DS01 (voluntary strike-off)

Form DS01 is the application to strike a company off the Companies Register, which dissolves it. It must be signed by a majority of the company’s directors¹. It costs £13 online or £18 on paper².

Why it matters

It is usually the simplest way to close a company that can pay its bills, but only if, in the last 3 months, the company hasn’t traded, sold off stock or changed its name, and it isn’t threatened with liquidation. A copy must go to shareholders, creditors, employees and others within 7 days. Anything the company still owns when it is dissolved passes to the Crown¹.

To cancel the application, use form DS02¹. Compare the routes in the ways to close a limited company, or close a limited company with Fileyear.