The figures for the latest ‘strike-off’ list are, at 449, the lowest for 20 years.
Deputy registrar Julian Lamb has suggested that, at least in recent years, the relatively high number of dissolutions could have been a reflection of difficult trading conditions.
He said: ‘In general, there have been greater numbers of dissolutions recently because company owners decide it is not cost-effective to continue with a particular company because of the state of the economy, so rather than pay the annual return, they wind up the company.
‘The slowdown in strike-off dissolutions this year might suggest that, in terms of the Jersey register and non-active companies, we are past the worst of the economic downturn and that the current register reflects, in general, active companies.’
