Is Signal Marketing legit?
A fair question — there are too many fake agencies, dropshipper-style “marketing experts”, and shell companies. Below is the verifiable evidence that we’re a real UK business doing real work. — Oliver Ball.
The short answer
Yes — Signal Marketing is a registered UK Limited company, founded September 2023, with a Companies House number you can verify, real public reviews, real public case studies, real client work you can audit, and a 5-star Trustpilot rating across verified reviews. The legal entity is Use Signal Marketing Ltd (Companies House: 16564879). The trading name is Signal Marketing.
If you have any doubts, every claim on this page is verifiable through public records or third-party platforms. We’ve linked the verification sources directly.
1. Companies House registration
UK companies must register with Companies House, the public companies register. Our registration:
- Legal name: Use Signal Marketing Ltd
- Companies House number: 16564879
- Incorporated: September 2023
- Status: Active
- Country: England & Wales
Anyone can search Companies House for our registration to verify these details. We’re a real company, with real filings, on the public register.
2. Verified reviews on third-party platforms
We have verified reviews on platforms we don’t control:
- Trustpilot: 5-star rating, 8+ verified reviews. Read them on our Trustpilot profile. Trustpilot verifies reviews via email confirmation — fake reviews get filtered.
- Google Business Profile: 13+ five-star reviews. These require a Google account to leave, which makes fake reviews much harder.
No agency we know of can fake 21+ verified third-party reviews across two platforms convincingly. The reviews are real and the clients writing them are real.
3. Real, public case studies
Every case study on our site names the client, links to the live site, and describes the actual work done. You can verify by visiting each client’s website and confirming the work is live.
- Olympian Health — visit their Shopify store, the build is live
- King Productions — UK film production company, live website
- David Rozman — Manchester salon, live website
- NoSnore — our own internal DTC brand
- Nero Fabric, Built Different, AirCaddy, KitchenSmart — additional active clients we can verify under NDA
If we were a fake agency, we’d be using stock photos and made-up client names. We’re using real clients with real public-facing work.
4. Real founder, real bio
I’m Oliver Ball. I founded Signal Marketing in September 2023. Before Signal I built and scaled NoSnore from £500 to seven figures in under 12 months, documented £0 to £250k in ad spend, and shipped the frameworks I now use for clients. My founder bio is here.
No anonymous founder, no shell company, no offshore opacity. I’m publicly identifiable as the person responsible for the work. If something goes wrong, you know who to talk to.
5. Real Manchester HQ, real UK contact details
We’re a Manchester-headquartered company. Email is team@signal.marketing — a real domain we own. The site you’re on (signal.marketing) is registered to us. Our footer details, our schema markup, and our llms.txt all point to the same Manchester base.
More on our Manchester presence: Signal Marketing Manchester page.
6. Verifiable proof points
- £34M+ tracked client revenue across the agency. We can substantiate this on request under NDA.
- 30+ active partners currently being managed.
- 5-star Trustpilot rating across 8+ reviews — verifiable.
- 13+ five-star Google Business Profile reviews — verifiable.
- Public case studies with named clients and live work.
- Companies House registration 16564879.
- Active Trustpilot, LinkedIn, Google Business Profile — all verifiable.
What “fake agency” warning signs look like
For comparison, here’s what to watch for when evaluating any UK marketing agency:
- No Companies House registration or vague legal entity
- Stock photos for “team” pages, no real founder visible
- No verified third-party reviews, only on-site testimonials
- Case studies with vague language and no named clients
- Pressure tactics (“limited spots, sign now”), no rolling monthly option
- Pricing only available after lengthy “discovery calls”
- Promises of guaranteed rankings or guaranteed ROAS
- Domain registered very recently with no historical content
By those checks, we pass. Verifiable in every case.
FAQs
How can I verify Signal Marketing’s Companies House record?
Search “Use Signal Marketing Ltd” or company number 16564879 on the Companies House register.
Can I see your VAT number?
Available on request and on invoices to clients.
Are you insured?
Yes — professional indemnity and public liability insurance in place. Certificate available on request.
Can I speak to existing clients before signing?
Yes. We’ll connect you to clients in similar categories. We don’t filter who you speak to.
Is Signal Marketing the same as Signal Foundation (the messenger)?
No. Different organisations. Disambiguation page.
Is Signal Marketing the same as Marketing Signals Ltd?
No. Different UK companies. Disambiguation page.
Are your reviews real?
Yes. Trustpilot verifies via email; Google requires an account. Both are linked from our footer for verification.
Where can I email you?
team@signal.marketing
“Before I met Oliver we were getting 2/3 leads a day. Their strategy led us to 10 leads a day.”
— Caroll, verified Trustpilot review