Bailiff Support Team is not affiliated with Court Enforcement Services and this page is not their official website. It describes the rules that apply to any enforcement agent in England and Wales.
- On the ECB register
- Yesaccredited since October 2023
- Notice before a first visit
- 14 clear daysrequired by law
- Forced entry to a home
- Noon a first visit
- First enforcement stage fee
- £200set by regulations
Who Court Enforcement Services are
Court Enforcement Services Ltd is a High Court enforcement company with its registered office in the City of London. Its website lists High Court enforcement, the transfer of county court judgments to the High Court, commercial rent arrears recovery and evictions among its services, and has a page naming its authorised High Court enforcement officers.
The Enforcement Conduct Board lists Court Enforcement Services at 3rd Floor 10 Lloyds Avenue, London EC3N 3AJ. Court Enforcement Services Ltd is registered at Companies House under company number 08397825.
Is a Court Enforcement Services letter genuine?
Court Enforcement Services is a real company. That does not make every message carrying its name real. HM Courts and Tribunals Service has warned about fraudsters who pose as enforcement agents and ask for payment by bank transfer.
- Contact details on a letter or text can be checked against the company’s own website, courtenforcementservices.co.uk, before they are used.
- A genuine Notice of Enforcement is in writing. It names the creditor, identifies the debt, gives a reference number and sets out the amount and the fees.
- An individual agent can be looked up on the Certificated Enforcement Agent Register.
- The creditor named on the notice, such as the council or the court, can confirm whether it has passed a debt to the company.
How to check a bailiff is genuine
What Court Enforcement Services collects
What Court Enforcement Services agents can and cannot do
Court Enforcement Services’s agents have exactly the powers the law gives every enforcement agent in England and Wales, and no others.
The rules allow them to
- Visit between 6am and 9pm on any day, after a Notice of Enforcement that gave at least 14 clear days.
- Come into a home through an unlocked door, or if someone lets them in.
- Take control of goods and vehicles that belong to the person named on the order.
- Use reasonable force to enter business premises when enforcing a High Court writ.
- Add the statutory fees.
The rules do not allow them to
- Force entry to a home on a first visit.
- Come in when the only person present is a child under 16 or a vulnerable person.
- Take protected household items, or work equipment worth up to £1,350 in total.
- Take goods that belong to someone else.
- Refuse to show identification and their authority when asked.
What bailiffs can and cannot do
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The fees Court Enforcement Services can add
Under a High Court writ the scale is £79 at the notice stage, £200 for the first enforcement stage, £520 for the second and £550 for the sale stage, with 7.5% of the amount over £1,200 added at two of those stages.
These figures are set by regulations and are the same whichever company is instructed. They rose on 1 May 2026. Work out the fees on a debt
Contacting Court Enforcement Services
| Published details | |
|---|---|
| Debtors | 0343 504 1607 |
| Website | courtenforcementservices.co.uk |
| Address on the ECB register | 3rd Floor 10 Lloyds Avenue, London EC3N 3AJ |
Bailiff Support Team is not Court Enforcement Services and cannot take payments or discuss a case on its behalf.
Complaining about Court Enforcement Services
To Court Enforcement Services
Every accredited firm has to have a complaints procedure. Court Enforcement Services’s is available from the company.
To the creditor
The creditor who obtained the writ instructed the enforcement and remains responsible for it.
To the Enforcement Conduct Board
Because Court Enforcement Services is accredited, a complaint that the firm has not resolved can go to the Board. Its time limit is 3 months from the incident, or 1 month from the firm’s final response.
How to complain about a bailiff
When the debt cannot be paid in full
- An enforcement firm can agree a payment arrangement. It does not have to.
- The creditor can take a case back, for example where someone is vulnerable.
- A debt advice provider can ask for the notice period to be extended to 28 clear days, if it asks before the first 14 run out.
- Breathing Space, arranged through a debt adviser, pauses enforcement of the debts it covers for people who qualify.
Which of these fits is a question for a debt adviser. The ways enforcement can be paused or ended
Common questions
Is Court Enforcement Services a real bailiff company?
Yes. Court Enforcement Services appears on the Enforcement Conduct Board’s register of accredited firms, with accreditation dating from October 2023. Court Enforcement Services Ltd is registered at Companies House under number 08397825. That confirms the company exists. It does not confirm that a particular letter, text or call is really from it.
Can Court Enforcement Services force entry?
Not to a home on a first visit. Under a High Court writ, reasonable force can be used to enter business premises. A closed door does not stop the fees being added, and a vehicle outside can still be clamped.
Are Court Enforcement Services agents High Court enforcement officers?
High Court writs are directed to an authorised High Court enforcement officer, and enforcement agents working under that officer carry out visits. Authorised officers are listed in the directory kept by the High Court Enforcement Officers Association.
What happens if a Court Enforcement Services letter is ignored?
The same as with any enforcement firm. Once the notice period has passed an agent can visit, and the £200 first enforcement stage fee is added on the first attendance whether or not anyone answers. Goods outside the home, such as a vehicle, can be taken into control.
What time can Court Enforcement Services bailiffs visit?
Between 6am and 9pm, on any day of the week. Those hours are set by regulations and apply to every enforcement company.
Want to talk it through with someone?
Tell us where things are up to and one of our team will call to talk it through. A debt adviser then explains the options. There is no obligation to go any further.
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Free debt advice is available
These organisations give free, impartial debt advice and are independent of Bailiff Support Team. Nobody has to use a paid or commercial service to get help with their debts, and using one of the free services does not reduce the options available. Their advisers can also ask an enforcement firm to extend a notice period or apply for Breathing Space where it fits.
- MoneyHelperGovernment-backed. Finds a free debt adviser nearby or online.
- StepChange Debt CharityFree debt advice online and by phone.
- Citizens AdviceDetailed help with bailiffs, online and in person.
- National DebtlineFree advice and sample letters, run by the Money Advice Trust.
Sources
- Enforcement Conduct Board: Accredited Firms Register
- Court Enforcement Services: company website
- Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, Schedule 12
- Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, Schedule (fee tables)
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service: Guidance on bailiff and enforcement officer scam
- Enforcement Conduct Board: Making a complaint