Court-ordered winding up: Notice of order & liquidator appointments

Before you file

A court-ordered compulsory winding up applies when a court orders the winding up of a local company or limited liability partnership (LLP). For example, when an entity is unable to pay its debts.

The Court may appoint a liquidator to wind up the affairs of the entity. If no liquidator is appointed by the Court, the Official Receiver acts as liquidator.

This is the first of three filings required to complete a compulsory winding up.

Step 1: Log in to Bizfile and open the “File winding up of business entity” eService

Follow these steps to log in to Bizfile and navigate to the File winding up of business entity eService.

Note: All entity and personal information (including UEN, entity details, NRIC or FIN numbers, names and addresses) shown are dummy data for illustration purposes only.

1. Go to Bizfile and click "Login". Then, select "Business User" to log in via Corppass.

2. Check that the entity name and UEN displayed on the top menu bar and dashboard show the entity to be wound up.

3. (CSPs) Click the "Corporate Service Provider" tab on "My profile – Select profile" page. If you belong to more than one CSP firm, select your CSP firm from the dropdown list.

6. Click "Start" on the "File winding up of business entity" introduction page.

Step 2: File the Notice of winding up order and appoint liquidators

Enter the Court’s winding up order and appoint a liquidator or provisional liquidator. The entity status will change to “In liquidation” once this filing is submitted.

1. Check the business entity details to ensure you are winding up the correct entity.

2. Select “Compulsory winding up” from the “Type of winding up” dropdown list.

3. Specify the grounds for compulsory winding up. Provide the plaintiff’s name, plaintiff’s solicitors, notice of winding up number, and date of the notice (current date or a past date).

6. State whether you are appointing a liquidator or provisional liquidator. Enter their appointment date, which must be a current or past date, and select their liquidator type.

For approved insolvency practitioners

Enter their IP licence number and click Retrieve information to retrieve the liquidator’s personal information.

Provide their email address and mobile number. Then, enter their unique entity number (UEN) and click Search to retrieve their entity information. Click Save.

Required fields for approved insolvency practitioners

For Official Receiver

After you select Official Receiver as the liquidator type, the system will automatically show the Ministry of Law’s contact details.

Click Save to continue.

Automatically retrieved liquidator information for Official Receivers

Step 3: Review and confirm

If there are any additional liquidators, add them first.

Then, follow these steps to review and confirm your application:

1. (Optional) Click “Add new liquidator/provisional liquidator” to appoint additional liquidators. Once you complete all appointments, click “Review and confirm”.

2. Review all information carefully. Tick the declaration box. Then, click “Submit”.

3. You will receive an acknowledgement confirming the Notice of winding up order and liquidator appointments have been successfully filed.

4. A confirmation notification will be sent to your Bizfile Inbox and the entity status will change to “In Liquidation - Compulsory Winding Up" or "In Liquidation - Compulsory Winding Up (Insolvency)".

After you file

You can file the winding up order immediately or return to it later:

1. Return to the File winding up of business entity eService.

2. File the winding up order.

Related pages

• Winding up a local company

• Winding up a limited liability partnership (LLP)

• Court-ordered winding up: Filing a Winding Up Order

• Court-ordered winding up: Appointing liquidators

• Troubleshooting guide: Filing and managing winding up

• Maintaining client lists: Corporate service providers (CSPs)