Bankrupt but now got more problems to worry about

dazzer1_2

Hi

I would be grateful for some advice.

I went bankrupt in April of this year, due mainly to pre divorce debt and then the divorce itself.

A year or so prior to going bankrupt I was looking at going Ltd Company to maximise the advantages this may have brought and therefore to maximise income.

This Ltd Company was being provided by a company that previously specialised in Composite companies, but now trade more under managing accountants and small business administrators. (For this thread I won't mention the company's name).The arrangement was for them to take commission monthly to administer the company.

I decided late on not to proceed with this Ltd company and decided to take PAYE staff employment with a local employer.

To my horror this morning I have received a letter from Companies House that they wish to remind me that my company accounts are due.

As I mentioned above I cancelled this arrangement, but unfortunately it looks like the registration went through to Company's House anyway.

So it looks like on paper I am a director of a company which I thought was never formally started as it was no longer required.

I have checked with the company who set this up, and they confirm that income / outgoings are nil against this company that they had set up, to ensure I had no other surprises, and as far as they are concerned I was no longer a client when I cancelled the arrangement.

I have contacted Company's House and I am to return a 652A form.To remove this from the register.

I am panicking now about how the Official Receiver would view this.

This is a genuine error.

Back to sleepless nights again.

Any advice appreciated.

Thank you

Dazzer

DON79

Hi, i do not know whether the OR has ways and means of finding this sort of thing out so you could either:

a) keep quiet and only explain it if he brings it up and advise it was a genuine mistake and keep all associated paperwork to prove this.

or

b) call him and tell him straight out.

either way, if you are honest with him and that is an obvious mistake, you should hopefully have nothing to worry about.

sorry, not an expert on these things.

Merry_Gentry

If I was you, I would contact the OR and explain exactly what you have said here. It seems to be a genuine error.

fiveyearplan

Did you tell Companies House you are bankrupt and cannot act on behalf of the company?

dazzer1_2

Hi five year

I told them that the company had been setup in error and should be shutdown / removed. They sent me out the 652A form.
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Dazzer

Bailesy27

Don't worry, I would keep quiete, these government bodies never communicate with each other and you can always pleade ignorance.

So_Sad_Angel

Hi Dazzer,

The key thing here is that you have not conducted business in that role. In good faith you believed that the request to dissolve the said company had been processed & as a result you were unaware of the resulting oversight on the part of Companies House.

Besides which....does Companys House not check the IS regisiter??? my understanding is that they do but all processing must have crossed at the same time.

I would put the OR in the picture..say you have recvd the accounts request & were totally unaware of situation. Guess the OR should have checked Companies House register anyway!!

HTH