wannabeeahack wrote:
A LTD company has been losing money for 3 years and suddenly theres a NEW ltd company with ALMOST the same name created with almost the same details, same address and director?

Maggie Thatcher changed the law to enable this which is why London became the money laundering capital of the world. You can start a company not comply with the rules and you will be wound up by companies house and once wound up there is NO liability to anyone not even the inland revenue unless someone realises and objects to the winding up.