Woodville Consultants

Richardson Hartley Law is helping investors in Woodville Consultants who are looking to recover their money.

The company raised an estimated £300m from investors through loan notes and bonds, which it said were used to fund loans to UK law firms pursuing car finance mis-selling litigation and housing disrepair schemes.

Investors were told they would receive returns of between 10% and 12% over terms of 12 to 36 months.

Introducers across the world encouraged investors to place larges sums into the scheme, often with false promises of security.

However, investors started reporting missed repayments, and in July 2026 Woodville Consultants was placed into administration by the High Court, with Kroll appointed as administrators.

It has now emerged that as little as 11% of the money raised was spent on litigation funding schemes. Approximately double is said to have been given to promotors of the scheme.

Richardson Hartley Law is looking to hep clients who sent money via a UK bank.

We have a proven track record on recovering millions of pounds of investment losses for clients whether via banks’ reimbursement schemes or litigation.

If you sent money from a UK bank to the Woodville Consultants scheme please contact us.

We are able to work on a no win, no fee basis, which would mean you would only pay us if we successfully recover your money.

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What is Woodville Consultants?

Woodville Consultants is a litigation funding business based in Pontypridd, Wales.

The company helped UK law firms to fund claims such as car finance and housing disrepair.

According to Companies House accounts for 2024, filed in November, the company had a £249 million loan book and owed more than £240 million in bonds and other loans. See Woodville Consultants on Companies House for the company’s filing history.

It has now emerged that the company went into administration owing £300m.

Administration

On 16 July 2026, the High Court appointed Andrew Stoneman and Robert Goodhew of Kroll as administrators of Woodville Consultants, following an application by a creditor. This was despite opposition from the company’s directors, Ann Marie Bell and Peter Legge, who had proposed alternative administrators.

Woodville’s chief executive, Ann Marie Bell, told investors on the eve of the appointment that an administration “would not be good for our investors”.

Richardson Hartley Law notified The Times newspaper about the collapse of the firm resulting in the following article: Investors hit by £250m collapse of car finance litigation funder

What Woodville Consultants investors are reporting

Richardson Hartley Law has heard from investors describing missed or delayed repayments during 2026, and difficulty getting clear information from Woodville Consultants about the underlying car finance litigation their money was said to be funding.

Many investors were recommended to the scheme by third party introducers, some of whom were paid large commissions.

A lot of investors were told that their investments were secured and backed by loan notes but this has turned out to be untrue.

Key entities

Woodville Consultants – the litigation funding business that raised money directly from investors through loan notes and bonds.
Integrity Protect No 1 – a related FCA-regulated firm, run by the same directors, restricted by the FCA in 2022 over concerns about its handling of loan notes.

What has now emerged

Since the administration it has become clear that much of the money invested in the scheme had not been used in a way that investors had expected.

The administrators say as little as 11% of the loan note money was given to law firms for litigation funding. On top of this, they say some promoters received more than 20% in introductory fees,

Richardson Hartley Law believes this means we have a good chance of recovery the money for some investors.

How we can help

If you invested in Woodville Consultants and are concerned about your money we would like to hear from you.

Richardson Hartley Law believes it can help investors recover their money via bank reimbursement schemes.

We are able to help both UK-based and overseas investors, provided the money was sent from a UK bank account at any point in the transaction.

We can act on a no win, no fee basis for eligible clients. See Our Fees.

Woodville Consultants in The Times

Woodviille Consultants investors claim back money

Richardson Hartley Law spoke to The Times for its investigation into the collapse of Woodville Consultants, and the newspaper also spoke to our clients.

The Times reports that Woodville is now suspected of being one of the UK’s biggest-ever Ponzi schemes.

According to the newspaper, the administrators’ initial analysis suggests that commission paid to the promoters who sold the scheme was roughly double the amount actually lent to law firms, and that investor repayments appear to have been substantially funded by money from new investors.

Administrators estimate the company owes around £300 million. Woodville’s directors are reported to deny any dishonesty.

Martin Richardson told The Times about one of our clients, an 84-year-old who invested the proceeds of his home sale to pay for specialist care:

“The family is now having to take him out of the care home. The financial loss has devastated their lives.”

Strict time limits apply to bank reimbursement claims. For payments made on or after 7 October 2024, a claim should ideally be made within 13 months of the final payment – do not wait for the administration to run its course.

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Richardson Hartley Law can offer no win, no fee agreements to help Woodville Consultants investors, wherever they are based, provided a UK bank account was used to send the money.