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# cardfactory.co.uk

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## Website

cardfactory.co.uk

Welcome To cardfactory | Cards, Gifts & Party Supplies Card Factory

Checked on 12 Nov 2026, 23:15 Unclaimed

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## Truth score

Truth score 90 out of 100, High truth signals. Customer satisfaction: mostly satisfied

90 / 100

High truth signals

Top 5% of businesses we’ve checked

## Business details

Category: Greeting cards and stationery

Years in business: 28 years

Founded: 1997

Places to visit: 81 stores Newport (3), Basildon (3), Newcastle upon Tyne (2), Leeds (2), Chelmsford (2) and more

Sells: Physical goods

Sells to: The public

Kind of seller: Sells its own goods or services

Licensed trade: No licence normally needed

Domain age: 26 years

Address: [Century House, Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 0XG](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Century%20House%2C%20Wakefield%2041%20Industrial%20Estate%2C%20Wakefield%2C%20West%20Yorkshire%2C%20WF2%200XG)

Email address: customerservice@cardfactory.co.uk

Phone number: [+44 1924 839150](tel:+44%201924%20839150)

Contact page: [cardfactory.co.uk/contactus.html](https://cardfactory.co.uk/contactus.html)

Website: [cardfactory.co.uk](https://cardfactory.co.uk/?utm_source=truthsignal.com&utm_medium=referral)

Social media: Not found

## Do the sources agree?

Address: Century House, Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 0XG Its website agrees Companies House agrees OpenStreetMap not found Web Data Commons not found

Company name: SPORTSWIFT LIMITED Companies House agrees Its website differs

Sources give different names · Its website has Card Factory

Email address: customerservice@cardfactory.co.uk Its website agrees OpenStreetMap differs Web Data Commons not found

Sources give different emails · OpenStreetMap has cfonline@cardfactory.co.uk

## Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints

Site Reviews Rating

[Reviews.io](https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/www-cardfactory-co-uk) · Read 12 November 2026 · 595 reviews · 4.6 out of 5 stars

Total 595 4.6 out of 5 stars

Trustpilot reviews are not included in this assessment. This business also has a [Trustpilot page](https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.cardfactory.co.uk), which may contain additional customer reviews. We recommend checking these alongside the reviews shown here.

Customer satisfaction Mostly satisfied · Medium confidence · From 595 reviews on 1 independent review site

App experience Insufficient evidence · No app ratings found

## Summary

Is cardfactory.co.uk legit and trustworthy? Truth score 90 out of 100, high truth signals: 8 public checks clear, 1 not found, 1 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. App experience: insufficient evidence. Customer satisfaction: mostly satisfied, medium confidence.

cardfactory.co.uk is run by Sportswift Limited, an active UK company registered at Companies House 28 years ago, and was founded in 1997. Its website address was registered 26 years ago. It has a review page on Trustpilot. Customers have left 595 reviews on Reviews.io, averaging 4.6 stars out of 5. The postcode on its website matches its registered office. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. We could not find social media profiles.

### Positives

- An active UK company registered at Companies House, set up 28 years ago.
- Its website address was registered 26 years ago.
- It has a review page on [Trustpilot](https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.cardfactory.co.uk).
- Good independent reputation · 595 reviews on [Reviews.io](https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/www-cardfactory-co-uk), rated 4.6 stars out of 5.
- The postcode on its website matches its registered office at Companies House.
- No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.

### Not found

- Social presence information was not found from our checks.

Our technical team has been informed.

Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that it is safe to buy from or that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is unsafe or a scam.

### What they offer

Card Factory

— Welcome To cardfactory, in their own words

Where to find them

Places: 81 stores · busiest 12 of 61 towns below · 12 with no town given

- Newport 3
- Basildon 3
- Newcastle upon Tyne 2
- Leeds 2

- Chelmsford 2
- Stoke-on-Trent 2
- Thetford 1
- Derby 1

- Bury St Edmunds 1
- Woking 1
- Edinburgh 1
- Diss 1

About them

Best for: “Perfect for when life gets busy!”

Sources [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) [Its homepage](https://www.cardfactory.co.uk/) [Its about page](https://www.cardfactory.co.uk/about-us/aboutus.html)

### How to check if cardfactory.co.uk is legit

To check if cardfactory.co.uk is legit yourself, look at the same public records we did: the company register, who owns the web address and since when, customer reviews (where buyers leave praise and complaints), visitor numbers, how long the site has existed, social profiles, malware lists, data breaches and email security. Each row below shows what that record says about cardfactory.co.uk; open a row to see the facts and the source to check them yourself. Step by step: [how to know if a shopping site is legit](https://truthsignal.com/guides/how-to-know-if-a-shopping-site-is-legit).

### Who they are

Company details An active UK company registered at Companies House, set up 28 years ago

- Its registered office at Companies House is Century House, Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 0XG
- Its latest accounts at Companies House run to 31 January 2026
- It has filed at Companies House regularly for the last five years, with no gap longer than 15 months
- Registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to handle personal data

Country

Where the company is based: UK

Why we believe that: it is registered at Companies House, which is a registration for UK businesses

Which countries the company serves: UK

Why we believe that: its address ends .uk, £ prices on its homepage

Registration

Companies House registration: Registered as SPORTSWIFT LIMITED

Data protection registration (ICO): Registered, number Z2121812

VAT number: GB927214432

Companies House register

Company found in official company register: Yes

Registered company name: SPORTSWIFT LIMITED

Company status: active

Company age: 28 years

Registered address: Century House, Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 0XG

Accounts overdue: No

Confirmation statement overdue: No

Insolvency history: No

Registered office in dispute: No

Filing history consistent: Yes

ICO data-protection fee payer: Yes

Registered to do: 47190 Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Company type: Private limited company

Size and borrowing

Accounts filed: Full accounts The most detailed kind a company files.

Secured loans (charges): 0 No secured loans outstanding at Companies House.

From Wikipedia

Industry: retail

Founded: 1997

Sources [Companies House](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03493972) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_Factory) [ICO register entry](https://ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/Entry/Z2121812)

Domain registration Its website address was registered 26 years ago

Domain age: 26 years

Sources [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup?name=cardfactory.co.uk)

Website details We read 4 of its pages: contact, about, terms and privacy

- Company contact email is available

HTTPS enabled: Yes

Contact phone number found: [+44 1924 839150](tel:+441924839150)

Contact page found: Yes

Sources agreeing on postcode: 2

Hosting company: Amazon Technologies Inc.

What its pages say

Ways to contact them: [+44 1924 839150](tel:+441924839150), [customerservice@cardfactory.co.uk](mailto:customerservice@cardfactory.co.uk)

Phone support: [+44 1924 839150](tel:+441924839150), [customerservice@cardfactory.co.uk](mailto:customerservice@cardfactory.co.uk)

In their own words: “Our website has detected that you are using an outdated browser that will prevent you from accessing certain features. At cardfactory, we believe life is for celebrating, and we’re dedicated to helping you do just that. Whether it’s a birthday party, a wedding, a new baby or simply just because, there’s always a reason to gather with loved ones and make special memories.”

Sources [Homepage](https://cardfactory.co.uk/) [Contact page](https://cardfactory.co.uk/contactus.html) [About page](https://cardfactory.co.uk/about-us/aboutus.html) [Terms page](https://cardfactory.co.uk/offer-terms.html) [Privacy page](https://cardfactory.co.uk/gp-privacy-policy/) [Privacypolicy.html](https://cardfactory.co.uk/privacypolicy.html)

Search engines and AI Lets in every search engine and AI tool

Which search engines and AI tools its robots.txt file lets read the website. Search engines list it in results; AI training tools learn from it; AI answer tools read it to answer someone’s question.

Search engines

All allowed

Google Search: Allowed by default Googlebot

Bing: Allowed by default Bingbot

AI training

All allowed

OpenAI: Allowed by default GPTBot

Anthropic: Allowed by default ClaudeBot

Google AI: Allowed by default Google-Extended

Apple AI: Allowed by default Applebot-Extended

Common Crawl: Allowed by default CCBot

Meta: Allowed by default meta-externalagent

ByteDance (TikTok): Allowed by default Bytespider

AI answers

All allowed

ChatGPT search: Allowed by default OAI-SearchBot

ChatGPT: Allowed by default ChatGPT-User

Claude search: Allowed by default Claude-SearchBot

Claude: Allowed by default Claude-User

Perplexity: Allowed by default PerplexityBot

Sources [robots.txt](https://cardfactory.co.uk/robots.txt)

### Reputation and track record

Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints It has a review page on [Trustpilot](https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.cardfactory.co.uk)

Platform · Rating · Reviews

[Trustpilot](https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.cardfactory.co.uk) · Unknown · Unknown

[Reviews.io](https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/www-cardfactory-co-uk) · 4.6 out of 5 stars · 595

Total · 4.6 out of 5 stars · 595

Visitor traffic Real people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months

- Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier

Monthly visitor data

Popularity among Chrome users: top 100,000 sites

First known user traffic: Feb 2021 or earlier

Months with real traffic, of the last 24: 24

Traffic pattern: sustained

Rank jump in the last 12 months: none

Rank drop in the last 12 months: none

Where its visitors are

Share of people looking up cardfactory.co.uk, by country, over the last 2 days.

- Over 50%
- 5 to 50%
- 1 to 5%
- 0.2 to 1%
- Under 0.2%
- None seen

- 1 Germany 47.0%
- 2 Singapore 16.7%
- 3 United Kingdom 9.1%
- 4 United States 7.6%
- 5 Austria 3.0%
- 6 Colombia 3.0%
- 7 Argentina 1.5%
- 8 Brunei Darussalam 1.5%
- 9 Brazil 1.5%
- 10 Switzerland 1.5%

Top 10 of 15 countries.

Sources [Chrome UX Report](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/crux) [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/domains/domain/cardfactory.co.uk)

Web history and authority The Internet Archive first saved a copy of its website 26 years ago

Website archive history: 26 years

Sources [First archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20001109/cardfactory.co.uk)

Social presence We could not check how big its social media following is: the check ran out of time.

### What data this site collects about you

What its privacy policy says We found this business stores and uses your data

May send your data to other countries.: “However, we are part of a group of companies that also operate in other countries, and some of our service providers are located outside of the UK.”

Says you can ask it to delete your data.: “Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain limited circumstances.”

Has a data protection officer you can contact.: “For further information about your data in the UK or the EU please contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo@cardfactory.co.uk .” dpo@cardfactory.co.uk

Source [Its privacy policy](https://www.cardfactory.co.uk/privacypolicy.html)

Tracking tools on its homepage Google Tag Manager

Named in its homepage's code when we read it. Others may load later, so this list may not be complete.

Google Tag Manager: Loads other tracking tools, which may not be listed here.

Uses OneTrust to ask which cookies you allow.

Source [Its homepage](https://cardfactory.co.uk/)

### Safety

Malware and phishing No malware or phishing warnings found for its website This check is not perfect: it can miss a harmful site, and it can wrongly warn about a safe one.

Malware or phishing threat status: None found

Sources [Google Web Risk](https://docs.cloud.google.com/web-risk/docs/advisory)

Data breach history No known data breach involving the company

Known data breaches found: 0

Sources [Have I Been Pwned](https://haveibeenpwned.com/)

Domain and email security Its email is only partly protected: mail forged in its name is reported but not blocked

- Its email identifies its real senders, but mail forged in its name is not blocked

Email

MX records: Yes

SPF record: Yes

DKIM key: Yes

DMARC record: Yes

DMARC policy: none

Certificate

Security certificate browsers warn about: No

Certificate issuer: DigiCert Inc

Certificate type: OV

Certificate expires: 8 Apr 2027

Hosting

Nameservers: udns1.ultradns.net
udns2.ultradns.net

Address: 18.245.187.127
18.245.187.24
18.245.187.45
18.245.187.77

Sources [Its DNS records](https://dns.google/query?name=cardfactory.co.uk&rr_type=TXT)

### Proof of ownership

What the business has done to prove it runs this website. Each proof adds points to its truth score, up to 5. A proof it has not added is never counted against it.

DNS record Not added yet +3 possible

What we check: A record the business adds in its domain's settings. Only someone who runs the website can add one.

When we check: On every check. The points stay only while the record is there.

Points: 0 of 3 added

Source cardfactory.co.uk's DNS records

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Email at its own domain Not added yet +1 possible

What we check: That someone at the business has confirmed an email address at its own website's domain.

When we check: When the address is confirmed. It counts from then on.

Points: 0 of 1 added

Source Truth Signal's own records

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Lets our checker read it Not added yet +1 possible

What we check: That its robots.txt file names our checker, TruthSignal, and lets it read the whole website.

When we check: On every check. The point stays only while the file allows it.

Points: 0 of 1 added

Source cardfactory.co.uk/robots.txt

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Points added to its truth score 0 of 5

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### Change over time

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- Social Followers
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## Past reports

The report as it read each month, newest first:

- 2026-11: truth score 90, High: https://truthsignal.com/business/cardfactory.co.uk/report/2026-11.md

## How the customers' Total rating is worked out

Bayesian average: 7 reviews at 3.5 stars added, so a few reviews move it less. The 7 added reviews at 3.5 stars are the weighting Trustpilot publishes for its TrustScore. With this business's figures:

(7 × 3.5 + 4.6 × 595 (Reviews.io)) ÷ (7 + 595) = 4.6, to one decimal place

## Cite

Truth Signal, Welcome To cardfactory: truth score 90 out of 100, legitimacy confidence High, assessed 2026-11-12, https://truthsignal.com/business/cardfactory.co.uk. Licence Truth Signal terms: free to read and quote with a link back; bulk copying, data sets, resale, white-label and model training need the paid API plan (https://truthsignal.com/terms). The same report as JSON: https://truthsignal.com/business/cardfactory.co.uk.json
