Active Bailiff Companies
Bristow and Sutor
Barfleet Road, Washford, Redditch, B98 0FL
01527 504030
enquiries@bristowsutor.co.uk
Companies House listing
Enforcing: Council tax
Territory: Midlands
Modus Operandi:
Establishing impractical payment arrangements.
Diverting funds intended for the council (embezzlement) then says its a "terrible mistake"
Targeting vulnerable individuals, particularly single mothers.
CDER Group Ltd
Floor 9 Peninsular House, 30-36, Monument Street, London, EC3R 8LJ
0330 1070 024
customercare@cdergroup.co.uk
Companies House listing
Enforcing: Traffic Contravention Debts, Council Tax, Business Rates, Court Fines.
Territory: London and the North East
Modus Operandi:
Targets vehicles nocturnally with an ANPR camera, clamps and demands money later.
Owned by a venture capitalist from China and appointed a former bailiff as the CEO.
Chandlers Limited
Chandlers House, 2 Southlands Road, Bromley, Kent, BR2 9QP
020 8290 5055
info@chandlers.ltd.uk
Companies House listing
Enforcing: Council tax
Territory: Home Counties, sometimes makes bids to councils in the West Country
Modus Operandi:
Calls a Liability Order a "warrant".
Court Enforcement Services Limited
Virtual office: Floor 9 Peninsular House, 30-36 Monument Street, EC3R 8LJ
Directors work from home
0343 504 1607
enq@courtenforcementservices.co.uk
Companies House listing
Enforcing: High Court writs
Territory: England
Modus Operandi:
Fee deception.
Unexpected attendance.
Possessing documents with incorrect debtor addresses
Fraud through intimidation using counterfeit paragraph 15 warrant of entry applications.
Direct Collection Bailiffs Ltd - "DCBL"
Direct House, Greenwood Drive, Manor Park, Runcorn, WA7 1UG
0203 3908 0201
drw@dcbltd.com complaints@dcbltd.com
Companies House listing
Enforcing: High Court writs
Territory: England and Wales, mostly the West Country.
Modus Operandi:
Enforcement on incorrect individuals.
Ambush enforcement operations without prior notice.
Rummages through homes.
Focuses on jewellery and valuable possessions.
Deceptive fee practices.
Targets home addresses of company directors.
Associates with intimidating imagery.
Breakaway company from Sheriffs Office Limited.
Applies for High Court Writs under Claire Sandbrook's name.
Participated in a contentious Channel 5 TV show, resulting in legal action against the latter.
Dukes Bailiffs Limited
8 Newcastle Street, Stone ST15 8JT
01785 825500
info@dukeslimited.co.uk
Companies House listing
Enforcing: Council tax
Territory: Midlands.
Modus Operandi:
Clean. None reported since 2014
Elliottdavies (Sheriff's) Limited
Virtual office: Floor 9 Peninsular House, 30-36 Monument Street, EC3R 8LJ
Directors work from home
0343 504 1607
enq@elliottdavies.com
Companies House listing
Enforcing: High Court writs
Territory: England
Modus Operandi:
Fee fraud.
Equita Limited
42-44 Henry St, Northampton NN1 4BZ
01604 628 360
info@equita.co.uk
Companies House listing
Enforcing: Council tax, traffic debts.
Territory: London, Devon and Cornwall
Modus Operandi:
Deceptive fee practices.
Focuses on incorrect targets.
Ambush enforcement actions without prior warning.
Enforcement conducted against vehicles.
Excel Enforcements Limited
57 Evergreen Way, Stourport On Severn, DY13 9GH
02920 868000
info@excel-enforcement.co.uk
Companies house listing
Enforcing: Council tax, Traffic debts.
Territory: Wales
Modus Operandi:
Fee inconsistency.
Intimidates individuals with the prospect of a locksmith.
High Court Warrants Ltd
The Wheat Barn, Wickham Hall, Hadham Road, Bishops Stortford, CM23 1JG
01279 797058
legal@highcourtwarrants.co.uk
Companies house listing
Enforcing: High Court Writs
Territory: England
Modus Operandi:
Excessive charges
Visiting an incorrect location
Jacobs (Simon Jacobs trading as)
Shared virtual office: 6 Europa Boulevard, Birkenhead, CH41 4PE
0151 650 4800
mail@jacobsenforcement.com
Companies House listing: - Not a company. Sole traders, see Simon Jacobs, Paula Jacobs, nee Sutton
Enforcing: Council tax. Traffic Debts
Territory: The North East
Modus Operandi:
Focuses on vehicles.
Operates from a virtual office as its office address.
Hires and trains bailiffs at rented facilities.
Two self-employed individuals working remotely from their residence in Liverpool.
Just Debt (Christopher Michael Badger T/as)
27 Swanfield, Long Melford, Sudbury, CO10 9EZ
020 3848 9069
chris.badger@justdebt.co.uk
Companies house listing
Enforcing: High Court Writs
Territory: England
Modus Operandi:
Exorbitant charges
Visiting and enforcement at an incorrect location
Operates from home. Uses virtual addresses for concealment.
Marston (Holdings) Limited "marston recovery"
Cambridge House, Cambridge Road, Harlow, CM20 2EQ
01992 803030
goods.removed@marstongroup.co.uk , customercare@marstongroup.co.uk
Companies House listing
Enforcing: Council tax. Traffic Debts, Magistrates' Court fines.
Territory: England
Modus Operandi:
Nighttime enforcement with an ANPR camera to clamp vehicles indiscriminately, demanding payment from drivers.
Enforcement actions targeting incorrect individuals.
Intimidates individuals with the threat of locksmith intervention.
Made an effort to arrest an individual.
Refers to debtors as customers.
Bailiffs carry police-like warrant cards and badges.
Bailiffs occasionally carry a kubotan (a type of stabbing weapon).
Trades as marston recovery to hide its true name, and its operating address.
Newlyn Plc
Century House, Wargrave Road, Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 2LT
01604 633001
contact@newlynplc.co.uk
Companies House listing
Enforcing: Council tax. Traffic Debts.
Territory: London and Home Counties.
Modus Operandi:
Drive-by enforcement.
Charges for storage.
Focuses on vehicles under hire-purchase agreements.
Enforcement actions against incorrect individuals.
Disassembles vehicles at a scrapyard in Hoddesdon and sells them on eBay.
The company involved in the Jerome Rodgers scandal.
Angry solicitor, Peter Felton Gerber Felton's Law, works from home in Hawkhurst, known for being fervent about costs.
Ross & Roberts Limited
Unit 8 Wessex Park, Bancombe Road Trading Estate, Somerton, TA11 6SB
01458 550 481
info@rossandroberts.co.uk
Companies House listing
Enforcing: Council tax. Business rates, Traffic Debts.
Territory: West Country
Modus Operandi:
Funds collected but not remitted to the council (embezzlement) then says its a mistake.
Rundle and Co Limited
53 Northampton Road, Market Harborough, LE16 9HB
08456 585030
info@rundles.org.uk
Companies House listing
Enforcing: Council tax. Traffic Debts.
Territory: Midlands
Modus Operandi:
Targets individuals in vulnerable situations.
Drive-by enforcement.
Focuses on vehicles
Sheriffs High Court Enforcement Limited (trading as The Sheriffs Office)
3rd Floor, Linden House, Guards Avenue, Caterham, CR3 5XL
0333 001 5150
enforcement@thesheriffsoffice.com
Companies House listing
Enforcing: High Court writs
Territory: England
Modus Operandi:
Enforcement actions targeting incorrect individuals.
Excessive charges.
Unexpected visits.
Possession of documents with incorrect debtor addresses.
Former enforcement officer anonymously comments on internet forums.
Breakaway company from Shergroup.
Whyte & Co
7 White Oak Square, London Road, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7AG
0345 458 9429
info@whyte.co.uk
Companies House listing
Enforcing: Council tax. Traffic debts
Territory: South East
Modus Operandi:
Enforcement actions directed at incorrect individuals.
Focuses on vulnerable individuals.
Targets vehicles.
Wilson & Roe
26 Missouri Avenue Salford M50 2NP
0161 925 1800
wr@wilsonandroe.com
Companies House listing
Enforcing: High Court Writs
Territory: England
Modus Operandi:
Focuses on vehicles.
Excessive charges.
Questionable in-house legal assistant.
Possession of a document with an incorrect debtor address.
Information correct as of February 2024.