Pennington pinder and co/ mr allen young

[ARCHIEBALD1]

Hi thought i would post this as to make people aware of this company and also anybody who can help with regard to stopping his activity.

I was cold called by Mr Allen Young of Pennington Pinder and Co of Sunderland (his company, not ltd) He is a debt recovery company, I had a few company debts to recover and he was not win no fee so thought I had nothing to lose. How wrong can you be. I did check the internet but only the company name, and as it was new there were not threads on it, If i had checked his name I would of been alerted to him.

He collected £3000.00 from a customer and now will not pay it over to me stating he has no money to pay me. He collected this in July this year. This person has had 2 previous companies where he has done the self same thing, if you check the what consumer forum and freeindex you will see his other companies Fraser fox and Anderson Reuters have duped customers. Can nothing be done about this. He has stolen thousands of pounds from people and nobody is doing anything about it. He does not have to be registered with the OFT as it is commercial debt and not consumer. The police will not do anything as they say it is civil and the trading standards don't really care, unless you are selling dodgy t shirts they don't seem interested. The fact that he is advertising litigation and accoutancy services and not qualified does not seem to matter, that he has letters from past customers who were never his customers on his website. I think he has been made bankrupt before, if so should he be allowed to trade not sure on the ruling on this. I have spoken to several of his old clients and they feel the same as me, he is continuing to do this and other law abiding people get ripped off. He lives in a rented house and i do no think he has any assets to warrent court action. His last company Anderson Reuters was wound up by one of his clients who he did not pay, and he has paid for this but still not got his money, which i think was about £9000

I have also reported him to watchdog and rogue traders to see if they can help at all. Just waiting a reponse. Has anybody else out there had any dealing with this crook or any ideas as what to do.

[PGH7447]

why dont you set a debt collector on him?

[ARCHIEBALD1]

Because they cost to much and they know its banging your head against a wall scenario, as he has no assets shown. Even though his kids go to private school!

[Bazooka Boo]

Issue a small claim then, take the sirry iriot to court, report him to trading standards and have his licence revoked, he clearly should not be the MD of any company.

BBC Watchdog, Local MP also.

[ARCHIEBALD1]

Hi trading standards are not interested, he is in Sunderland and I am not so if you go to the small claims court does he have to come to me how does that work. I had thought of going to the local papers in Sunderland to see if they wanted to do an article on him. It really is not fair everything is stacked against the people who actually work for a living, the courts are so expensive what ever you do, and he knows that as thats what he does for a crooked living.

[NailPost]

Report him to PC Plod. Refusing to pay you money he owes you could br regarded as fraud. Visit the Plods rather than make a call. Insist on speaking to CIDand not the front desk person who may well be a civilian. Don't take no for an answer either.

[cerberusalert]

Hi trading standards are not interested, he is in Sunderland and I am not so if you go to the small claims court does he have to come to me how does that work. I had thought of going to the local papers in Sunderland to see if they wanted to do an article on him. It really is not fair everything is stacked against the people who actually work for a living, the courts are so expensive what ever you do, and he knows that as thats what he does for a crooked living.

 

You can issue a claim either through your local court or via the bulk centre in Northampton, but if he decides to defend the case will be heard at his local court. I'm not sure of the fees but its ~£80 http://www.compactlaw.co.uk/compactlaw-admin/court-fees.html

 

If he doesn't defend you will win by default & if he doesn't pay up there are various methods of enforcement you can then employ.

[ARCHIEBALD1]

Cheers for that will think about it and let you know how i get on. At least if this is posted it may help somebody else who he might of rung to collect a debt and they can tell him to do one.

[Let Them Knock]

Looks like he makes a living from doing exactly this

Director Check shows:

Director Summary

 

Allen Young has 4 current or previous company director or secretary appointments.

Short name - Allen Young

Director ID : 914707133

Year of Birth: 1981

 

Address

 

1 Pickersgill Court

Quay West

Sunderland

Tyne And Wear

SR5 5DF

Company Summary

 

Company NameCompany Status

ANDERSON REUTERS (UK) LLP In Liquidation

ANDERSON REUTERS LIMITED Active

NORTHERN DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION LIMITED Dissolved

FRASER FOX ASSOCIATES (UK) LIMITED Dissolved

 

You can report him to The Department for Trade and Industry but they will only act if sufficient complaints are received OR IF YOUR MP GETS INVOLVED.

 

I would get my MP involved and then spill the beans to the local paper, the Sunderland Echo always struggles to fill its news pages.

[ARCHIEBALD1]

Thanks for that, what will the DTI will do? What powers do they have? If there is something they can do I will get in touch with his previous customers and tell them to make complaints against him. I am seriously considering the Echo, I was looking at that the other day actually. May as well get even if i am not gonna get my monney and try and hurt him in the pocket also.

[Bazooka Boo]

I am surprised TS don't want to get involved? Maybe that's not their department??

[ARCHIEBALD1]

No they don't, they had a file on him as the liquidator of Anderson Reuters contacted them. He has not even complied with the liquidator, ie not responded to any correspondence. As I found out who they were and spoke to them, that should have to lead to something should it not, you just ignore them and they go away apparently. The police won't take it up, as the cps say it is a civil matter. You live and learn don't you but sometimes the hard way, you soon realise the law is not on the side of the self employed person trying to scratch a living.

[Let Them Knock]

Thanks for that, what will the DTI will do? What powers do they have? If there is something they can do I will get in touch with his previous customers and tell them to make complaints against him. I am seriously considering the Echo, I was looking at that the other day actually. May as well get even if i am not gonna get my monney and try and hurt him in the pocket also.

 

Well, they can close him down, bring prosecutions, etc. DTI are the big boys in this game, if they get involved you can be sure Trading Standards, OFT, etc will soon be on the bandwagon too. Your MP is the person to get involved though, especially if you can unearth a few other cases or get some publicity that may bring some to light. He/she can take it up directly with the DTI.

 

Not related to your case at all but look here to see what the did with a business just up the road in Ashington - http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100local/2002/02/01/director-convicted-of-bogus-holiday-claims-50081-11583112/

 

Good luck.

[ARCHIEBALD1]

Cheers you have got me fired up now I think that is what i will do.