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# empressfencing.co.uk

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## Website

empressfencing.co.uk

Empress Fencing | Logs | Fencing | Garden Gates | Clitheroe Empress Fencing supplies trade, domestic & commercial customers with a wide range of products including made-to-measure fencing panels, sheds, cabins and gates.

Checked on 11 Nov 2026, 18:06 Unclaimed

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## Truth score

Truth score 70 out of 100, High truth signals. Customer satisfaction: not enough reviews to say

70 / 100

High truth signals

## Business details

Category: DIY tools, hardware and building materials

Years in business: 24 years

Founded by: Andrew Ireland

Sells: Physical goods

Sells to: The public and businesses

Kind of seller: Sells its own goods or services

Licensed trade: No licence normally needed

Domain age: 26 years

Address: [Suites 5 & 6, The Printworks, Hey Road,, Barrow, Clitheroe, Lancs, BB7 9WB](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Suites%205%20%26%206%2C%20The%20Printworks%2C%20Hey%20Road%2C%2C%20Barrow%2C%20Clitheroe%2C%20Lancs%2C%20BB7%209WB)

Email address: info@empressfencing.co.uk

Phone number: [+44 1200 449930](tel:+44%201200%20449930)

Contact page: [empressfencing.co.uk/contact-us/](https://empressfencing.co.uk/contact-us/)

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

Social media: [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/empressfencing/) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/empressfencing/) [X.com](https://x.com/empressfencing)

## Do the sources agree?

Address: Suites 5 & 6, The Printworks, Hey Road,, Barrow, Clitheroe, Lancs, BB7 9WB Companies House agrees Its website differs OpenStreetMap not found Web Data Commons not found

Sources give different addresses · Its website has BB7 4JY

Company name: EMPRESS FENCING LTD Companies House agrees Its website differs

Sources give different names · Its website has Empress Fencing Clitheroe Lancashire

## Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints

No reviews found We looked on Trustpilot, SmartCustomer, G2, Capterra, Reviews.io, Feefo, Trustindex, ComplaintsBoard and ConsumerAffairs

Customer satisfaction Not enough reviews to say From independent reviews, weighed by their number

## Summary

Is empressfencing.co.uk legit and trustworthy? Truth score 70 out of 100, high truth signals: 8 of 10 public checks clear, 1 not found, 1 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. Customer satisfaction: not enough reviews to say.

empressfencing.co.uk is run by Empress Fencing LTD, an active UK company registered at Companies House 24 years ago. Its website address was registered 26 years ago. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. We could not find visitor traffic figures or a customer rating.

### Positives

- An active UK company registered at Companies House, set up 24 years ago.
- Its website address was registered 26 years ago.
- No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.

### Not found

- Visitor traffic information was not found from our checks.
- Reviews information was not found from our checks.

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

Empress Fencing supplies trade, domestic & commercial customers with a wide range of products including made-to-measure fencing panels, sheds, cabins and gates.

— Empress Fencing, in their own words

Where to find them

Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 08:30 to 16:30; Saturday 09:00 to 11:45

Sources [Its homepage](https://www.empressfencing.co.uk/)

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

To check if empressfencing.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 empressfencing.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 24 years ago

- Its registered office at Companies House is Suites 5 & 6, The Printworks, Hey Road,, Barrow, Clitheroe, Lancs, BB7 9WB
- Its latest accounts at Companies House run to 30 April 2025
- 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, the site's structured data states its country, its phone number starts +44, its postcode is a UK postcode

Which countries the company serves: UK

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

Registration

Companies House registration: Registered as EMPRESS FENCING LTD

Data protection registration (ICO): Registered, number ZA671661

VAT number: Not found

Companies House register

Company found in official company register: Yes

Registered company name: EMPRESS FENCING LTD

Company status: active

Company age: 24 years

Registered address: Suites 5 & 6, The Printworks, Hey Road,, Barrow, Clitheroe, Lancs, BB7 9WB

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: 16290 Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting

Company type: Private limited company

Size and borrowing

Accounts filed: Small company accounts Filed by a small company, with less detail.

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

Sources [Companies House](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04449240) [ICO register entry](https://ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/Entry/ZA671661)

Domain registration Its website address was registered 26 years ago

Domain age: 26 years

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

Website details We read 5 of its pages: contact, about, delivery, terms and privacy

- Company contact email is available

HTTPS enabled: Yes

Contact phone number found: [+44 1200 449930](tel:+441200449930)

Contact page found: Yes

Sources agreeing on postcode: 1

What its pages say

Phone support: [+44 1200 449930](tel:+441200449930), [info@empressfencing.co.uk](mailto:info@empressfencing.co.uk)

In their own words: “Empress Fencing was established by Andrew Ireland in 1996 on the site of a previous sawmill. The business has grown to become one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of fencing materials and timber products in the Lancashire area, supplying agricultural, commercial and domestic customers. Over the years Andrew has been joined by several family members and long-serving staff, who work together to provide the type of service you expect from a local business – a friendly welcome, good product knowledge and access to the staff in charge of your order.”

Delivery cost: “All delivered orders have a minimum order value of £50 (including VAT, before any delivery charge).”

Sources [Homepage](https://empressfencing.co.uk/) [Contact page](https://empressfencing.co.uk/contact-us/) [About page](https://empressfencing.co.uk/about-us/) [Delivery page](https://empressfencing.co.uk/delivery-charges/) [Terms page](https://empressfencing.co.uk/terms-conditions/) [Privacy page](https://empressfencing.co.uk/privacy-notice/)

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://empressfencing.co.uk/robots.txt)

### Reputation and track record

Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints No customer reviews found

- We found no page for it on any review website, such as Trustpilot

Visitor traffic No data found from the sources checked.

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

Web history and authority The Internet Archive first saved a copy of its website 25 years ago

Website archive history: 25 years

Sources [First archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20010331/empressfencing.co.uk)

Social presence It is on 3 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram and X.com); the largest audience is 89 followers on Instagram

Found · Platform · Audience

Found by Truth Signal · [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/empressfencing/) · Unknown

Found by Truth Signal · [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/empressfencing/) · 89 followers

Found by Truth Signal · [X.com](https://x.com/empressfencing) · Unknown

Not found · LinkedIn

Not found · YouTube

Not found · TikTok

### 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.: “Many of our third parties service providers are based outside the European Economic Area (EEA) so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the EEA.”

Source [Its privacy policy](https://www.empressfencing.co.uk/privacy-notice/)

Tracking tools on its homepage Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, Microsoft Clarity and Hotjar

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

Google Analytics: Counts your visits and what you look at.

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

Google Ads: Tracks what you do to show you Google adverts.

Microsoft Clarity: Records how you move, scroll and click on the page.

Hotjar: Records how you move, scroll and click on the page.

Source [Its homepage](https://empressfencing.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: Let's Encrypt

Certificate type: DV

Certificate expires: 28 Jan 2027

Hosting

Nameservers: curt.ns.cloudflare.com
tegan.ns.cloudflare.com

Address: 185.53.57.3

Sources [Its DNS records](https://dns.google/query?name=empressfencing.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 empressfencing.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 empressfencing.co.uk/robots.txt

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Points added to its truth score 0 of 5

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## Past reports

The report as it read each month, newest first:

- 2026-11: truth score 70, High: https://truthsignal.com/business/empressfencing.co.uk/report/2026-11.md

## Cite

Truth Signal, Empress Fencing: truth score 70 out of 100, legitimacy confidence High, assessed 2026-11-11, https://truthsignal.com/business/empressfencing.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/empressfencing.co.uk.json
