Administrative restoration of a dissolved company    

If a company fails to lodge accounts or Annual Returns then it will be dissolved by Companies House. 

This sometimes occurs when the company is still trading because it has not notified Companies House of a change of Registered Office, so warnings that documents are overdue have been sent to an out of date address.The company's assets then revert to the Crown (becoming 'bona vacantia'). The 2006 Companies Act brought in a simplified procedure for restoring a company called Administrative Restoration, which allows a company to carry on as if it had not been dissolved. We can arrange this for £500 plus VAT, excluding any fines due to Companies House for late filing.

If a company has been dissolved its own request, Adminstrative Restoration is not possible, but it can apply to the Treasury Solicitor's Office for recovery of any assets such as a bank account (up to £3000) which were not taken out before the company was dissolved. The Treasury Solicitor will not allow an application if Adminstrative Restoration is possible. We can quote costs if you require assistance with this.