The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) has deregistered a total of 37,702 companies that it says failed to apply for restoration.
The exercise, according to the Registrar of Companies, is in pursuance of section 130(6) of the Companies Act, Cap 106.
URSB says the affected companies were notified on 20th July 2023 and 14th August 2023 to file annual returns for a period of five years, but they failed.
The companies desirous of being restored on the register were required to apply to the Registrar of Companies to be restored within twelve months from the date they were struck off, the Registrar of Companies said in a public notice dated June 18, 2026.
”The Registrar of Companies has deregistered 37,702 companies that failed to apply for restoration.” The notice added.
With the deregistration, the names of the affected companies are recorded in the list of dissolved companies and will be available for use after twelve months from the date of deregistration.
Anyone can select one of the names and apply to register a new company using it.