved companies to account – There’s been quite a bit of scaremongering about it. So let’s put the record straight… The Bill is...
by Paul Brindley | Feb 28, 2021 | Administration, Advice to Directors, Alternatives to formal insolvency, Ethics & Regulation
Simply striking a company off can be a great route for directors to shut a limited company… in the right circumstances. A few months ago, Companies House temporarily stopped striking companies off, whether on an application by the directors or by Companies...
