Section 1012: Property of dissolved company to be bona vacantia

Companies Act 2006 · 2006 c. 46View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 31: Dissolution and restoration to the register — Chapter 2: Property of dissolved company

When a company is dissolved, all property and rights whatsoever vested in or held on trust for the company immediately before its dissolution (including leasehold property, but not including property held by the company on trust for another person) are deemed to be bona vacantia and—

accordingly belong to the Crown, or to the Duchy of Lancaster or to the Duke of Cornwall for the time being (as the case may be), and
vest and may be dealt with in the same manner as other bona vacantia accruing to the Crown, to the Duchy of Lancaster or to the Duke of Cornwall.

Subsection (1) has effect subject to the possible restoration of the company to the register under Chapter 3 (see section 1034).

About this text

This legislation text comes from legislation.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These source and reuse terms cover the legislation text, not Remedy's commentary.

Reuse reviewed 21 August 2026 under Open Government Licence v3.0.