1 . Business Name
Background
The Registrar of Companies may strike off a Business Name upon application.
Process to strike off a business name
- Log into your e-Citizen portal.
- Select Business Registration Service- click on “Notice of Cessation of Business name”.
- Download the form, fill it in and sign, then scan and upload.
- Submit a copy of the certificate of registration.
- Pay the required fees- Ksh. 800.
- Upon approval, the business is struck off from the registry of Business Names.
2 . Company
Background
Section 897(1) of the Companies Act, provides that the Registrar may strike the name of a company off the registry.
Section 900 of the Companies Act mandates the Directors who make the application to inform a certain persons, within 7 days of making the application. These include:
- Shareholders of the company;
- Creditors, suppliers, former Employees owed money, Landlords, Tenants;
- Employees; and
- Directors who did not sign the form CR18.
Process for striking off a company
- Log in to the office of the Attorney General website using your e-Citizen log in details.
- Select “make application.”
- Click on the (+) button next to Company registration then select Strike off company.
- Download and fill in the “Application by Company to have its name struck off the Register” form CR18.
- Download and fill in the “Notice of the Special resolution” form CR19.
- Sign and upload the documents.
- Upload the Certificate of Incorporation.
- Pay the required fees- Kshs. 4000.
- Following approval by the Registrar of Companies, a notice for dissolution is published in the Kenya Gazette for a period of three (3) months to invite any person to show cause why the name of the company should not be struck off.
- If there are no objections, the Registrar shall proceed to strike off the Company.
- As soon as the Company is struck off, the Registrar shall publish another notice in the Gazette, notifying the public that the Company has been struck off the Registry.
Requirements
- Copy of Certificate of Incorporation
- The Company must settle all liabilities prior to application for dissolution.
- Application by Company to have its name struck off the Register – form CR18 (download from business registration website).
- Notice of the Special resolution – form CR19 (download from business registration website).
