Company Struck off and Dissolved - I'm Owed Money

Noospheric

I have a CCJ against a company that has recently been struck off and dissolved.

I was expecting there to be a period where I could make myself known as a creditor but I didn't get the chance. I had been checking Companies House every few weeks.

Because it was Companies House that struck the company off, does that mean there isn't a chance for creditors to come forward?

Are there any other ways for me to attempt to recover this money?

Thank you

shikoku

Which company was it? Or at least what type of company was it if you do not want to name them.

Noospheric

A limited company.

Annisele

Are you certain that the company has been struck off already? Usually Companies House will show the company's status as "Active - Proposal to strike off" for quite some time before it actually gets dissolved.

As you've posted on the employment board, is the debt related to employment in some way? There might be other avenues you can take if it relates to unpaid wages.

Noospheric

Yes, the company has dissolved. They did have a status of "Proposal to strike off". Was I meant to acted then?

The debt does relate to employment and unpaid wages. I have been through the Fast Track Scheme and had a High Court Enforcement Officer visit the company several times but they weren't able to get anything.

They also attempted to recover assets from the managing director personally but as it was a LTD company he can't be held liable.

Annisele

The Redundancy Payments Service might be able to help (see towards the end of this).

If the company is in administration, then the registered address on Companies House will have changed to the address of the administrators - so it will say something like ABC Ltd c/o XYZ Accountants LLP. If that's the case, you should tell the administrators that you're a creditor.

Noospheric

Thank you. Will look into that.

inmypocketnottheirs

TBH I think you will be wasting your time, and possibly throwing good money after bad. If the company has no money, it is akin to getting blood out of a stone. My advice, move on.

Noospheric

I spoke to the Redundancy Payments Service and because the company is not officially insolvent and I'm owed arrears of pay rather than redundancy money that's not much I can do.

I could have applied for them to become insolvent but apparently that costs a lot.

I guess I'll just have to give up. Ltd companies are too well protected, I've put countless hours into this and the company have had to do hardly anything other than cheat their way out of it. There's no justice.