What happens when a company is struck off or dissolved?
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If a limited company has been removed (struck off or dissolved under section 652 of the Companies Act 1985) from the Register at Companies House it forfeits its assets and they pass (deemed to be bon vacantia) to the either The Crown, The Duchies of Lancaster or Cornwall.
If you trade prior to being restored to the Register there can be serious legal repercussions, including personal liability for "company" debts and a host of contractual and other legal issues.
The only way a struck off or dissolved UK limited company can release these frozen assets is by way of an application to the Treasury solicitor and the Registrar of Companies within sections 651, 652 and 653 of the Companies Act 1985, for a company restoration.
The name of the dissolved company becomes free for use in a new company incorporation. You may have to change the name of your company as part of the application to restore to the register if somebody else has formed a new company using the name.