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Chartered Accountancy Practice
Statutory Corporate Compliance & Registrar Advisory Services
URGENT CLIENT ACTION REQUIRED
Ref: ADV-08628475-MTQGR7BW
Date: 6 September 2026

To Board of Directors

The Board of Directors
HAINES WATTS BEDFORD LIMITED
Company Registration Number: 08628475

From Appointed Practitioners

Chartered Accountancy Practice
Practice Compliance Department
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 020 7946 0192

STATUTORY NOTICE: IMPENDING COMPULSORY DISSOLUTION & BANK ACCOUNT FREEZE

ACTION REQUIRED WITHIN 7 BUSINESS DAYS PURSUANT TO COMPANIES ACT 2006, SECTION 1000

Dear Directors,

Our continuous statutory registry monitoring system (ReguLex Sovereign Sentinel) has flagged that Companies House has initiated compulsory striking-off proceedings against your company, HAINES WATTS BEDFORD LIMITED (CRN: 08628475), under Section 1000 of the Companies Act 2006.

Notice of intended dissolution has been or is imminently scheduled for publication in The London Gazette. We write to bring the severe and immediate commercial consequences to your urgent attention:

Severe Legal & Commercial Consequences:

  • Immediate Commercial Bank Account Freeze: High street clearing banks (Barclays, NatWest, Lloyds, HSBC) automatically monitor The Gazette. Upon publication of the final strike-off notice, all company bank accounts are frozen without prior warning. Payroll and supplier payments will fail immediately.
  • Crown Bona Vacantia Escheat (s.1012 CA 2006): Upon dissolution, all company assets, including commercial property, intellectual property, and positive bank balances, forfeit to the Crown as bona vacantia.
  • Disproportionate Reinstatement Costs: Restoring a struck-off company requires administrative restoration or a High Court order, costing £1,500 to £3,500 in statutory fees and legal costs, and taking between 6 and 16 weeks.

Statutory Solution Available: Section 1000(4) Cardiff Objection

As your appointed professional accountants, our office is empowered under Section 1000(4) of the Companies Act 2006 to lodge an immediate formal Objection to Striking Off with the Registrar of Companies in Cardiff.

Lodging this formal statutory objection immediately halts dissolution proceedings for 3 to 6 months, keeping your company operational and bank accounts unfrozen while our team regularizes your accounts and confirmation statement.

Appointed Practice Statutory Service Fee Schedule
Statutory registry regularization, Section 1000(4) Cardiff objection stay lodging, and mandatory ECCTA 2023 director identity verification clearance.
£250
+ VAT (Standard Practice Rate)

Please review and execute the authorization tear-off slip below, or reply by email confirming authorization for our office to lodge the Section 1000(4) objection on your company's behalf immediately at the agreed statutory compliance fee.

Yours sincerely,

Practice Compliance Lead
Chartered Accountancy Practice

CLIENT AUTHORIZATION & STATUTORY FEE APPROVAL

Please sign and return to authorize our office to suspend dissolution proceedings at Companies House and regularize statutory standing at the agreed fee of £250 + VAT.

Director Signature
Print Director Name
Date of Execution
Company Name (08628475)