Find the judgment debtor before the enforcement fee is spent.
A current registered address, dated and rated, before the letter before action, the claim, personal service or enforcement. Bulk upload for insolvency estates and creditor lists. Invoiced only when the address is delivered.
Where the address matters
Almost every step after a debt is disputed needs a current address for an individual: the letter before action, the claim, personal service of a statutory demand or a bankruptcy petition, an order to attend court for questioning, and any enforcement that turns on where the debtor is. A warrant or writ of control issued against an address the debtor left two years ago costs the fee and produces nothing.
A trace before the fee is spent is the cheapest step in the process. The report gives the current registered address, dated and rated, and a written note of what was checked when there is no result.
How recovery and insolvency practices use it
Pre-action
Trace before the letter before action so the letter reaches the debtor and the file records where it went. Add a mobile number where one is on file if your purpose allows contact.
Post-judgment
A current address before instructing enforcement agents, applying for an order to attend court, or serving a statutory demand or a petition personally.
Insolvency estates
Directors, debtors of the estate, guarantors and creditors who have moved. Bulk upload a list and receive one report per person, invoiced only for those found.
What we do not do
- Collect money, contact the debtor on your behalf, or act as your agent.
- Report assets, ownership, employment or income. The deliverable is the current registered address, its confidence rating and the date.
- Trace anyone for a purpose we cannot record a lawful basis for.
Prices for firms
Every tier is charged only when a current registered address is delivered. Single instructions on the professional list, or a firm account from ten a month.
| Standard | £150 | Within 3 to 5 working days. £125 on a firm account. |
|---|---|---|
| Express | £225 | Within 48 hours. Worked the day it is accepted. |
| Priority | £295 | Within 24 hours. Same working day when instructed before noon. |
| No find | £0 | Nothing invoiced. You receive a short note of what was checked. |
Run by a professional investigator, built for the file.
Trace Bureau was founded and is run by a working UK investigator who has spent years locating people for solicitors, creditors, landlords and executors. Every instruction is read, worked and signed off by a person who knows what a real trail looks like, and the report is written for the person who has to rely on it: dated, rated, referenced to your matter, and priced for the work rather than the letterhead. About Trace Bureau.
Related reading
Other work firms bring us
Service of proceedings
An address for service.
Read moreProbate and estates
Missing beneficiaries and next of kin.
Read moreFamily
Respondents and absent parents.
Read moreThe report
What arrives on the file.
Read moreHow to instruct
Single traces and firm accounts.
Read moreCompliance
Lawful basis, data and records.
Read moreQuestions firms ask
Anything else, email [email protected] and a person replies within one working day.
Do you collect the debt?
No. We find the address. What you do with it, from a letter before action to enforcement, is your work and your client's decision.
Can you tell me whether the debtor owns the property?
The deliverable is the current registered address with a confidence rating and date. We do not report ownership, income or assets, and we do not promise anything we cannot stand behind.
Can you add a telephone number?
A mobile number where one is on file can be added to any instruction, charged only if found, for pre-action contact where your purpose allows it.
We are insolvency practitioners. Can we trace directors, debtors of the estate and creditors?
Yes. Each is a separate instruction with its own reference and its own lawful basis, recorded as insolvency work. Bulk upload suits a creditor list.
What if the debtor is a company?
A registered office is public. We trace people. If you need the individual behind a company, instruct the trace on the person.
What happens on a no-find?
Nothing is invoiced. You receive a short note of what was checked, which can support an application to serve by an alternative method or a decision not to spend an enforcement fee.
Open a firm account
Reply within one working day. Accounts open after a short identity and purpose check.