Who Qualifies for a Scottish Trust Deed?
In order to qualify for a Scottish Trust Deed, firstly you must have debts of over £10, 000. Trust Deeds are solely for people who are in serious financial difficulty, and whose debts are spiralling out of control. Your creditors will not allow you to enter into a Trust Deed unless your debt is significant.
Secondly, you must be able to make regular monthly repayments, and repayments of a decent amount. An offering of ten or so pounds will not be acceptable. For this, a regular source of income is necessary, although it has not been unknown for people to pay into a Trust Deed from benefits. This would only really happen if you happened to be in receipt of a very high amount of benefit income. However, no Trust Deed company will allow you to make the agreement unless you can comfortably make the repayments, this situation is likely to continue, and you are left with an adequate amount of money to live on afterwards.
What Happens if You Can No Longer Meet the Repayments on a Trust Deed?
When entering into a Trust Deed, it is of the most vital importance to be certain that you can easily meet the repayments. It may not be pleasant, but you must have an adequate income to live on after making any repayments. However, of course anyone’s circumstances can change at any time. What happens, for example, if you lose your steady income and can no longer make the repayments?
Firstly, your Trust Deed provider can request a variation of your agreement to reflect your change in circumstances. This usually involves making a lower repayment each month. Unfortunately, however, if you can’t make your repayments at all, your Trust Deed company does have the right to freeze your bank account, seize your assets and apply for sequestration. This may result in bankruptcy. This would, however, only happen after every other option has been exhausted. Most ethical Trust Deed providers do not want to have to follow this route, they would rather find a way to help you make your repayments.