Companies: Closures
(asked on 7th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies were struck off the Register of Companies in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in action instigated by (i) the company and (ii) the Registrar in each of the last five full years.
The number of companies struck off the register in the last five years, broken down by location and instigator, are detailed in the table below:
| Number of Companies |
| Number of Companies | ||||||
Dissolved (Struck Off - instigated by Registrar) |
| Dissolved (Struck Off - instigated by the Company) | |||||||
England / Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | United Kingdom |
| England / Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | United Kingdom | |
2012-2013 | 121,265 | 6,428 | 1,271 | 128,964 |
| 138,475 | 8,341 | 1,343 | 148,159 |
2013-2014 | 130,840 | 7,006 | 1,169 | 139,015 |
| 160,166 | 9,112 | 1,494 | 170,772 |
2014-2015 | 151,908 | 8,324 | 1,508 | 161,740 |
| 175,866 | 10,071 | 1,822 | 187,759 |
2015-2016 | 162,459 | 8,800 | 1,730 | 172,989 |
| 190,732 | 11,190 | 2,023 | 203,945 |
2016-2017 | 190,217 | 10,204 | 1,878 | 202,299 |
| 197,184 | 11,692 | 1,928 | 210,804 |