What does company status mean?

The company status is shown on the 'Company Details' screen and indicates whether a company is recorded as registered, struck off, in liquidation or in receivership.

If the status is:

Registered

A company that is currently registered.

In liquidation or In receivership

Once the notice of appointment of a liquidator or receiver has been filed with the Companies Office, the search results will reflect the change of status for that company.  When you search the register for a company, you can easily find companies that are in liquidation or in receivership. 

• The current status of the company will be noted beside the company name in the 'Search results' screen and will also be recorded on the 'Company details' screen.

Note | Notice of the appointment of a Liquidator or Receiver must be filed with the Companies Office within ten working days of the appointment being accepted.
 

Struck off  

This refers to a company that is no longer registered (that is, it has been removed from the register).  For a company, this may result from a failure to file annual returns, the completion of liquidation, from an amalgamation with another company or from a formal request to be removed from the register.  The document filing history usually indicates why an entity has been struck off.
 

Approved 

This status recognises that a name that has been reserved (approved) but has yet to be used to either start a new company or to change the name of an existing company.  Until the name has been used, no further information is available about the entity that will use the name or who has reserved it.  Reserved names are held for 20 working days.