Prior to requesting for your company to be struck from the register, certain preliminary steps must be taken:

• Make staff redundant, ensuring that all the proper rules are followed and that outstanding salaries and holiday pay are dealt with correctly. Any payroll scheme will need to be closed, and HMRC should be informed that the company is no longer employing people.
• Distribute business assets amongst shareholders (any assets remaining following strike-off automatically revert to the Crown).
• File relevant statutory accounts and a final company tax return with HMRC, stating that these are the final trading accounts and that the company will be dissolved shortly.
• All outstanding tax liabilities (e.g. Corporation Tax) need to be paid in full.
• Any business bank accounts should be shut down and website domain names transferred.