Scotland's main shooting board the SCTA have been dissolved by Companies House? Are we the laughing stock of the shooting World ? have your say, do you think that this current board should all stand down at a full EGM. Or is the current board and its directors the ones to lead us out of this farce. Go on have your say.
SCTA AGM CANCELLATION
Cancellation of AGM
Annual General Meeting scheduled for Sunday 3rd March is
cancelled.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Early this morning I was informed of the situation described
below and as Chairman I wish to inform the membership of the SCTA that your
Association has been temporarily
dissolved by Companies House. The company “SCTA Ltd” is being restored as I write this
letter to you but this may take some time to complete as numerous steps must be
taken including many forms to sign.
As there is no
company at this moment we cannot hold an AGM or even an EGM until the
restoration of the SCTA Ltd and then due notice will be given of a new date for
the AGM.
The cause of the
problem is the failure of the SCTA to present accounts to Companies House on
time and as the “buck stops with me” I sincerely apologise for this
completely avoidable circumstance, which I believed had already been attended
to by our accountant many months ago. We are making strenuous efforts to have
everything back in place as quickly as possible.
There is no doubt
that the coming shooting season will take place and the “Fixture List” is being
prepared for publication shortly.
Regards
Tony Lithgow.
Chairman Scottish Clay Target Association.
9 comments:
. Which companies must send an annual return to Companies House?
Every company must deliver an annual return to Companies House at least once every 12 months. The company's director(s) and the secretary (where applicable), are responsible for ensuring that they deliver the annual return to Companies House within 28 days after the anniversary of incorporation of a company or of the anniversary of the made-up date of the last annual return.
If you do not deliver the company’s annual return, the Registrar might assume that the company is no longer carrying on business or in operation and take steps to strike it from the register.
. How much are late filing penalties?
The level of the penalty depends on how late the accounts reach Companies House and is shown in the following table.
Length of delay (measured from
the date the accounts are due)
Penalty :
Private company
Penalty :
Public company
Not more than 1 month
£150
£750
More than 1 month but not more than 3 months
£375
£1,500
More than 3 months but not more than 6 months
£750
£3,000
More than 6 months
£1,500
£7,500
12. What if I do not submit accounts to Companies House at all?
If the Registrar believes that a company is no longer carrying on business or in operation, he could strike it off the register and dissolve it. If this happens all the assets of the company, including its bank account and property, generally become the property of the Crown.
Failure to deliver documents is a criminal offence. All the directors of the company risk prosecution. On conviction, a director could end up with a criminal record and a fine of up to £5,000 for each offence. This is separate from the civil penalty imposed on the company for late filing of accounts.
4. What happens to the assets of a dissolved company?
From the date of dissolution, any assets of a dissolved company will be 'bona vacantia'. Bona vacantia literally means “vacant goods” and is the technical name for property that passes to the Crown because it does not have a legal owner. The company’s bank account will be frozen and any credit balance in the account will be passed to the Crown
5. What are the other costs or penalties involved in making an application for administrative restoration?
The applicant must meet the Crown representative’s costs or expenses (if demanded). The company must pay any statutory penalties for late filing of accounts delivered to the registrar outside the period allowed for filing. The penalties that may be due are:
•unpaid penalties outstanding on accounts delivered late before the company was dissolved; and
•penalties due for accounts delivered on restoration, if the accounts were overdue at the date the company was dissolved.
You must also pay the appropriate filing fee on submission of any outstanding documents.
The level of any late filing penalty depends on how late the accounts are when we receive them. In the case of accounts delivered on restoration, the registrar will normally disregard the period during which the company was dissolved. For example, a set of accounts that you should have delivered 2 months before a private company was dissolved are normally regarded as 2 months late if you deliver them on restoration and you must pay the relevant penalty before the restoration of the company.
The company is not liable for late filing penalties for accounts received on restoration but which became due while the company was dissolved. For further information about penalties, please see our 'Late Filing Penalties' guide.
Name & Registered Office:
SCOTTISH CLAY TARGET ASSOCIATION LIMITED
14 RUTLAND SQUARE
EDINBURGH
MIDLOTHIAN
EH1 2BD
Company No. SC210947
Status: Dissolved 22/02/2013
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/10/2010
Last Return Made Up To: 12/09/2011
well,,,,,, firstly we must get rid of all the ROTTEN wood , by this i mean ALL board members, we trusted clowns like his to do a reasonable task in operating the so called scta for us, but not only did they fail to support the members they well and truely fxxxxx the whole thing up, there is plenty good honest people out there that are more than capable of running this association on probably half the expenses that the so called present committee used up, what did we get in the last few years ,,,NO REPLYS TO QUESTIONS,,NONE OR LITTLE SUPPORT FOR H,I,,,,,SOME VERY STRONG LANGUAGED PEOPLE,,WELL NOTHING,, either give it to cpsa or make up another association of good honest decent people that will make us all proud to go to our home international and not embarrassed, as we all will be this year if we are permitted to take part at all,, i like 99% of the members think they should be penalised severely for this and banned from been on the board for life,,, i know there is some board members genuine people but sorry, your so called colleagues have now let you guys down badly as well,maybe its time for a bit of whistle blowing, i know theres whispers going around about the remedy to this catastrophic incident, so lets hope some of them mature and the VERMIN dont get their grubby paws anywhere near them as they will probably have the brass neck to try,, best of luck to the guys trying to sort this mess out ,im sure you will get all the support you need guys from the members of the TATTERED SCTA
hope the hundreds of scottish team ties are safe,its the only thing we probably have left or are they on ebay
From a purely selfish viewpoint does this debacle mean that the membership cheque I sent in 7 weeks ago will never be cashed ?. Even more worrying if I shoot someone's trap house, or pepper the odd Morrison who may be wandering about, am I still insured ???
Dear Sir/Madam In answer to your questions (1) you don’t have a chance in hell of getting you money back (2)If you happen to hit a top of the trap house please for all our sakes just give up shooting? But in no way try to shoot at a Morrison as they are on the endangered species list and are protected by law.
Kind regards
The Boss
PS ex directors are fair game
I to think the board should go we have had the clowns in long enough and for what? can we come back from this and will they be penalised or banned I bet not
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