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98.5% of our proposed Trust Deeds gain protection status making us No.1 in Scotland last year.
97.9% of our customers rated our service as Excellent on Trustpilot.
99.9% of our proposed Debt Payment Programmes (DPPs) under the Debt Arrangement Scheme are approved by creditors.
Write off up to 70% of your debt.
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In 2021, we achieved a protection rate of 98.5%, this made us the best performing volume provider of Protected Trust Deeds in Scotland. Trust Deeds advertised between 01/01/21 and 31/12/21.
Reviews collected between October 2012 and June 2022, a total number of 5,198 reviews were received, 5,089 people rated us as ‘excellent’. A further 107 people rated our service as ‘great’.
In this sample of 1,144 Debt Payment Programmes (DPPs) under the Debt Arrangement Scheme (DAS), approved between July 2019 and October 2021, only 1 proposed DPP was rejected and unable to proceed.
The expected debt write-off figure of up to 70% is based on 5,234 Protected Trust Deeds currently administered by Trust Deed Scotland® and granted between January 2017 and September 2021. The expected write-off % includes the costs of administering each Protected Trust Deed (PTD). More information relating to the costs of administration can be found by clicking here. In this sample of PTDs, the expected write-off figure reaches as high as 83%. 5% of the PTDs have an expected write-off figure between 71% and 83%. 95% of the PTDs have an expected write-off figure of up to 70%, the average (mean) being 45% when the costs of administration are included. Of the cases in this sample, 1,823 were granted since the Covid-19 pandemic took effect in 2020. The average expected debt write-off for these cases is slightly higher at 49% when the costs of administration are included.
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