- [Home](https://truthsignal.com/) - [Business](https://truthsignal.com/business) - pgrtimber.co.uk # pgrtimber.co.uk Markdown: [Snapshot](https://truthsignal.com/business/pgrtimber.co.uk/snapshot.md) [Full report](https://truthsignal.com/business/pgrtimber.co.uk/report.md) ## Website pgrtimber.co.uk PGR Builders & Timber Merchants Buy building supplies from Essex's leading independent builder's merchant, PGR Builders & Timber Merchants. Open a PGRpro account for trade prices. Checked on 12 Nov 2026, 06:49 Unclaimed Own this business? Claim it now and get instant access to analytics, insights and further ways to improve your truth score. ## Truth score Truth score 58 out of 100, Mixed truth signals. Customer satisfaction: not enough reviews to say 58 / 100 Mixed truth signals ## Business details Category: DIY tools, hardware and building materials Places to visit: 2 stores Chelmsford, Thorpe 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: 23 years Address: [PGR Timber, Courtauld House, Courtauld Road, Essex, SS13 1RZ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=PGR%20Timber%2C%20Courtauld%20House%2C%20Courtauld%20Road%2C%20Essex%2C%20SS13%201RZ) Email address: customerservice@pgrtimber.co.uk Phone number: [+44 1268 334455](tel:+44%201268%20334455) Contact page: [pgrtimber.co.uk/customer-support](https://pgrtimber.co.uk/customer-support) Website: [pgrtimber.co.uk](https://pgrtimber.co.uk/?utm_source=truthsignal.com&utm_medium=referral) Social media: Not found ## Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints No reviews we could read We looked on SmartCustomer, G2, Capterra, Reviews.io, Feefo, Trustindex, ComplaintsBoard and ConsumerAffairs Also found on [Trustpilot](https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/pgrtimber.co.uk) Customer satisfaction Not enough reviews to say From independent reviews, weighed by their number ## Summary Is pgrtimber.co.uk legit and trustworthy? Truth score 58 out of 100, mixed truth signals: 8 of 10 public checks clear, 1 not found, 1 for information. Legitimacy confidence: mixed. Customer satisfaction: not enough reviews to say. pgrtimber.co.uk's website address was registered 23 years ago. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. We could not find visitor traffic figures or a customer rating. ### Positives - Its website address was registered 23 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 Buy building supplies from Essex's leading independent builder's merchant, PGR Builders & Timber Merchants. Open a PGRpro account for trade prices. — pgrtimber.co.uk, in their own words Where to find them Places: 2 stores · 2 towns - Chelmsford 1 - Thorpe 1 Sources [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) [Its homepage](https://www.pgrtimber.co.uk/) ### How to check if pgrtimber.co.uk is legit To check if pgrtimber.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 pgrtimber.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 Registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to handle personal data Country Where the company is based: Not stated with its address Which countries the company serves: UK, US Why we believe that: its address ends .uk, £ prices on its homepage, its delivery page says it ships to the US Registration Data protection registration (ICO): Registered, number ZB991822 Companies House register ICO data-protection fee payer: Yes Sources [ICO register entry](https://ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/Entry/ZB991822) Domain registration Its website address was registered 23 years ago Domain age: 23 years Sources [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup?name=pgrtimber.co.uk) Website details We read 5 of its pages: contact, about, returns, delivery and terms - Company contact email is available HTTPS enabled: Yes Contact phone number found: [+44 1268 334455](tel:+441268334455) Contact page found: Yes Hosting company: Google LLC What its pages say In their own words: “Whether you are trade or retail we will enjoy welcoming you to our branches. As Essex & Surrey's largest independent builders merchant, we pride ourselves on staff expertise and local knowledge, to get you building stress-free as quick as you can. PGR Timber was founded in 1984 as a family business operating out of a single unit in Laindon, Essex.” How long you have to return: “You then have 14 days to return the goods to us at you own cost.” Do returns cost anything: “Delivery Costs: Unless the item is faulty or incorrectly supplied, the buyer is responsible for return Delivery costs.” Faulty or damaged items: “Delivery Costs: Unless the item is faulty or incorrectly supplied, the buyer is responsible for return Delivery costs.” Delivery cost: “To provide the most efficient service, we divide our delivery areas into six zones, each with a specific lead time, minimum order requirement and delivery charge.” Sources [Homepage](https://pgrtimber.co.uk/) [Contact page](https://pgrtimber.co.uk/customer-support) [About page](https://pgrtimber.co.uk/about-us/our-story) [Returns page](https://pgrtimber.co.uk/customer-support/returns-policy) [Delivery page](https://pgrtimber.co.uk/customer-support/delivery-collection) [Terms page](https://pgrtimber.co.uk/about-us/terms-conditions) 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://pgrtimber.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/pgrtimber.co.uk) Platform · Rating · Reviews [Trustpilot](https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/pgrtimber.co.uk) · Unknown · Unknown Visitor traffic No data found from the sources checked. Where its visitors are Share of people looking up pgrtimber.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 United States 100.0% Sources [Chrome UX Report](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/crux) [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/domains/domain/pgrtimber.co.uk) Web history and authority The Internet Archive first saved a copy of its website 17 years ago Website archive history: 17 years Sources [First archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20090914/pgrtimber.co.uk) Social presence Its website links to no social media profiles Found · Platform · Audience Not found · Facebook Not found · Instagram Not found · X.com Not found · LinkedIn Not found · YouTube Not found · TikTok ### What data this site collects about you 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. Source [Its homepage](https://pgrtimber.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: Google Trust Services Certificate type: DV Certificate expires: 25 Jan 2027 Hosting Nameservers: ns0.ukfast.net ns1.ukfast.net Address: 34.149.205.144 Sources [Its DNS records](https://dns.google/query?name=pgrtimber.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 pgrtimber.co.uk's DNS records Run pgrtimber.co.uk? Add the record and 3 points are added to its truth score. [Prove you run this website](https://truthsignal.com/claim/pgrtimber.co.uk) 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 Run pgrtimber.co.uk? Confirm an email address at the domain and 1 point is added to its truth score. [Prove you run this website](https://truthsignal.com/claim/pgrtimber.co.uk) 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 pgrtimber.co.uk/robots.txt Run pgrtimber.co.uk? Let our checker read the whole website and 1 point is added to its truth score. [Prove you run this website](https://truthsignal.com/claim/pgrtimber.co.uk) Points added to its truth score 0 of 5 Is this your business? Get the code to show this score on your website Truth Signal truth score for pgrtimber.co.uk The badge always shows your latest score and links to your full report. Something wrong on this report? [Dispute this page](https://truthsignal.com/contact?dispute=pgrtimber.co.uk). Tell us which row or warning is wrong and why. 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