Search all content on GOV.UK

How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.

• Overview

  You can apply to the court to close or ‘wind up’ a company if it cannot…

• Apply

  You must send the right form to the court before they can deal with your…

• The court hearing

  If the court accepts your petition, they’ll arrange a date for a hearing.…

Use this form to apply to the court to close or wind up a company if it can't pay its debts. This is also known as 'compulsory liquidation'.

Apply to cancel a winding up (liquidation) order so your company can continue to trade - find out the form you need and what happens at the hearing

Use this form to give notice of order of court on appeal against the Secretary of State's decision in a winding-up by the court.

Tell Companies House about a court order in a winding up for a company registered in Scotland.

Use this form to give notice of a progress report in a winding-up by the court.

Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator

Form LOC010: I wish to apply to rescind a winding up order. What do I do?

Use this form 4.71 to give notice of the final meeting in a members' voluntary winding up.

The Solicitor's Office Enforcement Section send out a copy of IR8 with every Winding-Up Petition which explains why they have issued the petition and what happens next.

• Updated: 14 November 2002