Under current rules you can't apply to have the company struck off while it has creditors I guess it makes sense. Can you reach any agreement with the creditors to get the liabilities dealt with?
But you are right if you don't file the annual return for a couple of years the CRO will strike off the company.
Seems strange that by breaking the law you can achieve your goal.
There will be a day when Shane Ross et al are jumping up and down in the PAC about the CRO striking off these companies and the ODCE standing by. It does not say much for corporate governance culture.
The ODCE don't have the capacity as I understand it to prosecute all directors for failing to file but perhaps he does not wake up one morning and say lets write to 100 directors at random and instigate proceedings.