If a Limited Company does not file its annual return can it be struck off even if it still has employees and creditors and is effectively still trading
If there are creditors of the company they can lodge an objection to the strike off which would suspend the action (not kill it) but of course they had to know about it to object to it in the first place!
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Has Companies House started the process yet? If it's just the severe warning that's been received you can still file the annual return and that will stop the process. If the process has been started but is still at Gazette stage I would ring Companies House and see if a return can still be filed and the process cancelled.
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John
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Yes Companies House have filed in the Gazzete My question is in response to an enquiry from an employee of the company, that despite reminders does not seem to want to file annual return. The employees are worried that if the company is struck off they will not be able to claim statutory redundancy owed to them.
As an employee, owed money, that person can object to the strike off notice. Better still if a few of them get together and put in an objection as soon as possible, giving due regard for the deadlines.
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Joanne
Winner of Bookkeeper of the Year 2015, 2016 & 2017
Thoughts are my own/not to be regarded as official advice,which should be sought from a suitably qualified Accountant.
You should check out answers with reference to the legal position
