08702245017

this number is wentworth direct finance.Pretending I wanted a loan i waited for them to call.they did and this old man hung up on me,so I rang it back on redial and explained that I neer wanted a loan just a refund for the £59.00 which they stole from my bank account.Then suddenly  they claimed not to be wentworth direct but another name.They still ring but withhold the number.

WHO PHONES FROM THIS NUMBER AND HANGS UP WHEN I ANSWER.?

The old man was probably the owner of Wentworth Direct Finance, Anthony Grant Clayton, well known to many folk as a common thief.

this company called wentworth and they took 69 pound from my account without any reason and its a fake numbar and a fraud company

i had call from this number they took my money they a fraud company

The Wentworth Direct Finance accounts are overdue by two months so best to avoid. Companies which have a lax attitude to administration frequently 'forget' to submit their accounts on time and can be the first sign that they are about to go under.

Name & Registered Office:
WENTWORTH DIRECT FINANCE LIMITED
THE MEWS, SOUTH STREET
SOUTH STREET
MEOPHAM
KENT
DA13 0QB
Company No. 04017809
Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 20/06/2000

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7499 - Non-trading company
Accounting Reference Date: 30/06
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/06/2009  (DORMANT)
Next Accounts Due: 31/03/2011 OVERDUE
Last Return Made Up To: 20/06/2010
Next Return Due: 18/07/2011
Last Members List: 20/06/2010

wentworth direct finance are a fraud and anthony grant clayton is a known fraudster and scam artist. not to mention a thieving unscupulous [***]

The end of Wentworth Direct Finance Ltd?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13604411

Loan fee scams to be stopped by OFT

Rogue traders contact people initially through a phone call or text message

Dishonest credit brokers that demand upfront fees for loans they have no intention of arranging will be closed by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

The measure is part of a general crackdown by the regulator following a complaint from Citizens' Advice.

The charity said some unscrupulous firms were cold-calling thousands of potential borrowers and offering loans in return for hefty fees.

The OFT is making it mandatory for fees to be refunded if a loan is not agreed.

"Our evidence suggests some businesses are deliberately taking people's money upfront with no realistic expectation of finding them the type of loan they need," said John Fingleton, the OFT's chief executive.

'We will continue to take robust enforcement action against businesses using unfair or improper business practices and we are providing new guidance making very clear the kind of behaviour we expect from the industry."

In parallel, the OFT will bring in new rules later this month for debt management firms to stop them making misleading claims in adverts, charging expensive fees upfront, giving poor advice or posing as charities.

Law change
The OFT is going to ask the government to consider changing the law to ban outright the practice of credit brokers demanding upfront fees in exchange for arranging loans.

A designated consumer group can make a super-complaint to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) if an issue is "significantly harming the interests of consumers"

The OFT has 90 days to respond by stating what action, if any, it plans to take on the issue and the reasons behind its decision.

Citizens' Advice had complained, in a so-called "super complaint", that many people had received a text message or telephone call from these firms offering to find them an unsecured loan.

Those who accepted were then charged the fees for little or no service in return.

"They are getting cold calls from businesses they haven't asked to call them," Teresa Perchard of Citizens' Advice told the BBC.

She said an upfront fee of £70 was not uncommon, but the organisation had come across charges of up to £300.

New rules
The OFT estimates that 270,000 people had paid upfront fees to credit brokers in the past year, with complaints about them doubling between 2008 and 2010.

The firms in question typically specialised in arranging unsecured loans for people who found it hard to borrow money because of their low incomes or past problems repaying debts.

As well as threatening to close down rogue credit brokers, the OFT is consulting on changes to its own rules to make it clear that:

borrowers already have a right in law for their fees to be refunded if the credit broker fails to introduce them to a potential lender
if an introduction is made but a loan is not granted within six months, the fee must still be repaid.
Some victims, Citizens' Advice said, had been persuaded to hand over their bank details and later found that money had been taken from their account without their permission.

Victims struggled to get somebody to deal with the issue, and were charged a premium rate when calling to complain.

They also found that they were being inundated by calls and text messages offering loans or debt management services from other firms.

The consumer minister Edward Davey welcomed the OFT's proposed changes.

"We will give careful consideration to the outcome and take further action if required."

They are a credit broker only. One of the Clayton family's many companies. Call centre in Slough. Connections to Guernsey judging by their ICO entry.
Google the postcodes, companies and individuals involved plus the word scam for more info.

Companies House Data:

Wentworth Direct Finance Ltd
Unit 4, The Mews, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 0QB
OFT Consumer Credit Act (CCA) Licence Number: 0469755 Expiry Date: 04-May-2010 (Anthony Grant Clayton)
www.wentworthdirect.com
(loan brokers)
http://bizzy.co.uk/uk/04017809/wentworth-direct-finance
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/wentworth-direct-finance
http://www.ico.gov.uk/ESDWebPages/DoSearch.asp?reg=4829217 Z4969878
http://whois.domaintools.com/wentworthdirect.com

Castle Finance Direct Ltd
www.castlefinancedirect.co.uk
(loan brokers)
http://bizzy.co.uk/uk/04869373/castle-finance-direct
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/castle-finance-direct
http://who.is/whois/castlefinancedirect.co.uk

Parkfield Financial Services Ltd
(loan brokers)
http://bizzy.co.uk/uk/03797265/parkfield-financial-services
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/parkfield-financial-services

Nationwide Credit Consultants Ltd
(credit repair)
http://bizzy.co.uk/uk/03561723/nationwide-credit-consultants
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/nationwide-credit-consultants

Mercron Credit Services Ltd
(credit repair)
http://bizzy.co.uk/uk/03059121/mercron-credit-services
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/mercron-credit-services

Capital First Loans UK
All of the above companies share the same registered address:

Unit 4
The Mews
South Street
Meopham
Gravesend
Kent
DA13 0QB

Also given as:
Unit 4
The Mews
Wrotham Road
Meopham
GRAVESEND
DA13 0QB

Clayton family members acting as directors and secretaries of the above include:
Anthony Grant Clayton
George Brian Clayton
Rita Elsie May Clayton
Blair Robert Clayton

Other Office manned by Director Anthony Clayton:
Higham Grange, Hermitage Road, Higham,Rochester, Kent, ME3 7NE

Website Facts:

REGISTRY WHOIS FOR CASTLEFINANCEDIRECT.CO.UK

  Domain name:
      castlefinancedirect.co.uk

  Registrant:
      Castle Finance Direct

  Registrant type:
      UK Sole Trader

  Registrant's address:
      19 Worcester Close,
      Istead Rise
      Gravesend
      Kent
      DA13 9LB
      United Kingdom

Registrant:
Wentworth Direct Finance Ltd
19 Worcester Close
Istead Rise
Gravesend, Kent DA13 9LB
UK

Domain name: WENTWORTHDIRECT.COM

Administrative Contact:
  Stringer, Russell  
  19 Worcester Close
  Istead Rise
  Gravesend, Kent DA13 9LB
  UK
  +44.7930970156

Office of Fair Trading Consumer Credit Act (CCA) Register http://www2.crw.gov.uk/pr/default.aspx
0469755 Anthony Grant Clayton Current DA13 0QB
0472482 Parkfield Financial Services Limited Lapsed on 28/10/2009 DA13 0QB
0495132 Wentworth Direct Finance Limited Terminated (Valid Application) on 17/01/2006 DA13 0QB
0544662 Castle Finance Direct Limited Current DA13 0QB

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If you complain to the FSO Financial Ombudsman Service via http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/consumer/complaints.htm you'll stand a 93% chance of being successful in your claim against Wentworth Direct Finance Ltd.

Adverse Press Reports: http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2011 ... st-for-omb.html:

"Anthony Grant Clayton trades as loan broking firm Wentworth Direct Finance, which we've featured for taking arrangement fees from customers who say either they didn't give permission, or that they never got the promised loan."
                    
Based in Meopham, Kent, Clayton, 46, has the highest proportion of complaints upheld (93%) of any credit firm. Wentworth Direct spokesman Maurice Johnstone said: "We have now introduced a responsible lending policy on our website which applicants have to accept before they can make an ­application."
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Action Fraud have the following advice on loan scam fees:

1) http://www.actionfraud.org.uk/node/240

Loan scams happen when a victim is asked to pay an upfront fee for a loan.

A person will typically reply to an advert for a fast loan and will have their application approved regardless of their credit history. Before they receive the loan, they are told them must pay an upfront fee to cover insurance for the loan.

Once this fee is paid, the victim does not hear from the company again and the loan is never received.
Loan scams are a type of advance fee fraud.

Fraud has been committed when money has been lost.

If fraud has been committed, report it to Action Fraud.

2) http://www.actionfraud.org.uk/node/157

People in debt conned out of cash in fake loan scam
National charity Citizens Advice is warning people to beware of companies offering fake loans for a fee. The companies often prey on people who are already in debt and desperate for a way out.
Advice
Citizens Advice top tips on fake loans:
• Never pay money up front
• Never give out bank account details to cold callers
• Be very wary of cold calls offering loans, and internet sites offering quick and easy credit
• If it looks too good to be true it usually is
• If you need credit, shop around, use a trusted source and always check the paperwork
• If you’ve already paid money up front for a non-existent loan, inform Trading Standards (www.tradingstandards.gov.uk). The Consumer Credit Act says that all but £5 of any brokerage fees should be refunded if no loan is taken up within 6 months.
Read more on the Citizens Advice website
Please note: Action Fraud is not responsible for the content on external websites.

3) Scammed? To report a fraud, call Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or use our online fraud reporting tool: https://reportfraud.actionfraud.org.uk/fraudreport/

Wentworth Direct Finance's latest scam (http://www.levelbusiness.com/doc/company/uk/04017809)

You have a complaint or are refused a refund by Wentworth Direct Finance for your brokers fee when no loan has materialised so go online to check their terms and conditions:

http://www.wentworthdirect.co.uk/default.aspx?id=10

Here, following some general advice about their complaints procedure, refunds policy and legal obligations, it gives the following name of the body and its address as someone who can adjudicate should you disagree after contacting them in Kent:

Legal Compliance Auditor
Legal Assistance
Enterprise House
Valley Innovation Centre
Navigation Park
Abercynon
CF45 4NS

However the Legal Compliance Auditor is and Legal Assistance body are entirely bogus...

The address is actually a virtual office service provided by a company:

On http://www.ukmailingaddress.co.uk/faq.html states

Your address would look like…

Name &/or Your Company
Enterprise House
Valley Innovation Centre
Navigation Park
Abercynon
Mid Glam.
CF45 4NS

(The company that provides this service is http://www.levelbusiness.com/doc/company/uk/07052936)

So although you may think that you are complaining to an impartial and official body like the FOS Financial Ombudsman Service, OFT Office of Fair Trade or the Legal Ombudsman you are not...

You are writing (courtesy of the re-mailing service) to the Wentworth Direct Finance Scam company and you can guess what the reply will not be favourable or impartial!

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Genuine help:
If you complain to the FOS Financial Ombudsman Service via http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/consumer/complaints.htm you'll stand a 93% chance of being successful in your claim against Wentworth Direct Finance Ltd.

Press Reports: http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2011 ... st-for-omb.html:

"Anthony Grant Clayton trades as loan broking firm Wentworth Direct Finance, which we've featured for taking arrangement fees from customers who say either they didn't give permission, or that they never got the promised loan."
                    
Based in Meopham, Kent, Clayton, 46, has the highest proportion of complaints upheld (93%) of any credit firm. Wentworth Direct spokesman Maurice Johnstone said: "We have now introduced a responsible lending policy on our website which applicants have to accept before they can make an ­application."
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my partner was applying for a loan and wenworth got intouch with him, affter filling out an application over the phone they asked him to confirm his bank card details to verify he held a uk bank account, he did this and they never got back in touch. Later that day my partner checked his account to find 59.99 was missing, taken from this company they never asked to take this money and my partner certainally didnt give permission!!! does anybody know who we complain to or what we can do about this?

i have applied the loan and you accepted the loan of 15000 pound and you send me the agreement letter but by mistake my father send it back without write any thing because i want to give a gift to my brother on his birthdaY by giving him a shop so i request you to send me this agreement back. on my friend address 10 number just this agreement letter plsss i request you or call me on this number 07404394536

I am relative to this family. I was sexually treated by the men that run this company and I have been ill by them. They are very bad men and they control me and Charlie. We are afraid of them and so is my mother. But in the travelling comunity you have to do as the men tell you two. Woman are kept down by the man and we can do nothing about it but pray to mary for help from jesus.

Janey - I know you are the sister and daughter in this family.  I used to work in the Meopham office and thought the whole set up was weird.  I'm not at all surprised that you have been made ill by your experiences.  The parents and brothers of this family are a very strange breed of people.  I feel very sorry for any children that the brothers may produce and they will sexually abuse them as you have been abused.  I think you and Charlie should completely move away from this family, get out of London and that dreadful place they call a Call Centre.  Make a life for yourselves.  Don't feel sorry for your mother Janey - she knew then and knows now, how you are treated.  She is as much to blame for what has happened to you.  Every mother should look after her child.  You can pray to Mary all you like, the only way for it to stop is for you and Charlie to get away.  I left before I was treated badly by your father George.  Your brother Tony and Blair are frightened of your father and so they are bullies to other people.  They've all been in prison so that shows you how bad they are.  Move away Janey and start a new life.