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Scooter | Scooters For Sale | Direct BikesScooters For Sale and Moped For Sale from Direct Bikes. Unbeatable Moped Prices for 50cc (49cc) and 125cc Mopeds For Sale.

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Business details

Category
Motorbikes and scooters
Years in business
1 year
Sells
Physical goods
Sells to
The public
Kind of seller
Sells its own goods or services
Domain age
32 years
Address
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United KingdomA registered agent's address, used as the legal address of many companies. It may not be where the business works.
Email address
sales@scooter.co.uk
Phone number
+44 345 652 0680
Social media

Do the sources agree?

Address
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom Companies House agrees Its website differs OpenStreetMap not found Web Data Commons not found

Sources give different addresses · Its website has EC1V 2NX

Company name
DIRECT BIKES MOTORS LTD Companies House agrees Its website differs

Sources give different names · Its website has Financial Compliance Limited

Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints

No reviews we could readWe looked on SmartCustomer, G2, Capterra, Reviews.io, Feefo, Trustindex, ComplaintsBoard and ConsumerAffairs

Trustpilot reviews are not included in this assessment. This business also has a Trustpilot page, which may contain additional customer reviews. We recommend checking these alongside the reviews shown here.

Customer satisfactionInsufficient evidence· No reviews found
App experienceInsufficient evidence· No app ratings found

Summary

Is scooter.co.uk legit and trustworthy? Truth score 61 out of 100, mixed truth signals: 8 public checks clear, 1 to be cautious about, 1 for information. Legitimacy confidence: mixed. App experience: insufficient evidence. Customer satisfaction: insufficient evidence.

scooter.co.uk is run by Direct Bikes Motors LTD, an active UK company registered at Companies House 1 years ago. Its website address was registered 32 years ago. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. Be cautious: its accounts are overdue at Companies House. The postcode on its website differs from its registered office postcode. We could not find a customer rating.

Positives

  1. An active UK company registered at Companies House, set up 1 years ago.
  2. Its website address was registered 32 years ago.
  3. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.

Be cautious

  1. Its accounts are overdue at Companies House.
  2. The postcode on its website is different from its registered office postcode at Companies House.

Not found

  1. 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

Scooters For Sale and Moped For Sale from Direct Bikes. Unbeatable Moped Prices for 50cc (49cc) and 125cc Mopeds For Sale.
— Scooter, in their own words

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How to check if scooter.co.uk is legit

To check if scooter.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 scooter.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.

Who they are

Company detailsIts accounts are overdue at Companies House
  • An active UK company registered at Companies House, set up 1 years ago
  • Its registered office at Companies House is 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom
  • It has filed at Companies House regularly since it was set up, with no gap longer than 15 months
  • Not found in the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) register of organisations that 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 legal pages give an address in England, 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, its delivery page says it ships to the UK
Registration
Companies House registration
Registered as DIRECT BIKES MOTORS LTD
Data protection registration (ICO)
Not found
VAT number
GB485225771
Companies House register
Company found in official company register
Yes
Registered company name
DIRECT BIKES MOTORS LTD
Company status
active
Company age
1 year
Registered address
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom
Accounts overdue
Yes
Confirmation statement overdue
No
Insolvency history
No
Registered office in dispute
No
Filing history consistent
Yes
Registered to do
45190 Sale of other motor vehicles
Company type
Private limited company
Size and borrowing
Secured loans (charges)
0No secured loans outstanding at Companies House.
Domain registrationIts website address was registered 32 years ago
Domain age
32 years
Website detailsWe read 4 of its pages: contact, about, terms and privacy
  • Company contact email is available
HTTPS enabled
Yes
Contact phone number found
+44 345 652 0680
Contact page found
Yes
Sources agreeing on postcode
1
Hosting company
Fasthosts Internet Limited
What its pages say
In their own words
“We supply our new motor scooters and motorcycles direct from the factory, cutting out the middleman. We also avoid glossy brochures, fancy showrooms and aggressive salesmen. Because we keep our overheads low, we can pass the savings on to you.”
Who you're buying from
“Company Registration Number: 16197053.”
Search engines and AILets 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 defaultGooglebot
Bing
Allowed by defaultBingbot
AI training

All allowed

OpenAI
Allowed by defaultGPTBot
Anthropic
Allowed by defaultClaudeBot
Google AI
Allowed by defaultGoogle-Extended
Apple AI
Allowed by defaultApplebot-Extended
Common Crawl
Allowed by defaultCCBot
Meta
Allowed by defaultmeta-externalagent
ByteDance (TikTok)
Allowed by defaultBytespider
AI answers

All allowed

ChatGPT search
Allowed by defaultOAI-SearchBot
ChatGPT
Allowed by defaultChatGPT-User
Claude search
Allowed by defaultClaude-SearchBot
Claude
Allowed by defaultClaude-User
Perplexity
Allowed by defaultPerplexityBot
Sourcesrobots.txt

Reputation and track record

Customer reviews, accreditations and complaintsIt has a review page on Trustpilot
PlatformRatingReviews
TrustpilotUnknownUnknown
Visitor trafficReal 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 500,000 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 scooter.co.uk, by country, over the last 2 days.

Germany 50.0%Croatia 50.0%
  • Over 50%
  • 5 to 50%
  • 1 to 5%
  • 0.2 to 1%
  • Under 0.2%
  • None seen
  1. 1Germany50.0%
  2. 2Croatia50.0%
Web history and authorityThe Internet Archive first saved a copy of its website 27 years ago
Website archive history
27 years
Social presenceIt is on 4 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, X.com and YouTube); the largest audience is 2,100 subscribers on YouTube
FoundPlatformAudience
FacebookUnknown
InstagramUnknown
X.comUnknown
LinkedIn
YouTube2,100 subscribers
TikTok
YouTube channel
19 videos, 2,100 subscribers, last upload 21 Mar 2026
YouTube Data94,467 views a video, 247 views a day and a new video every 381.8 days
directbikes@directbikes
Views per video1,794,875 views ÷ 19 videos
94,467
Views a day1,794,875 views ÷ 7,254 days
247
Views per subscriber1,794,875 views ÷ 2,100 subscribers
855
New subscribers a day2,100 subscribers ÷ 7,254 days
0
Subscribers per 1,000 views2,100 subscribers ÷ 1,794,875 views × 1,000
1.2
Subscribers per video2,100 subscribers ÷ 19 videos
111
Days between videos7,254 days ÷ 19 videos
381.8
Channel age3 January 2007 to 13 November 2026
19 years 10 months
Subscribers
2,100
Views
1,794,875
Videos
19
Started
3 January 2007
Country
Not stated
Language
Not stated
Topics
Lifestyle, Vehicle
Made for children
Not stated
Website in its description
Not stated
Trailer
No

What data this site collects about you

Tracking tools on its homepageGoogle Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Google Ads

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.

Safety

Malware and phishingNo malware or phishing warnings found for its websiteThis 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
Data breach historyNo known data breach involving the company
Known data breaches found
0
Domain and email securityIts email is protected: mail forged in its name goes to spam
Email
MX records
Yes
SPF record
Yes
DKIM key
Yes
DMARC record
Yes
DMARC policy
quarantine
Certificate
Security certificate browsers warn about
No
Certificate issuer
Sectigo Limited
Certificate type
DV
Certificate expires
19 Apr 2027
Hosting
Nameservers
ns0.ukfast.net
ns1.ukfast.net
Address
77.68.73.121

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 recordNot 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
Sourcescooter.co.uk's DNS records
Run scooter.co.uk? Add the record and 3 points are added to its truth score.Prove you run this website
Email at its own domainNot 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
SourceTruth Signal's own records
Run scooter.co.uk? Confirm an email address at the domain and 1 point is added to its truth score.Prove you run this website
Lets our checker read itNot 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
Sourcescooter.co.uk/robots.txt
Run scooter.co.uk? Let our checker read the whole website and 1 point is added to its truth score.Prove you run this website
Points added to its truth score0 of 5
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