My company has been dormant for a while — do I strike it off or fully liquidate it?

The real difference between the two routes comes down to the company's financial condition, not personal preference. Administrative strike-off (deregistration) is the streamlined path for a company with no active trading, one that can meet any obligations it has, and no outstanding creditors — essentially an administrative removal from the register without appointing a liquidator or publishing newspaper notices. Formal liquidation, by contrast, is the mandatory route whenever the company holds assets that need to be sold and distributed, or debts and claims still outstanding — that requires a licensed liquidator, a published notice, and a statutory window for creditors to file claims before any distribution happens.

Sequencing matters too: in liquidation, creditors are paid first from asset sale proceeds, with shareholders receiving whatever remains afterward. In a strike-off, shareholders take any remaining assets directly, on the premise that there are no outstanding obligations requiring an ordered distribution in the first place. Before choosing, a careful review matters — an active lease, an unpaid supplier invoice, or a pending tax liability turns a simple strike-off into a full liquidation requirement, even if the company looks dormant on the surface. RASEEKH assesses the company's actual position first so you choose the right path from the start, rather than starting one and being forced to switch midway.