Companies House to pause voluntary and compulsory strike off processes for one month

In case you see this headline: don’t worry.  You can still submit voluntary applications, but they aren’t publishing Gazette notices / delaying the final strike off for a month.

Extract from Gov.uk:

“We’ve temporarily paused our voluntary and compulsory strike off processes for one month from 21 January until 21 February 2021.

We’ll continue to publish first Gazette notices for voluntary strike off applications to minimise the impact on those who have applied to close their company – but we will not be publishing the second Gazette notice and striking companies off during this period. For companies on the compulsory strike off path, we will not be publishing first and second Gazette notices.

Pausing our strike off processes will provide companies with more time to update their records and help them avoid being struck off the register. It’ll also protect creditors and other interested parties who might have had difficulties in receiving notices or registering an objection, or whose objections have not yet been processed.”

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