Claiming money or property from a dissolved company

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1. Overview

When a company is dissolved, all of its assets pass to the Crown and are legally known as 바카라 사이트˜bona vacantia바카라 사이트™ (ownerless property). Assets include:

  • property and land
  • mortgages
  • shares
  • intellectual property, for example trademarks, registered designs and patents

Claiming or buying assets

You may be able to claim money back or buy assets from the dissolved company by:

You can about the best way to claim back your money.

2. Get a court order to restore a company

You may be able to apply for a court order to restore a company if:

  • you did business with them
  • you worked for them
  • they owed you money when they were dissolved
  • you바카라 사이트™re responsible for their employee pension fund
  • you have a shared or competing interest in land
  • you were a shareholder or director when it was dissolved

You may be able to restore the company without a court order if you were a director or shareholder of a dissolved company.

How to apply

Download and fill in a claim to restore by court order (form N208) to apply for court order restoration in England and Wales.

HM Courts and Tribunals service has guidance notes on filling in form N208 if you need help.

Find the company바카라 사이트™s registered office and send your completed form to their nearest .

If you바카라 사이트™re not sure where to send the form then contact the .

You바카라 사이트™ll also need to include:

In Scotland

Apply to the if the initial value of the company바카라 사이트™s shares that have been paid for (바카라 사이트˜paid-up capital바카라 사이트™) is more than £120,000.

Apply to the for other companies.

You바카라 사이트™ll then have to serve a 바카라 사이트˜petition to restore바카라 사이트™ on the Registrar of Companies in Scotland, and any other bodies the court asks you to.

In Northern Ireland

Apply by serving an 바카라 사이트˜originating summons바카라 사이트™ on the Royal Courts of Justice:

Royal Courts of Justice
Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 3JY

You also need to send this to the Registrar of Companies, along with a witness statement in support of the application.

The Registrar of Companies
Companies House
Crown Way
Cardiff
CF14 3UZ

What happens next

If your claim is accepted, the court will issue an order to restore a company - you바카라 사이트™ll be sent this, and you must send it on to the Registrar of Companies. Once they have it they will restore the company.

You바카라 사이트™ll then need to take further action to try and get your money:

3. Buy a dissolved company's assets

You may be able to claim or buy an asset belonging to a dissolved company by asking the body representing the Crown. This is known as 바카라 사이트˜referring바카라 사이트™ an asset.

Who you ask depends on where the company was registered.

Anybody can refer an asset, for example if:

  • you바카라 사이트™re the leaseholder of a property where the company owned the freehold
  • you want to buy or are affected by land owned by the company
  • you want to buy other assets of the company like shares, trade marks or copyrights
  • you바카라 사이트™re a shareholder trying to get cash held by the company

How to refer an asset

The Treasury Solicitor looks after dissolved company assets in England and Wales (but not Cornwall or Lancashire).

Find out how to refer an asset to the Treasury Solicitor.

You can also write to:

바카라 사이트 Legal Department (BVD)
PO Box 2119
Croydon
CR90 9QU
United Kingdom

Other bodies that represent the Crown

Elsewhere, dissolved companies바카라 사이트™ assets are dealt with by:

  • in Cornwall and Lancashire -
  • in Scotland -
  • in Northern Ireland - phone or write to the Crown Solicitor바카라 사이트™s Office for Northern Ireland

Crown Solicitor바카라 사이트™s Office for Northern Ireland
Telephone: 028 9054 6037
Find out about call charges

Crown Solicitor
Royal Courts of Justice
Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 3JY

4. Apply for a discretionary grant

You may be able to get back a dissolved company바카라 사이트™s assets if you were one of its shareholders.

How to apply

In England and Wales (but not Cornwall or Lancashire) you must apply to the 바카라 사이트 Legal Department.

How you apply depends on whether the company can be restored or not.

The 바카라 사이트 Legal Department has guidance on what you should do if:

바카라 사이트 Legal Department
bvcbt@governmentlegal.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 7210 4700
Find out about call charges

Companies in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Cornwall and Lancashire

Property owned by dissolved companies is dealt with:

  • in Cornwall and Lancashire -
  • in Scotland -
  • in Northern Ireland - the Crown Solicitor바카라 사이트™s Office for Northern Ireland

Crown Solicitor바카라 사이트™s Office for Northern Ireland
Telephone: 028 9054 6037
Find out about call charges

Crown Solicitor
Royal Courts of Justice
Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 3JY