- It is not nothing. An abandoned, half-filed licence keeps accruing obligations until someone deals with it.
- A defined way out. The first job is finding out the true state of your file, before anything else is paid or filed.
Why does moving fast make it worse?
When a firm stops replying, you do not know what was done in your name before it stopped. Filing again, paying again or starting a fresh company before you know makes the eventual repair harder.
What a business setup company scam leaves behind
Four situations sit under the same fear, and each needs a different response depending on how far the firm got.
Fee taken, nothing done
The firm took your money and never started. Little exists yet, so this is the least damaging version, if it can be confirmed.
Started in the wrong place
A half-formed entity that does not fit your plan. Continuing it can cost more than closing it cleanly.
Licence filed, then abandoned
An entity that still exists with nobody managing it keeps accruing obligations, and it grows more expensive the longer it is left.
The hidden one: it does not lapse on its own
An immigration file left open
An establishment or residence file opened partway, neither finished nor clean to restart.
Recovering the file in the right order
We find out what exists in your name first, decide what to keep and what to close on the facts, and only then file or pay anything. In that order, even a bad situation usually has a defined way out.
Where money was taken, the authority that licensed the firm and the police are the places to report it, and we point you to the right one.
Can you leave it alone?
Often more than the setup Unwinding an abandoned structure and standing up the correct one commonly costs more than the original setup. It depends on how far it got, and we scope it first.
Left unresolved, an entity and its filings keep carrying penalties of their own, which is why waiting rarely saves money.
We start with an assessment, before any more money is spent, and tell you what can be saved and what cannot.
We tell you the true state of your file and the cleanest way forward. For next time, see the questions to ask before you pay and the warning signs of a bad firm.
