Do I Qualify 
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No Setup Fees 20,000 Helped No. 1 Rated FCA Regulated No Setup FeesSo you can stop worrying about it tomorrow. Trust Deed Scotland® have helped over 20,000 Scottish residents use Government approved debt relief schemes called Trust Deeds to reduce their monthly payments and write off unaffordable debts, allowing them to enjoy a debt free future. Find out if you qualify.
Personal Loan
£12,000
Credit Cards
£6,000
Store Cards
£1,600
Old Council Tax
£1,200
Total Debt £20,800
Old
£636
New
£130
Debt
written off
70%
* Subject to creditor acceptance * Payment subject to individual circumstances * Credit rating may be affected
People sometimes worry that they will be chased for payments after their Trust Deed has been protected, However, once you enter into a Trust Deed, your creditors will be required to direct any contact to your Trustee, rather than to you personally.
A Protected Trust Deed uses formal legislation, meaning your creditors are legally bound not to contact you for any payments, as the payments for your debt will now come from your Trust Deed contributions.
If in the rare instance that you are in a Trust Deed and a creditor who is included in this agreement makes contact with you, you would refuse to engage in any conversation with them and simply refer them to your Trustee. Don’t worry about this, your Trustee will reiterate the terms of the trust deed to the people you owe money to at any given time.
It’s not uncommon for debts to be sold onto other companies, and the new lender may write to you to inform you of this process. On any such occasion, it is merely for informational purposes only and your Trustee will deal with this transfer on your behalf. All you need to focus on is repaying your agreed contribution as normal.
With our insolvency industry experience, a fantastic rate of over 99% of our Trust Deed proposals are accepted.
If a creditor wanted to object, it would do so in writing within five weeks of your Trust Deed being proposed. Even then, it would only fail if that creditor represented over 33% in the total debt value or over one half in number. If 67% agree with the proposal, then the other creditors will still be legally bound by its terms, even if they object.
In the unlikely event that your Trust Deed did fail, your Trustee would negotiate your case in an attempt to have it accepted.
Remember other Scottish debt solutions such as the Debt Arrangement Scheme (DAS) and Sequestration can also be available.
As with all debt solutions in Scotland, the main impact for you will be how it affects your credit rating.
When borrowing money, credit reference agencies will assess the level of risk and base their decision on your financial history. This will include any defaults, whether you’re in a Trust Deed or used any other form of debt relief tool.
However, once your Trust Deed term has been complete and you have been discharged, you can then start to rebuild your credit rating and apply for a mortgage, credit cards etc.
While in a Trust Deed, you will make reduced monthly payments to your creditors, during which time you can get on with your life. Before you commit to any debt solution, you would have a detailed call with an experienced debt expert and the benefits and risks would be fully explained in the context of your personal circumstances. Every case is different to the next and with Trust Deed Scotland, you would receive a personalised illustration on what your debt repayment options could be for you.
Entering into Trust Deeds will not affect your partner or spouse unless you have joint debt together.
When you sign a credit agreement, because you have done so in your own name; your spouse or partner is not responsible to pay your debts. If you start a Trust Deed, your partner or spouse will not be directly involved with the agreement.
They will not be forced to help you repay your debt and your creditors are forbidden from revealing details of the debt to your partner/spouse unless given clear permission to do so by you.
This is a common question that homeowners ask when they approach us for Debt Advice, and the answer in most cases is yes.
In a Trust Deed, your mortgage and car are protected so that you would continue paying them as normal – subject to approval, and completion. Call us on 0141 221 0999 to find out more.
If your house or car were at risk, other options including Debt Arrangement Scheme. Your advisor will explain how we can protect your house and car.
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If you’re a homeowner and your property is worth more than the amount owed on your mortgage, you may have to release some of its equity in order to proceed with a Trust Deed.
Mortgage equity is the difference in monetary value between what you owe on your mortgage and the current value of your property. The equity value is fixed at the start of your Trust Deed, so if the value of the property should go up, it doesn’t affect the conditions of your Trust Deed.
Where you have negative equity or a low level of equity, a threshold is set where the equity figure can be ignored.
If there is significant equity in your home, you’ll agree with the Trustee how to deal with this in advance. You may, for example, extend the Trust Deed term from 48 months to 60 months.
Where you have a large amount of equity in your home and a Trust Deed is not your best option – the Debt Arrangement Scheme may be more suitable for you, as equity in your home is irrelevant.
Your advisor will discuss this with you, and if necessary, any equity arrangements will be organised before entering into a Trust Deed.
No setup fees are involved in setting up a Trust Deed. All administration fees are included in your monthly payments:
These are charged against the money you owe creditors, so will be agreed between you and your creditors at the start.
Your Trust Deed monthly payments are calculated using your disposable income. Your disposable income is a figure based on a deduction of your essential living costs and offsetting this against your income. The amount left over is the amount of money that you have left to pay your creditors.
When you apply for a Trust Deed in Scotland or Debt Payment Programme, your essential living costs include your priority debts such as your mortgage, or rent commitments and other priorities such as utility bills and council tax.
Allowances are given for childcare, travel expenses, car finance and other essential expenditures are included such as food and even lifestyle costs such as haircuts and hobbies.
Entering into Trust Deeds or any other formal debt solution means that your monthly outgoings caused by unaffordable debt are significantly reduced, your new Trust Deed monthly payments are calculated fairly, alleviating the stress caused by debt.
The governing body for Trust Deeds is known as the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB). The AiB supervises all Trust Deeds however each Insolvency Practitioner is licensed by their own regulatory body.
Our Insolvency Practitioners are regulated by the Insolvency Practitioners Association.
When people are looking into getting help with their debts, they may or not know already know who Trust Deed Scotland® are, what are Trust Deeds, the Debt Arrangement Scheme or alternative Scottish debt solutions in Scotland and whether the solutions offered may seem that they are ‘too good to be true’. If you’ve been … Continued
