Strike off a company from the register (DS01)
Use this service to apply to strike off a company from the Companies House register. It costs 拢33 to apply online, or 拢44 for a paper application.
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Important: before you apply to strike off your company
You have certain responsibilities to close down your business properly.
The company鈥檚 bank account will be frozen from the date of dissolution.
Any credit balance in the account and other assets will pass to the Crown - you鈥檒l have to restore the company to get anything back.
See our guidance on company strike off and dissolution.
How to apply
You should only send a paper form DS01 if you cannot .
It costs 拢33 to apply online. You can pay the fee using a debit or credit card.
A paper application costs 拢44 and you can only pay by cheque or postal order.
It usually takes much longer to process paper documents sent by post.
Updates to this page
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Fees updated.
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Removal of online DS01 link
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Service link updated.
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Online dissolution option made available
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DS01 updated to version 7
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Checklist guidance added to the page
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First published.