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# scooter.co.uk

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## Website

scooter.co.uk

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

youtube.com

[motorcycle ad 2](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eY3PXbXaTgk)

motorcycle ad 2 The latest video on its YouTube channel

Checked on 13 Nov 2026, 00:14 Unclaimed

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## Truth score

Truth score 61 out of 100, Mixed truth signals. Customer satisfaction: insufficient evidence

61 / 100

Mixed truth signals

## 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 Kingdom](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=71-75%20Shelton%20Street%2C%20Covent%20Garden%2C%20London%2C%20WC2H%209JQ%2C%20United%20Kingdom) A 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](tel:+44%20345%20652%200680)

Contact page: [scooter.co.uk/scooter-contact.html](https://scooter.co.uk/scooter-contact.html)

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

Social media: [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/directbikes) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/directbikes/) [X.com](https://www.twitter.com/directbikes) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/directbikes)

## 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 read We 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](https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.scooter.co.uk), which may contain additional customer reviews. We recommend checking these alongside the reviews shown here.

Customer satisfaction Insufficient evidence · No reviews found

App experience Insufficient 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

- An active UK company registered at Companies House, set up 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 is different from its registered office postcode at Companies House.

### Not found

- 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

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

### Latest YouTube video

[motorcycle ad 2](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eY3PXbXaTgk)

Correct as of 13 Nov 2026, 00:14

### 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](https://truthsignal.com/guides/how-to-know-if-a-shopping-site-is-legit).

### Who they are

Company details Its 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): 0 No secured loans outstanding at Companies House.

Sources [Companies House](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16197053)

Domain registration Its website address was registered 32 years ago

Domain age: 32 years

Sources [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup?name=scooter.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: [+44 345 652 0680](tel:+443456520680)

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.”

Sources [Homepage](https://scooter.co.uk/) [Contact page](https://scooter.co.uk/scooter-contact.html) [About page](https://scooter.co.uk/scooter-about.html) [Terms page](https://scooter.co.uk/scooter-terms.html) [Privacy page](https://scooter.co.uk/scooter-privacy.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://scooter.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.scooter.co.uk)

Platform · Rating · Reviews

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

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 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.

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

- 1 Germany 50.0%
- 2 Croatia 50.0%

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

Web history and authority The Internet Archive first saved a copy of its website 27 years ago

Website archive history: 27 years

Sources [First archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/19990508/scooter.co.uk)

Social presence It is on 4 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, X.com and YouTube); the largest audience is 2,100 subscribers on YouTube

Found · Platform · Audience

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

Found by Truth Signal · [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/directbikes/) · Unknown

Found by Truth Signal · [X.com](https://www.twitter.com/directbikes) · Unknown

Not found · LinkedIn

Found by Truth Signal · [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/directbikes) · 2,100 subscribers

Not found · TikTok

YouTube channel: 19 videos, 2,100 subscribers, last upload 21 Mar 2026

YouTube Data 94,467 views a video, 247 views a day and a new video every 381.8 days

[directbikes](https://www.youtube.com/@directbikes) @directbikes

Views per video 1,794,875 views ÷ 19 videos: 94,467

Views a day 1,794,875 views ÷ 7,254 days: 247

Views per subscriber 1,794,875 views ÷ 2,100 subscribers: 855

New subscribers a day 2,100 subscribers ÷ 7,254 days: 0

Subscribers per 1,000 views 2,100 subscribers ÷ 1,794,875 views × 1,000: 1.2

Subscribers per video 2,100 subscribers ÷ 19 videos: 111

Days between videos 7,254 days ÷ 19 videos: 381.8

Channel age 3 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

Sources [Its YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@directbikes) [YouTube Terms of Service](https://www.youtube.com/t/terms) Read 13 November 2026

### What data this site collects about you

Tracking tools on its homepage Google 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.

Source [Its homepage](https://scooter.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 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

Sources [Its DNS records](https://dns.google/query?name=scooter.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 scooter.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 scooter.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 61, Mixed: https://truthsignal.com/business/scooter.co.uk/report/2026-11.md

## Cite

Truth Signal, Scooter: truth score 61 out of 100, legitimacy confidence Mixed, assessed 2026-11-13, https://truthsignal.com/business/scooter.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/scooter.co.uk.json
