Fake website: greensquareltd.co.uk

22 January 2025

A fake website www.greensquareltd.co.uk is being used to impersonate services from a firm “Green Square Insolvency Limited”. The actual company “Green Square Insolvency Ltd” (Company Number 11916758, incorporated on 30 March 2019) is not trading and does not have a website.

The website has falsely used the credentials of Green Square Insolvency Ltd and Andrew Ryder as the licensed Insolvency Practitioner. Neither are linked with this website in any way. Action has been taken to remove the website and an application to dissolve the company has been submitted to Companies House.

The website uses the email info@greensquareltd.co.uk as well as a telephone numbers 0161 410 0116 and 0161 706 0738 – neither of these are associated with Andrew Ryder or Green Square Insolvency Ltd.

The website also claims to have authorisation/membership of the Insolvency Practitioners Association by using the affiliated logo of the organisation clearly displayed on the website. Whilst Andrew Ryder is authorised to act as an Insolvency Practitioner in the UK by the Insolvency Practitioners Association, he is not linked to this website.

What should you do?

When a firm’s or individual’s identity has been copied exactly (or cloned), it is very difficult to spot this initially. Due diligence is necessary and a major priority. If you receive calls or correspondence purporting to be from the aforementioned firm, you should conduct your own due diligence by checking the authenticity of the contact/correspondence by contacting the firm directly and asking for company director ID validation and by using other reliable and established means such as Companies House information to validate Director names. You can contact the IPA to find out if individuals or firms are regulated and authorised by the IPA and verify an individual or firm practice details. You can also check on the Insolvency Service website for practitioner details and their contact details to speak to them directly.

Other verification methods, such as checking public records (e.g. telephone directories and company records) may be required in some circumstances in order to speak to someone other than the person that called you – it is important not to take the content of a website at face value as these details could be mostly genuine in terms of company registration number details, ICO registration number or registered address details. Additionally, you should always go elsewhere to validate whomever appears to ‘regulate’ the firm or ask to speak to the Insolvency Practitioner directly and ask for their licence details as well as a telephone number. It is important to verify the Insolvency Practitioner or company from multiple sources and carefully check the specific details of email addresses and phone numbers.