What is the reason behind the absence of guidance on stopping bailiffs from all those debt charity websites?


Conflict of interest

Debt charities receive funding from the UK government to offer guidance to individuals facing debt, essentially making the government their primary financial backers

Personal indebtedness poses a significant challenge in the UK, surpassing many other nations, largely due to the impact of substantial statutory debts imposed on citizens, such as council tax, traffic fines, court penalties, and other non-consumer debts.

The bulk of bailiff interventions, amounting to over 90%, stem from statutory debts, primarily comprising council tax, traffic fines, and court penalties, with the remaining 10% attributed to contractual or consumer debts. Consequently, the government emerges as the primary beneficiary of all bailiff enforcement actions.

Bailiff agencies include a roster of debt advice charities in their documentation and demand notifications, meticulously chosen for their avoidance of advising on halting bailiff interventions. Instead, these charities focus on providing debt counseling services and earn commissions by directing individuals to debt practitioners.

When debtors seek guidance from these charities regarding stopping bailiff actions, debt write-offs, or seeking compensation for unlawful practices, they are often directed to seek legal counsel or engage a solicitor, as bailiff restitution remains an inadequately addressed area in legal practice.

Hence, platforms like this one exist.

Many individuals facing bailiff actions may not legitimately owe the debts in question, and these debt charities typically do not cater to this demographic. Consequently, individuals often resort to online searches, leading them here.

This website, Stop the Bailiffs, deliberately avoids appearing on bailiff documents or demand notifications. Its inclusion could potentially result in routine debt write-offs, cessation of enforcement powers, and subsequent financial losses for both the UK government (their primary financiers) and the commercial interests of bailiff companies.

The proliferation of numerous debt charities offering comparable advice on bailiff matters online serves the purpose of crowd marketing.

Citizens Advice

National Debtline

Another Citizens Advice website about bailiffs

Stepchange Debt Charity

Money Advice Service

AdviceUK

Free Debt Helpline



Certain bailiff firms go as far as establishing their own debt advisory platforms, yet these platforms merely serve as conduits for collecting debtor details, which are then forwarded to the bailiff companies themselves.


Get Bailiff Advice

Money Nerd

My Bailiff Advice

Bailiff Advice



Some websites do provide guidance on legal procedures to halt bailiff enforcement, cancel debts, utilize court procedures to obtain compensation, and seek redress for improper bailiff conduct.


Dealing with Bailiffs

National Bailiff Advice

Fenton Marsh law

Beat the Bailiffs

Stop the Bailiffs


None of these resources will be featured on bailiff demands and official documents, nor will they receive official endorsements. In fact, certain bailiff companies actively disparage such resources.