The saga continues. Last August we restored a company from “Final AR deregistration” at CIPC. It went into “In Restoration” mode and we submitted all outstanding returns.

Then it correctly went into “In Business”.

A month later, we received an email from CIPC warning us that, because the outstanding returns had not been submitted, the reinstatement had not been completed and it was about to be returned to Final AR deregistration.

We ignored the email and the company remained “In business”.

In March 2026, we received another email from CIPC advising us that, as we had not completed the restoration by submitting the outstanding returns, the company had again been finally deregistered.

But when I checked on the portal, it was “In business” and there were no outstanding returns.

So, don’t panic, just despair!