UK Company Struck Off? Administrative Restoration Step-by-Step

There are two paths back onto the Companies House register, and which one applies depends on how your company was dissolved. Administrative restoration — the simpler, faster route — is only available if the Registrar struck the company off compulsorily (for missed filings) rather than the directors applying for voluntary strike-off themselves. If your company was voluntarily struck off via Form DS01, you'll need a court order to restore it instead — a separate, more involved legal process.

You can apply for administrative restoration if you were a director or shareholder of the company, it was struck off and dissolved by the Registrar within the last 6 years, and the company was actually trading at the time it was dissolved. That 6-year window is firm — after it closes, restoration requires a different, more complex legal route.

The application package has several required components, all of which need to be assembled together:

Once the Registrar restores the company, it's legally treated as if it had continued in existence the entire time — never dissolved or struck off. This matters practically: it's what allows frozen bank accounts, pending contracts, and the company's legal standing to be reinstated rather than requiring you to start over with a new entity.

Every month a company remains dissolved is a month its bank accounts stay frozen and its contracts remain in legal limbo. The required outstanding filings also don't shrink while you wait — if anything, additional Confirmation Statement or Accounts deadlines may pass during the delay, adding more documents and penalties to the eventual restoration package.

HynoGo's UK Company Restoration service prepares and files the RT01 application, assembles the outstanding Confirmation Statements and Accounts your restoration requires, and sets up ongoing registered office and filing-reminder coverage afterward so your company doesn't end up back in the same position.