Small Claims Court - CCJ awarded, what next?

Eden0032

Hello all. Looking for some advice regarding a CCJ and want to know what happens next. Here's the story... 

I purchased a sofa from a sofa company on eBay last year; they have a physical premise but mostly sell online. 6 months later, the fabric on the base of the sofa ripped and collapsed whilst I was sitting on it. They wouldn't honour the 12 month warranty and so I did a small claim court application. They requested extra time to respond, but never responded by the deadline therefore the sum was awarded to me by default. It's a little over £400 including court costs. 

The company is a Ltd company and I fear they won't pay the amount on the CCJ. 

What are my next steps? I've seen conflicting articles about the minimum amount to enforce a CCJ being £600. 

Should I contact the company and ask when they're going to pay, or should I just wait a month and then go forward with enforcement? And if the latter, there's different options for enforcement to consider and I am really unsure what option would be best. 

Thanks in advance. 

DullGreyGuy

£600 is the minimum for being able to ask the High Court for enforcement, below that you can still use County Court Bailiffs but they have less powers than the High Court.

Options are at https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money/enforce-a-judgment