My address is receiving bankruptcy notices for company of previous owners.

mjkipling

We bought a house a 18 months ago.
The previous owners had a company registered at the address, which we were told had been dissolved.
However, this is not the case, and we have received a demand for payment/bankruptcy notice, for this company today. It was posted through the letterbox - no-one was in when the Sheriff Officers visited.
We have previously written to the previous owner, to ask them to change the address at Companies House, but this has not been done.

This will be under Scottish Law.

How do we deal with this situation?
Any suggestions?
Thanks

zaax

Its not addressed to you so put it in a post box marked gone away

mjkipling

zaax wrote: »

Its not addressed to you so put it in a post box marked gone away

Been doing that with everything previously. Not working.
Having spoken to the sheriff officer the previous time they tried to deliver this (we refused to accept it), were told that because this is the registered company address, it will always come here.
Next step will eventually be bailiff officers turning up to seize assets, and us having to prove we are the new owners, and not the people they are after. Yes, we can do this. But would rather know if there is anything we can do to prevent this. :-(

zaax

Do you have legal help with union membership; insurances; other clubs etc. also contact Action Fraud. http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/

KeepOnKnitting

I have previously rung Companies House directly to say that they need to get the company to change the address.

Nostrus

The only person who can change the address at Companies House is a director of the company. As they are being chased for debt, they are unlikely to change it.

If you can prove that you aren't connected to this company, I wouldn't be worried. Have the documentation handy for if/when the sheriff officer returns. A sheriff officer should only attach property that a third party claims is their own if there is any doubt over ownership. If they do attach it, providing that documentation to the sheriff court will stop the attachment from progressing, and if the sheriff officer does attach it when given cast-iron proof it isn't owned by any of the directors of the company, I'd be tempted to report them to SMASO.