Security Review

Is leapleadership.ie legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 91/100

Leap Leadership is a verified Irish management consultancy with over 20 years of operation, positive client testimonials, and a clean security profile.

leapleadership.ieScanned 1h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 89·MT 92
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
Registration date unknown
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 95% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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leapleadership.ie

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Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

5
/ 100
Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The website displays a professional, fully-rendered corporate layout for a leadership development organization with no visual indicators of scamming or malicious intent.

Visual risk5/100

What our vision model saw

6 signals

Professional branding and logo for 'LEAP' with consistent color scheme

Standard corporate navigation menu including Resources, About Us, and Contact Us

High-quality hero image and custom graphic design elements

Clear call-to-action buttons for programs and consultations

Coherent marketing copy focused on leadership development and organizational transformation

No visible urgency tactics, fake trust badges, or suspicious form fields

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The site represents a long-standing Irish business, LEAP Leading Enterprises To Advanced Performance Limited, which has been active since 2000. Our research confirmed its official registration in Ireland and identified a physical office in Galway. The page features genuine testimonials from reputable Irish organizations like the Dalata Hotel Group and the Galway Clinic. Security scans from our antivirus network show no malicious activity or phishing indicators. The presence of a professional LinkedIn profile and inclusion in national training directories further validates its legitimacy.
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Page Content

The website provides detailed information on leadership development, mentoring, and management programs. It features professional branding, high-quality custom graphics, and clear calls to action for consultations.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a stable IP with a low abuse score and uses a valid SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. It functions as a modern web application with no suspicious redirects or hidden scripts.

Domain History

While the specific WHOIS privacy settings hide some details, our research confirms the domain has been the digital home for this business for many years. The company itself has been incorporated in Ireland for over two decades.

Web Reputation

The site maintains an excellent reputation with no entries in major browser blocklists or phishing databases. Independent research found multiple positive reviews and no history of consumer complaints.
Risk Factors
2
  • The domain does not appear in global high-traffic indices, which is common for localized B2B consultancies.
  • Contact email and physical address are not immediately visible in the header, though they are verified through our external research.
Positive Signals
5
  • Verified business registration in Ireland (Company No. IE00322768) since the year 2000.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our security network.
  • Authentic testimonials from established Irish healthcare and hospitality brands.
  • Active and professional LinkedIn presence with verified staff members.
  • Clean hosting history with no significant abuse reports.
AI Recommendation
This site is safe to use for professional inquiries. You can proceed with booking consultations or reviewing their leadership programs without security concerns.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for leapleadership.ie, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · Ireland
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
4 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • Official website leapleadership.ie promotes tailored leadership and management development programs for Irish businesses, with address Monument Road, Menlo, Galway H91 YW9D and contact info@leapleadership.ie / +353 91 755736.
  • Operated by LEAP Leading Enterprises To Advanced Performance Limited (IE00322768), incorporated in 2000, active status, 2-10 employees per LinkedIn, founded 2000, based in Galway.
  • LinkedIn company page (317 followers) describes practical leadership programs, mentoring, and performance improvement for SMEs and large enterprises across Ireland; key person Mike Gaffney (Managing Director).
  • Client testimonials on the site from Dalata Hotel Group (Stephen McNally), Galway Clinic (John Joe Beirne, HR Director), and Elm Green Nursing Home (Martin O’Dowd) praise professionalism, customization, positive participant feedback, and bu
  • No scam reports, complaints, negative reviews, or fraud mentions found across web searches including Reddit, Trustpilot, or scam-specific queries.
  • Company appears in Irish training directories (Qualifax, Skillnet County Wexford Chamber) as a provider of leadership and management courses.
  • Site content updated as recently as 2025-2026 references; professional presentation with HubSpot consultation booking.
Positive reviews (4)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • leapleadership.ieopen

    "“I am writing to both endorse and recommend LEAP as a Leadership and Management development provider to any Company. The best measure of success for me is the feedback from the participants of the programmes – and it has been extremely posi"

  • leapleadership.ieopen

    "“LEAP continue to provide focused, customised and highly practical management and leadership development programmes to our staff. Feedback from participants is always very positive and we can clearly see the benefits of investing in trainin"

  • leapleadership.ieopen

    "“We continue to look to LEAP to develop the management skills of key staff members. Their work with us is always professional and practical and results in improved confidence and performance of our staff.” - Martin O’Dowd, Managing Director"

  • LinkedInopen

    "LEAP provide Leadership and Management development programmes for small, medium and large enterprises across Ireland. Our programmes focus on the practical application of business solutions."

Business registration
Status: active · Ireland

LEAP Leading Enterprises To Advanced Performance Limited (company number IE00322768), incorporated 2000, registered address Monument Road, Menlo, Galway H91 YW9D. Directors include Michael Gaffney. Website listed as leapleadership.ie. Management consultancy activities.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We conducted a thorough search of scam-report databases, independent review aggregators, and business directories for leapleadership.ie. The company is officially registered as LEAP Leading Enterprises To Advanced Performance Limited in Galway, Ireland. We found positive testimonials from the Dalata Hotel Group and the Galway Clinic, as well as an active LinkedIn company page. No negative reports or fraudulent associations were found across any web sources.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious58Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers0460-052
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (0460-052).

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresAug 11, 2026 (43d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingWPEngine, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://leapleadership.ie/
  • 2301http://www.leapleadership.ie/cross-domain
  • 3200https://www.leapleadership.ie/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score10%
Reports on file4
ISPWPEngine, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on leapleadership.ie and not a lookalike like l-eapleadership.ie.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on leapleadership.ie. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • leapleadership.ie passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 91/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. leapleadership.ie presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 43 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report leapleadership.ie as clean.
  • No. leapleadership.ie is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • leapleadership.ie resolves to an IP operated by WPEngine, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 29, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around leapleadership.ie have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·leapleadership.ie
SAFE

Leap Leadership is a legitimate Irish management consultancy and training provider based in Galway. Our analysis confirms it is an established business with a 24-year operating history and verified corporate registrations. You can safely interact with this site.

This site is safe to use for professional inquiries. You can proceed with booking consultations or reviewing their leadership programs without security concerns.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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