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Bona vacantia companies guidelines

Guidance on referring cases, buying assets, restoring a dissolved company and applying for a discretionary grant.

• From: Bona Vacantia and Government Legal Department
• Published: 6 December 2013

Document collection of the Bona Vacantia division’s companies group detailed guides.

For further information on the work of the companies group please read Bona vacantia dissolved companies (BVC1)

Guidance

• Bona vacantia dissolved companies (BVC1)
  • 28 September 2022
  • Policy paper
• Refer bona vacantia land or buildings (BVC2)
  • 19 February 2024
  • Guidance
• Refer a commercial lease for disclaimer (BVC3)
  • 12 June 2023
  • Guidance
• Apply to buy a freehold reversion (BVC4)
  • 14 March 2024
  • Guidance
• Send money due to the Crown under a bona vacantia mortgage / charge (BVC5)
  • 6 December 2013
  • Guidance
• Sell bona vacantia land using a mortgagee's power of sale (BVC6)
  • 6 December 2013
  • Guidance
• Buy bona vacantia shares (BVC7)
  • 12 June 2023
  • Guidance
• Buy intellectual property (BVC8)
  • 12 June 2023
  • Guidance
• Send a cash balance to the Treasury Solicitor (CB1)
  • 22 March 2024
  • Guidance
• Apply for a Discretionary Grant (DG2)
  • 22 March 2024
  • Guidance
• Apply for a discretionary grant (company can't be restored) (CB3)
  • 22 March 2024
  • Guidance
• Apply for a repayment after restoration of a company (RA15)
  • 25 September 2024
  • Guidance
• Apply for a waiver letter (WA1)
  • 22 March 2024
  • Guidance
• Proof of identity checklist
  • 23 September 2020
  • Guidance

Published 6 December 2013