Trace

Expert People Tracing for Debt Recovery & Legal Enforcement

At Sheriff & Penny, we specialise in professional debtor tracing services to locate individuals or businesses who have disappeared to avoid repayment. Using advanced data sources, investigative techniques, and legal expertise, we quickly find debtors, absconded tenants, or missing persons connected to financial obligations.

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What Is Tracing & Why Is It Important?

When a debtor or tenant vanishes without paying, traditional recovery methods become difficult. Our trace and locate service helps creditors, landlords, and legal professionals find individuals who have:

✔ Moved without leaving a forwarding address.

✔ Changed their contact details to avoid detection.

✔ Used false information to obtain goods, services, or credit.

✔ Left unpaid rent, invoices, or contractual obligations behind.

How Our Tracing Service Works

Advanced Data Searches

We access credit databases, electoral rolls, utility records, and other legal data sources to verify addresses and movements.

Investigative Techniques & Intelligence Gathering

We use digital footprint tracking, social media analysis, and professional investigative methods to locate individuals who are actively avoiding detection.

Field Visits & Face-to-Face Verification

Where necessary, we send trained enforcement agents to verify the debtor’s location and confirm residency.

Discreet & Legally Compliant Searches

We operate within UK legal frameworks, ensuring full compliance with GDPR, Data Protection Laws, and FCA regulations.

Who Uses Our Tracing Services?

Landlords & Letting Agents

Track down tenants who left unpaid rent.

Businesses & Creditors

Find absconded customers with unpaid debts.

Solicitors & Legal Firms

Locate individuals for legal proceedings.

Debt Recovery Agencies

Confirm debtor addresses before enforcement action.

Why Choose Sheriff & Penny for Tracing Services?

When debtors vanish, finding them requires expertise, legal compliance, and access to the right intelligence tools.

At Sheriff & Penny, we’ve been successfully tracing missing debtors, absconded tenants, and evasive individuals since 2003. Our specialist tracing team combines cutting-edge technology with investigative expertise to deliver fast, accurate, and legally compliant results.

Fast & Accurate Results – We deliver verified location data quickly.

Legal & Ethical – GDPR-compliant and legally sound tracing techniques.

High Success Rate – We locate debtors even if they have actively concealed their whereabouts.

Integrated Recovery Service – Once found, we can proceed with enforcement action.

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TRACE Authorisation Form

TRACE Authorisation Form

Authorisation to Conduct Trace Investigations

For the purpose of locating individuals or businesses in relation to outstanding debts, legal matters, or recovery action.

By completing this form, you authorise Sheriff & Penny Private Bailiffs Ltd to undertake a trace investigation to locate the individual or business named below. This may include the use of third-party databases, investigation tools, and other lawful methods to determine their current whereabouts.

SUBJECT TO BE TRACED

TRACE INFORMATION

YOUR DETAILS

Maximum file size: 516MB

CERTIFICATION

I confirm that I have a lawful reason for requesting this trace and that it complies with all relevant data protection legislation. I consent to Sheriff & Penny using the information provided to carry out the trace.

Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ's)

Yes, we use only lawful, GDPR-compliant methods to trace individuals. Our services comply with UK Data Protection Laws and FCA regulations.

Most cases are resolved within 48–72 hours, but complex cases may take longer.

Yes, we have access to global tracing networks and can locate individuals outside the UK, however the results may be slower to show results.

Once located, we provide a verified address and contact details so you can proceed with debt recovery, legal action, or enforcement.