Reopen voluntary struck-off company with same name

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Hi,

Is it possible that several years after closing a company that the same directors can open another company with the same name? This would have been in a voluntary strike-off situation.
 
Yes. The only people likely to care would be the owners of the previous company, who I am assuming are the directors.

By the way, why don't you just ask all your closing-my-company-down related questions in the one thread?!
 
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Thanks for that, I wasn't sure if the name was protected and that the CRO would block it.

Jon Snow said:
By the way, why don't you just ask all your closing-my-company-down related questions in the one thread?!
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Forum etiquette is to ask different questions in different threads so that other people in the future can more easily find the information.
 
TTI said:
Forum etiquette is to ask different questions in different threads so that other people in the future can more easily find the information.
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Well if the thread was called, I have a few tax/legal questions around closing down my company, I reckon the thread in its entirety would be of benefit to anyone else in your situation...
 
Jon Snow said:
Yes. The only people likely to care would be the owners of the previous company, who I am assuming are the directors.

By the way, why don't you just ask all your closing-my-company-down related questions in the one thread?!
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I believe the names of companies which are dissolved due to voluntary and involuntary strike-off are reserved for 20 years from the date of dissolution. This is because it is possible to have the company restored in that time-frame. See the relevant FAQ on the CRO website: https://www.cro.ie/Help/FAQs/More-FAQs#faq16
 
They (CRO) would still refuse such a name on the grounds that it was too similar to a name already on the register. And any kind of geographic place names (countries, counties, cities etc.) or numbers are not considered differentiating words and would be refused for the same reason.
 
RumptyPumpty said:
They (CRO) would still refuse such a name on the grounds that it was too similar to a name already on the register. And any kind of geographic place names (countries, counties, cities etc.) or numbers are not considered differentiating words and would be refused for the same reason.
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Really?! Not saying you're wrong but I've seen numerous incidences of it... have you actual experience of seeingthem refusing it?
 
Yup. It's possible for the directors of a company to write a letter of no objection/association when registering a second/subsequent company in a group but as the struck-off company no longer exists, the submission to register the new company will be treated on it's own merits (i.e. as coming from someone with no connection to the dissolved company which no longr exists as a legal entity).
 
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