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(1)For the purposes of the Companies Acts a company is “dormant” during any period in which it has no significant accounting transaction.
(2)A “significant accounting transaction” means a transaction that is required by section 386 to be entered in the company’s accounting records.
(3)In determining whether or when a company is dormant, there shall be disregarded—
(a)any transaction arising from the taking of shares in the company by a subscriber to the memorandum as a result of an undertaking of his in connection with the formation of the company;
(b)any transaction consisting of the payment of—
(i)a fee to the registrar on a change of the company’s name,
(ii)a fee to the registrar on the re-registration of the company,
(iii)a penalty under section 453 (penalty for failure to file accounts), or
(iv)a fee to the registrar for the registration of an annual return.
(4)Any reference in the Companies Acts to a body corporate other than a company being dormant has a corresponding meaning.
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