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	Closing an LLP begins with eligibility, not a strike-off form. LLP Strike-Off — £125 + VAT. Recommended for a solvent LLP whose members are considering voluntary strike-off after trading has ceased and whose assets, liabilities, creditors and filing position can be screened. Coddan reviews the cessation and eligibility facts, identifies unresolved blockers, prepares the accepted strike-off application and coordinates the filing and completion record. The professional outcome is an eligible voluntary strike-off application submitted through the correct LLP closure route. The members must disclose all assets, liabilities, creditors, proceedings and outstanding filings and approve the application; an ineligible or insolvent LLP cannot use this service. The fixed £125 + VAT is Coddan’s professional fee. The £13 digital Companies House strike-off fee is separate. This is a one-off conditional service with no renewal. Accounts, tax clearance, creditor work, asset recovery, insolvency advice, disputes, restoration and professional notices outside scope remain separate. If the LLP has already been dissolved, use LLP restoration. Outstanding accounts remain separately handled through LLP annual accounts. Companies House controls acceptance and publication, and strike-off cannot be guaranteed or used to avoid creditors or unresolved liabilities.	Price: £138.00 LLP Strike-Off™ Recommended for BUY NOW

Conclude the LLP's affairs, establish eligibility, then apply for voluntary strike-off

LLP Voluntary Dissolution and Strike-Off

A screened closure route for a solvent limited liability partnership that has ceased, or is properly preparing to cease, trading or business.

Coddan checks the three-month restrictions, member authority, assets, creditors, liabilities and connected filings before preparing the voluntary strike-off application. Filing is the beginning of the public process—not the date of dissolution.

Check strike-off eligibility See the filing service

Commercial position: Coddan's one-off professional fee is £125 + VAT. The current Companies House online fee is £13 and is charged separately. Accounts, tax, creditor, asset, legal and insolvency work are not included.

Start with the LLP's condition—not the form

Voluntary strike-off is a solvent closure route

An LLP may ask the Registrar of Companies to remove it from the register and dissolve it when the statutory conditions are satisfied. This is voluntary strike-off. It is not liquidation and it is not an alternative to formal insolvency proceedings.

The your first job is therefore to establish whether the LLP can properly use this route. An LLP that cannot pay its debts, is subject to insolvency proceedings, needs creditor protection or has unresolved insolvency concerns must be referred to a licensed insolvency practitioner.

Voluntary strike-off

A member-authorised application for an eligible LLP, followed by Companies House examination, public notice and an opportunity to object.

Liquidation or insolvency

A formal professional route where insolvency, creditor protection, asset realisation or a liquidator's statutory functions are required.

Registrar strike-off

A separate process begun by the Registrar—for example, where an LLP appears not to be carrying on business or is in filing default.

Restoration

A later route for a struck-off or dissolved LLP. Where members voluntarily applied for strike-off, restoration requires the court route if the applicable restoration conditions are met; administrative restoration is unavailable.

The three-month statutory screen

The LLP must have stopped ordinary business activity before it applies

An application must not be made if, at any time in the preceding three months, the LLP has carried on a prohibited activity. Coddan establishes the actual cessation date and what occurred afterwards; it does not select a convenient date to make the register appear current.

Three-month LLP voluntary strike-off eligibility guide
Question	Restricted position	Permitted distinction	Coddan control
Trading or business	The LLP must not have traded or otherwise carried on business during the preceding three months.	Steps genuinely required to conclude the LLP's affairs are not automatically ordinary trading.	Establish the last trading activity and review later receipts, supplies and transactions.
Name change	The LLP must not have changed its registered name during the preceding three months.	A proposed name change and an already effective change are different facts; Change an LLP name covers the substantive name-change service.	Check the public filing history and certificate date.
Trading stock or property for gain	The LLP must not have disposed for value of property or rights held for disposal for gain in its normal business.	Disposing of equipment once used in the business may differ from continuing to sell its normal stock.	Refer unusual disposals for accounting, tax or legal assessment.
Other activity	Other activity is restricted unless it falls within a statutory closure purpose.	Deciding whether to apply, taking advice, making the application, concluding affairs, settling business debts and complying with statutory duties may be permitted.	Connect each post-cessation action to its real purpose; do not treat the exception as permission to resume business.

A dormant or non-trading description is relevant but does not prove eligibility by itself. The LLP must also satisfy the restrictions concerning other proceedings and must have dealt responsibly with its affairs.

Internal decision and filing authentication

Member authority comes before LL DS01

The filing rule and the LLP's internal decision are related but not interchangeable. The LLP agreement may govern how the members decide to cease business, settle their affairs and authorise the proposed closure. Disputed governance belongs to LLP agreements and governance or a solicitor.

More than two members

A majority of the current members must make and authenticate the application.

Exactly two members

Both current members must make and authenticate the application.

One remaining member

The remaining member may make and authenticate LL DS01, but the one-member history and any resulting liability or governance issue still require review.

Authentication does not manufacture consent, validate a disputed retirement or expulsion, amend the LLP agreement, distribute assets or establish the commercial rights of the members. Coddan prepares the administrative filing from complete and consistent instructions; it does not decide how members should vote.

Conclude the affairs before property is lost

The pre-application review is wider than a Companies House form

LL DS01 contains a declaration about eligibility. A responsible application therefore requires evidence about the LLP's actual position, not only its name and number.

Business and cessation

last trading or business activity;
later receipts, supplies and disposals;
contracts, leases, licences and subscriptions;
regulated permissions and insurance;
websites, domain names and intellectual property.

Money, assets and liabilities

bank and payment-provider balances;
receivables and refunds;
physical and digital property;
creditors, guarantees and contingent claims;
client, trust or third-party property.

People and authority

current members and their authority;
employees and former employees;
payroll and pension arrangements;
disputes, complaints and litigation;
persons who must receive the application.

Accounts, tax and records

accounts and accounting records;
partnership and member tax returns;
VAT, PAYE and other registrations;
outstanding Companies House filings;
record-retention arrangements after closure.

Choose the supported filing channel

Online application and paper LL DS01 carry different official fees

The online service is the normal route for an accepted Coddan instruction. The paper LL DS01 route remains available where required, but paper delivery and processing are external dependencies and the paper official fee is higher.

LLP voluntary strike-off filing route and fee comparison
Question	Online voluntary strike-off	Paper LL DS01
Normal use	Eligible routine LLP application through the current Companies House closing service.	Where online filing cannot appropriately be used.
Companies House fee	£13, separate from Coddan's fee.	£18, payable under the current paper instructions.
Information and authentication	Company number, authentication code, an email address for each authenticating member and the current payment method. Required members complete their authentication.	Current LLP name and number, the declaration, the required member authentications and continuation page where needed.
Coddan fee	£125 + VAT for the accepted service described below.	Confirmed separately before acceptance if paper handling falls outside the approved online package. No supplement is assumed here.
Processing	Subject to Companies House systems, examination, public notice and objection process.	Postal delivery and paper processing add external dependencies.
Renewal	None.	None.

Welsh-language paper route: LL DS01c is the current bilingual form for an LLP that has elected to state that its registered office is situated in Wales rather than England and Wales. Its use does not alter the eligibility, member-authentication, notification or dissolution rules.

Direct notice is a you obligation

Required parties must receive a copy within seven days

Within seven days after the application is made, a copy must be sent to each person or body required by the current LLP strike-off rules. Registration on the public record and publication in the Gazette do not replace this direct notification duty.

Non-applying members

Current members who did not make the application must receive a copy.

Employees

Employees and relevant former employees owed money must be considered.

Existing and likely creditors

This can include banks, suppliers, landlords, tenants, guarantors and claimants. A disputed claim is not automatically omitted.

Public bodies

Relevant HMRC and DWP offices must be considered where outstanding, contingent or prospective liabilities exist.

Pension managers or trustees

A manager or trustee of an employee pension fund must receive a copy where applicable.

The duty continues while the application is pending. A person who later becomes a notifiable member, employee, creditor or pension manager or trustee must receive a copy within seven days of becoming notifiable, until the application is finally dealt with or withdrawn.

Application is not dissolution

From member decision to the second Gazette notice

Each stage has a different legal or operational effect. The LLP continues to exist, and must manage its responsibilities, until the second Gazette notice records dissolution.

LLP voluntary strike-off process and responsibility sequence
Stage	Legal or operational effect	you responsibility	Coddan role	External dependency
1. Closure decision	Members decide the intended destination under their valid internal arrangements.	Supply the LLP agreement, decision route and consistent authority.	Review supplied authority administratively; refer disputes.	Solicitor where interpretation or authority is disputed.
2. Cessation and three-month screen	The eligibility clock depends on what the LLP actually did.	Evidence the last trading activity and all later actions.	Test the supplied facts against the strike-off restrictions.	Professional advice where an activity or disposal is uncertain.
3. Conclude affairs	Assets, liabilities, people, filings, accounts and tax are identified and directed to their proper route.	Complete all work not expressly included in Close an LLP voluntarily.	Identify dependencies; do not absorb specialist work.	Accountant, tax adviser, solicitor or insolvency practitioner.
4. LL DS01 application	The authorised members declare that the disqualifying circumstances do not apply.	Approve accurate information and complete required authentication.	Prepare and coordinate the accepted application and official fee.	Companies House online service or paper route.
5. Copy notification	Notifiable parties must receive the application within the applicable seven-day periods.	Identify recipients, deliver copies and retain evidence.	Provide the defined checklist and application copy.	Postal or electronic delivery arrangements chosen by the you.
6. Companies House examination	The Registrar examines, registers, rejects or queries the application.	Respond accurately to any new issue.	Record the filing outcome and identify separate remedial work.	Companies House systems and examination.
7. First Gazette notice	Public notice announces the proposed strike-off and invites objections.	Continue monitoring affairs, statutory mail and eligibility.	Explain the outcome; objection work is separate.	Registrar and the London, Edinburgh or Belfast Gazette.
8. Objection period	An interested party may show cause why strike-off should not proceed. Current LLP guidance provides that strike-off is ordinarily no earlier than two months after the first notice and that an objection should reach Companies House at least two weeks before the date stated in the notice.	Deal with the underlying issue and obtain advice where required.	Route the case; do not promise removal of an objection.	Objector, Companies House and any professional process.
9. Second Gazette notice	The notice records that the LLP has been struck off. The LLP is dissolved on publication.	Retain closure evidence and required records.	Do not represent dissolution before the notice appears.	Registrar and relevant Gazette.
10. Later restoration or asset issue	A qualifying applicant may seek court restoration; Crown property issues may also arise.	Use Restore a dissolved LLP and obtain legal advice.	Handover only; not included in Close an LLP voluntarily.	Court, Registrar, Crown representative and advisers.

Eligibility must continue

Withdraw the application when the route is no longer proper

The strike-off application must be withdrawn promptly if the members decide not to continue or the LLP ceases to meet the statutory conditions before the application is finally dealt with.

The current route is the Companies House online withdrawal service or paper form LL DS02. Withdrawal work is not included automatically in the £125 filing package.

Immediate review triggers

the LLP resumes trading or changes its name;
a new transaction falls outside permitted closure activity;
an insolvency process or relevant arrangement begins;
a material asset, liability or creditor is discovered;
the application contains a material error;
member authority becomes disputed;
the members change their decision.

Applying while ineligible, supplying false or misleading information, failing to notify the required parties or failing to withdraw when required may constitute an offence and can lead to prosecution, fines and other enforcement consequences. Coddan will not leave an application in place to conceal a material change.

The LLP still exists while the application is pending

Submission does not switch off the rest of the lifecycle

LL DS01 does not complete outstanding accounts, confirmation statements, tax work or event-driven corrections. It does not terminate contracts, employment, registrations, insurance, leases, bank accounts or an address-service subscription.

Accounts and tax

LLP annual accounts and the accounting or tax specialist referrals own cessation accounts, outstanding accounts, returns, deregistrations and tax consequences.

Companies House record

LLP confirmation statements and continuing compliance covers confirmation statements; Change members, designated status and PSC details covers member and PSC corrections; Change LLP addresses and records covers address and records changes.

Registered office and mail

The LLP needs a working registered office and must monitor statutory correspondence until dissolution. Registered office, service addresses and LLP records covers subscription and termination terms.

Professional issues

Creditor disputes, contracts, assets, employment, pensions and insolvency remain with the responsible solicitor, accountant, tax adviser or insolvency practitioner.

Companies House acceptance records the application. It does not approve the LLP's governance, solvency, accounting, tax, creditor or distribution position and does not establish that every closure task has been completed.

One screened application—not an all-inclusive closure package

LLP Voluntary Strike-Off Service

Conditional one-off service

Eligibility review, LL DS01 preparation and filing

For an eligible solvent LLP with complete, consistent evidence and undisputed member authority.

Coddan professional fee

£125 + VAT

£13 online Companies House fee separate

Included

review of cessation and the three-month restrictions;
screen of supplied assets, creditors, liabilities and filings;
review of supplied member authority;
preparation of the accepted LL DS01 application;
coordination of required member authentication;
defined notification checklist and application copy;
submission through the accepted online route;
submission or filing-outcome record.

Not included

accounts, bookkeeping, tax returns or tax clearance;
VAT, PAYE, employee or pension work;
creditor correspondence, negotiation or objection resolution;
asset collection, transfer, distribution or bank closure;
legal or insolvency advice;
identity-verification charges;
LL DS02 withdrawal or repeat applications;
restoration, Crown applications or asset recovery.

Commercial continuity

£125 professional fee;
VAT added;
£13 online official fee collected separately;
£18 paper fee where that route is used;
one accepted application;
no annual renewal;
additional or professional work assessed separately.

The service does not guarantee Companies House acceptance, a particular Gazette date, absence of objections or dissolution by a specified date. Paper handling is confirmed separately before acceptance if the online route cannot be used.

Conditional acceptance protects the public record

Routine application, assessment or professional referral

Conditional application

Appropriate where the LLP remains registered and appears solvent; the cessation date, three-month position, assets, liabilities, creditors, filings and member authority are clear; required members can authenticate; and the you can complete the notification duties.

Acceptance follows evidence review. It is not an instant checkout.

Assessment first

Use assessment for an uncertain cessation date, unusual assets, historic defaults, employees, pensions, guarantees, litigation, a previous rejection, an objection, incomplete filings, a member who cannot authenticate or an LLP agreement that requires interpretation.

Stop and refer

Refer suspected insolvency, a winding-up petition, disputed authority, withheld creditors or assets, client or trust property, serious litigation, a request to misstate facts, a dissolved LLP or a matter requiring legal, tax, accounting, insolvency or foreign-law advice.

Coddan begins substantive work after it accepts the instruction, reviews the current register and eligibility evidence, establishes member authentication, identifies connected dependencies and receives the applicable fees under the accepted terms.

Registration is not organisation

An LLP must be organised out of existence as carefully as it was organised into operation

Incorporation does not automatically close the LLP when business ends. It does not settle assets or liabilities, notify creditors, complete accounts or tax returns, cancel registrations, terminate contracts, distribute property or remove member responsibilities.

1. Underlying closure

Members decide, trading ceases and the LLP concludes its affairs.

2. Professional review

Eligibility, authority, assets, liabilities, filings and specialist dependencies are tested.

3. Application

LL DS01 is prepared, authenticated, paid for, filed and copied to the required parties.

4. Public process

Companies House examines the case; the Gazette process and objections remain external.

5. Dissolution or next route

The second notice dissolves the LLP, or the case moves to withdrawal, objection resolution, insolvency or restoration.

Relevant operational evidence

Defined lifecycle filing since 2005

Coddan has provided formation and continuing corporate services and used formation software since 2005. It operates as a formation agent, is supervised by HM Revenue & Customs as a trust or company service provider and is registered with Companies House as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider.

What that supports

These facts support Coddan's acceptance screening, LLP filing administration and ability to identify connected lifecycle work within its confirmed scope.

They do not amount to government endorsement, HMRC or Companies House approval of the closure, insolvency or legal advice, guaranteed acceptance or guaranteed dissolution.

Use the correct lifecycle owner

Connected closure and compliance destinations

Resolve member authorityLLP agreements and governance covers the LLP agreement, governance, voting and disputed internal authority.Internal separate specialist assistance — LLP agreements and governance URL to be confirmed when live

Maintain statutory mail until dissolutionRegistered office, service addresses and LLP records covers address, statutory-mail and records subscriptions and their termination.Internal separate specialist assistance — Registered office, service addresses and LLP records URL to be confirmed when live

Complete accounts workLLP annual accounts covers annual, cessation, final and overdue accounts preparation and filing.Internal separate specialist assistance — LLP annual accounts URL to be confirmed when live

Complete continuing complianceLLP confirmation statements and continuing compliance covers confirmation statements, registered email and compliance while the LLP remains registered.Internal separate specialist assistance — LLP confirmation statements and continuing compliance URL to be confirmed when live

Check a recent name changeChange an LLP name covers name changes; an effective change within three months affects Close an LLP voluntarily eligibility.Internal separate specialist assistance — Change an LLP name URL to be confirmed when live

Correct member or PSC particularsChange members, designated status and PSC details covers member, designated-status, corporate-member and PSC event filings.Internal separate specialist assistance — Change members, designated status and PSC details URL to be confirmed when live

Correct an address or records eventChange LLP addresses and records covers registered-office, member-address, SAIL and records-location changes.Internal separate specialist assistance — Change LLP addresses and records URL to be confirmed when live

Restore a dissolved LLPRestore a dissolved LLP covers restoration. An LLP dissolved after its members' voluntary application requires the court route if restoration is available.Internal separate specialist assistance — Restore a dissolved LLP URL pending

Close a Scottish limited partnershipClose a Scottish limited partnership covers the SLP closure route; LL DS01 is not an LP or SLP form.Internal separate specialist assistance — Close a Scottish limited partnership URL pending

Accounts and tax referralUse the approved accountant or tax-adviser route for returns, deregistrations, distributions and tax consequences.Professional specialist referrals — destination to be confirmed

Solvency or creditor concernUse a licensed insolvency practitioner where debts cannot be paid or formal creditor protection is needed.Professional specialist referrals — do not proceed with routine strike-off

Legal or Crown-property issueUse the approved solicitor or bona-vacantia route for disputes, court restoration, property and legal rights.Professional specialist referrals — destination to be confirmed

Current authoritative basis

Legal and operational position checked on 23 September 2026

This page uses current LLP legislation, Companies House LLP-specific strike-off guidance, the current LL DS01 and LL DS02 routes, the current fee schedule and current restoration and identity-verification guidance. Forms, fees, filing channels and commencement-sensitive requirements are rechecked when an instruction is accepted.

Select the route that matches the LLP's real position

Check eligibility before presenting LL DS01 for authentication

Use the routine filing route only for a solvent, eligible LLP with complete evidence and undisputed authority. Route accounts, tax, creditor, insolvency, restoration and LP or SLP matters to their proper destinations.

Check LLP Strike-Off EligibilityImplementation separate route — assessment URL required

LLP Voluntary Strike-Off — £125 + VAT£13 Companies House fee separate — conditional application URL required

Complete Accounts or Tax WorkImplementation separate route — professional route required

Creditor or Solvency ConcernImplementation separate route — insolvency referral required

Objection, Rejection or WithdrawalImplementation separate route — assessed enquiry URL required

Restore an Already Dissolved LLPImplementation separate route — Restore a dissolved LLP URL pending

Close an LP or SLPImplementation separate route — correct LP or Close a Scottish limited partnership route required

No instant checkout or guaranteed dissolution is represented. Coddan accepts the filing only after the legal route, cessation evidence, solvency, assets, creditors, authority and required notifications have been reviewed.