Debt Management

What is Debt Management?

Debt management is a debt solution allowing you to consolidate debt in to one affordable payment without further borrowing.

You make one affordable payment to the debt management company, who distributes it between your creditors. The level of the reduced payments depends upon individual circumstances.

How debt management works

The debt management company (us) takes a financial statement from you detailing your income and all necessary outgoings, included your credit repayments. If this shows contractual repayments exceed your disposable income, the debt management company uses this as evidence to your creditors that you can't afford such payment levels.

This works as under the 1974 consumer credit act, unsecured creditors can't ask you for more than your disposable income once reasonable essential living expenses have been taken into account.

Qualifying for a debt management plan

You will be eligible for a debt management plan / programme if you have at least 3 different creditors, can't afford current contractual repayments, but can afford at a minimum of £100 per month towards your debts.

Why Use Abacus Debt Management

Abacus advises on the full range of debt solutions, not just debt management. Therefore you can be assured that we will only recommend debt management if is the most appropriate solution for you. If your situation is best suited to an IVA, remortgage, debt consolidation loan, debt management plan or even just better budgeting, we will advise accordingly.

Debt Management Case Study

Debt: £21,325, Old Payments: £450, New Payments: £300
This client lost his job and was out of work for several months. He began to live on credit and the balance grew to £21,325. The client started a new job month ago, but must serve a 3 month probation period.

He has a value of debt that makes him eligible for an IVA. However, the fact that he had just started a new job and has recently had a period without work means this option is not currently available to him.

Creditors need to be confident that payments into the IVA will be made at the agreed rate each and every month for 5 years. A Debt Management programme is more flexible in this respect and suits this clients current situation.
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