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If your company has been struck off by Companies House, we can help restore it. Continue trading, regain control of assets, or put historic matters right. We handle the entire process for you—quickly, clearly, and at an affordable price.
Administrative Restoration allows certain dissolved companies to be restored to the register provided they meet the legal eligibility criteria. In most cases, this must be done within six years of the strike-off date, and involves filing outstanding documents, paying any penalties, and resolving Companies House queries.
When a UK company is dissolved, any remaining assets including bank balances and property are automatically passed to the Crown as bona vacantia (ownerless goods/assets/property).
If assets need to be recovered, additional documentation and approvals are required. We'll guide you through this and handle the formalities for you.
Reviews eligibility and advises on the best route forward for your specific situation.
Completes all documentation correctly—no errors, no delays, filed right the first time.
Handles all communication with Companies House so you don't have to navigate the process alone.
Keeps you informed at every step with full transparency and progress reports.
Works quickly and efficiently to minimize delays and stress throughout restoration.
Transparent pricing with no hidden fees—professional service at an affordable rate.
Administrative restoration is the process of restoring a company that was stuck off the register by Companies House via compulsory strike off. Once restored, the company is treated as if it had never been dissolved.
Administrative restoration is usually simpler and cheaper and applies when a company was struck off by Companies House.
Court restoration is required where administrative restoration is not available, such as voluntary strike-off or older dissolutions.
Normally, a former director or shareholder (member) of the company can apply to restore a dissolved company.
In most cases, a company can be restored up to six years from the date it was struck off.
Companies dissolved by a voluntary strike off cannot be restored using administrative restoration. In such cases court restoration is required instead.
Yes. A company may be restored if it was trading or otherwise “in operation”, which can include being dormant.
Yes. The company is treated as though it had never been dissolved but all overdue filings and penalties still need to be dealt with.
Timescales for restoration vary, but administrative restoration typically takes 4-12 weeks, depending on Companies House processing times and the accuracy of the documents.
We require ID documents for the applicant director or shareholder. For our ID guide see here. Our team may request additional documents if required.
Yes. Companies House will notify HMRC automatically, but you may still need to deal with any outstanding tax matters with HMRC directly.
Yes. Any statutory late filing penalties remain payable and must usually be settled as part of the restoration process. This usually includes late filling penalties for Annual Accounts. Standard late filling penalties can be checked here.
In most cases, yes. Funds that passed to the Crown as bona vacantia can usually be released once the company is restored. The process may differ depending on the bank and the circumstances of the case.
A company must provide alternate company names while making the restoration application. Companies House would use & allocate to your company one of the alternative names provided in the application if the original name is not available anymore.
Yes. Your original company number is permanently linked to the company and will be reinstated on restoration.
Our fees (inc. government fees) are non-refundable once the application is submitted to Companies House even if you decide not to pursue the restoration midway through the process.
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