Guidance

Strike off of an inactive company

When the Registrar of Companies has reasonable cause to believe that a company does not carry out any business or is in operation, he may send to the registered office of the company a letter by post.

In the event that the company does not respond within one (1) month from the date of that letter, the Registrar will send a second letter to the company within fourteen (14) days, by which a further deadline of one (1) month will be given to respond.

If the company omits to respond within the specifiedtimeline , the Registrar of Companies will proceed with the publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic, of a notice that three (3) months from the publication date, the company will be struck off the companies register.

Following the expiration of the period of three (3) months from the date of publication and, providing that no objection to the company’s strike off is filed, the company is struck off the companies register, the act is published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cyprus and, the status of the company on the register is updated.