How to Close an LLP (Strike-Off Process)

The LLP must have been inactive — not carrying on any business — for at least one year, must have closed all its bank accounts, and must have no outstanding creditors.

Any overdue Form 8 or Form 11 filings are worth clearing up first — unresolved compliance gaps can delay or complicate the strike-off application.

The partners formally resolve to close the LLP and apply for strike-off.

This includes an indemnity bond signed by all partners, an affidavit, and a NIL statement of accounts certified by a practising Chartered Accountant, dated within 30 days of filing.

The application, with all supporting documents, is filed with the Registrar of Companies.

The Registrar reviews the application and, if satisfied, strikes the LLP’s name off the Register — at which point it ceases to exist as a legal entity.