FAQs → Who can apply to have a company restored to the register?
Unless a company is administratively restored to the register, the Registrar can only restore a company if he receives a Court Order.
Who can apply to the Court to restore a company to the register?
Generally, any of the following may make an application for restoration:
- any former director, member, creditor or liquidator;
- any person who had a contractual relationship with the company or who had a potential legal claim against the company;
- any person who had an interest in land or property in which the company also had an interest, right or obligation;
- any manager or trustee of the company's former employees' pension fund;
- any other person who appears to the Court to have an interest in the matter.
Except in the case of a personal injury the application for restoration must be made within six years of the date of dissolution of the company.
However, there are some transitional arrangements if a company was struck off under section 652 or 652A of the Companies Act 1985. An application may be made at any time before:
a) 1 October 2015 (six years after commencement of the provisions of the Companies Act 2006); or
b) the expiration of the period of twenty years from publication in the London Gazette of notice under the relevant section whichever occurs first
For the purposes of bringing a claim for damages for personal injury, you may make an application for restoration at any time, but the Court does not have to make an order for restoration if it believes that the claim would fail due to legal time limits placed on it.
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