Part 31 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) provides two ways for a company to be struck off the register of companies and dissolved:
voluntarily, on application by the company, and
pursuant to the powers of the Registrar of Companies
Any company, whether public or private, can apply to the Registrar of Companies to be struck off the register of companies and dissolved.
A company cannot make an application to be struck off and dissolved if at any time in the previous three months, the company has:
changed its name
traded or otherwise carried on business
made a disposal for value of property or rights that, immediately before ceasing to trade or otherwise carry on business, it held for the purpose of disposal for gain in the normal course of trading or business, or
engaged in any other activity (subject to certain statutory exceptions)
Once the application has been made, a notice of the proposed striking off is published to give interested parties an opportunity to object. If there are no objections
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