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company has registered itself to my address??!

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  • 07-11-2016 11:58pm
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    popesclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭


    Apologies if this is in the wrong forum, bit of a strange one so wasn't sure where to post!

    I've been renting my house for 6 years (since 2010). Just myself & my partner & son living here with me. I recently took it into my head to do some research on the history of the house, so of course I googled it first before doing anything else.
    One of the first results was to a company check website (solocheck), saying a company was registered to my house.
    Initially thought it must've been someone who lived here before me, but I took a quick look at the page & it was only set up in 2011. Strange.
    Looked a bit closer & the registered address of this company was changed in June of this year - changed to my address?!
    In September this year the company requested a voluntary strike-off - after it's address had been changed to my address.

    Neither myself or my partner have anything to do with this company (and my son certainly hasn't, he's 4!). I haven't asked my landlord yet but I doubt it's him, nobody of his name is on there. We haven't got any unusual post in recently about it. I'm wondering, has this happened to anyone before?

    Is this a thing that small companies sometimes do if they're not going great & are winding up - change the address to something that has nothing to do with them or their members so they are harder to trace or something?
    Should I be worried about this?


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    J.pilkington
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭J.pilkington


    You can find out who the directors are for free;

    Google the company name and results will include company search websites, these are fee paying however some of the free information given are director names


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    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Could it be that your landlord is a director/owner of the company?


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    pedroeibar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭pedroeibar1


    It is unlikely that there is anything financially ‘funny’ going on, because (you state) the request is for a voluntary strike-off. Under the new Companies Act (2014) a company may be voluntarily struck off provided it has no assets or liabilities i.e. the balance sheet is zero.

    It’s not your house. You are a renter. A company being registered there does not affect your tenancy. If you get any mail (which you should as it’s the company’s registered address tell the landlord. Where is the problem?


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