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Trust deeds and sequestrations information: FOI release
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The average payment per month in a trust deed, sequestration and Debt Arrangement Scheme made by a debtor. Average fee per case in a trust deed and also sequestration. Total number of trust deeds and sequestrations granted / awarded per trustee/company from the 1st of January 2018 to 25 April 2019. Average debt level per trust deed and also sequestration case. How many trust deeds and sequestrations have been granted / awarded with a debt level between £5,000 and £8,000 since January 2017. How many of the Trust Deeds which gained protection were handed back to creditors before the expiry of the expected 4 year period of the Trust Deed?
Please rank the firms which handed back cases to creditors by the number handed back in the requested period, specifying the firm’s name.
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I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested, detailed below and attached in the Excel spreadsheet format you asked for. Note that while nearly all the information requested is available, for some parts of your request there will be differences in time period requested. Further details below.
1. The average payment per month in a trust deed, sequestration and Debt Arrangement Scheme made by a debtor.
The median payment per month for bankruptcies, protected trust deeds (PTDs) and the Debt Arrangement Scheme (DAS) is shown in the following table:
Table 1: Median monthly payment by statutory debt solution: Scotland, 01/01/18-31/03/19 (1), (2)
Statutory debt solution Median monthly payment (£) Bankruptcy: Full Administration (3) £130 Bankruptcy: Creditor Petition (4) £190 Protected trust deed £140 Debt Arrangement Scheme £220
(1) - Based on actual and scheduled monthly payments only. Bankruptcy information based on relevant Debtor Contribution Order. Protected trust deed information based on latest Form 4 as at 1 May 2019. Debt Arrangement Scheme information based on DASH administrative system.
(2) - Figures rounded to nearest £10.
(3) - Debtor Contribution Order for Full Administration bankruptcies, where contribution is set at more than £0 (739 cases out of 2,020 FA awards).
(4) - Debtor Contribution Order for creditor petition bankruptcies, where contribution is set at more than £0 (184 cases out of 801 for which we have records, 1,281 creditor petitions actually awarded in between 01/01/18 and 31/03/19).
This information is based on payments made in between 01/01/2018 and 31/03/2019, and relate to actual and scheduled monthly payments only. For bankruptcies the value shown is the Debtor Contribution Order (DCO), where a contribution of more than £0 has been set for Full Administration and creditor petition bankruptcies (DCO for Minimal Asset Process (MAP) is set at £0).
2. Average fee per case in a trust deed and also sequestration.
The average fee per case for bankruptcies and PTDs discharged is shown in the following table. Caution is needed when comparing costs across different statutory solution as different type of costs are included based on information availability and whether VAT is applied.
Table 2: Average cost of administration by statutory debt solution: Scotland, 01/01/18-31/03/19 (1)
Statutory debt solution Average cost (including outlays) Average cost (excluding outlays) Bankruptcy: AiB as trustee (2) £3,000 £2,500 Bankruptcy: private sector trustee (3) N/A £5,800 Protected trust deed (4) £6,300 £4,200
(1) - Figures rounded to nearest £100.
(2) - Bankruptcy: AiB as trustee information based on cases discharged in between 01/01/18 and 31/03/19. Average cost of administration based on Part 1 and Part 2 fees due and outlays (expenses of realisation are not included). MAP/LILA cases are not included.
(3) - Bankruptcy: private sector trustee information based on cases discharged in between 01/01/18 and 31/03/19. Average cost of administration based on trustee's remuneration only (outlays are not included).
(4) - Protected trust deed information based on Forms 7 and 11 of PTDs discharged in between 01/04/18 and 31/03/19. Average cost of administration equals sum of (i) fixed administration fee, (ii) percentage of assets and contributions realised and (iii) outlays (statutory fees and 3rd party fees).
3. Total number of trust deeds and sequestrations granted / awarded per trustee/company from the 1st of January 2018 to 25th April 2019.
AiB does not have information on the total number of trust deeds granted as records are not retained on trust deeds that are granted but do not go on to be protected. This is a notice under section 17 of FOISA that the information you have requested is not held.
However, information is held on the number of PTDs registered by company, shown in table 3 and bankruptcies awarded by company is shown in table 4:
Table 3: Protected trust deeds registered by company: Scotland, 01/01/18-25/04/19 (1)
Company PTDs registered Carrington Dean 3,546 Harper McDermott 1,882 Campbell Wallace Fraser 1518 KPMG 917 Hanover Insolvency 420 Wylie & Bisset 327 Campbell Dallas 292 Pinnacle Insolvency 253 William Duncan 209 Wilson Andrews 193 Begbies Traynor 165 Payplan Scotland 117 Grant Thornton UK 66 Murray Stewart Fraser 34 Personal Debt Support 30 Others 88 Total PTDs registered 10,057
(1) - Displaying companies with 25 or more PTDs registered.
Table 4: Bankruptcies awarded (excluding MAP) by firm of appointed trustee: Scotland, 01/01/18-25/04/19 (1)
Firm of appointed trustee Bankruptcies awarded (exc. MAP) Accountant in Bankruptcy 2,571 KPMG 96 Campbell Dallas 88 Wylie & Bisset 74 AMI Financial Solutions 71 Begbies Traynor 65 Grant Thornton UK 64 Condies Business Recovery and Insolvency 60 BDO 51 Johnston Carmichael 41 French Duncan 40 Middlebrooks Business Recovery & Advice 31 Thomson Cooper 30 William Duncan & Co 28 KLM 27 Others 163 Total bankruptcies awarded (exc. MAP) 3,500
(1) - Displaying companies with 25 or more bankruptcies awarded. Figures include Full Administration and creditor petition bankruptcies. Minimal Asset Process (MAP) bankruptcies are excluded as The Accountant must act as trustee - 2,758 MAP cases since 01/01/2018 were awarded.
Note figures presented here may not be consistent with official, quarterly Scottish Insolvency Statistics publication. These tables are based on data extracted from live databases at a different point in time. Official quarterly statistics on the number of statutory debt solutions are the definitive source and available here.
4. Average debt level per trust deed and also sequestration case.
The median debt level for bankruptcies (Minimal Asset Process and Full Administration) and protected trust deeds is shown in the following table. Information is based on bankruptcies awarded and PTDs registered in between 01/01/2018 and 31/03/2019 from debtor application (bankruptcies) and Form 3 (PTD) forms respectively.
Table 5: Median debt level by statutory debt solution: Scotland, annual financial data, 01/01/18-31/03/19 (1), (2)
Statutory debt solution Median total debt due to creditors (£) Bankruptcy (MAP and FA): £13,400 Minimal Asset Process £9,500 Full Administration £26,500 Protected trust deed £14,900
(1) - Bankruptcy information based on debtor application form for bankruptcy awards in between 01/01/18 and 31/03/19. AiB does not have readily available information on debt levels in creditor petitions. PTD information based on Form 3 for PTDs registered in between 01/01/18 and 31/03/19.
(2) - Figures rounded to nearest £100.
5. How many trust deeds and sequestrations have been granted / awarded with a debt level between £5,000 and £8,000 since 01 January 2018.
The number of bankruptcies (Minimal Asset Process and Full Administration) and PTDs registered with total debt due to creditors between £5,000 and £8,000 is shown in the following table:
Table 6: Bankruptcies awarded and PTDs registered in 2017-18 with debt level between £5,000 and £8,000: Scotland, 01/01/18-31/03/19 (1)
Statutory debt solution Number with total debt due to creditors between £5,000 and £8,000 Bankruptcy (MAP and FA) 629 Minimal Asset Process 602 Full Administration 27 Protected trust deed 1,345
(1) - Bankruptcy information based on debtor application form for bankruptcy awards in between 01/01/18 and 31/03/19. AiB does not have readily available information on debt levels in creditor petitions. PTD information based on Form 3 for PTDs registered in between 01/01/18 and 31/03/19.
6. How many of the Trust Deeds which gained protection were handed back to creditors before the expiry of the expected 4 year period of the Trust Deed since January 2018.
Please rank the firms which handed back cases to creditors by the number handed back since January 2018, specifying the firm’ name.
The definition of a failed protected trust deed (PTD) is a PTD that a trustee has been discharged, but not the debtor. The number of PTDs that failed within the 4-year period is shown in the following table:
Table 7: Number of protected trust deeds failed within the 4-year period by company: Scotland, 01/01/18-25/04/19 (1)
Company Number of failed protected trust deeds Pinnacle Insolvency 733 Carrington Dean 495 Campbell Wallace Fraser 202 Wylie & Bisset 85 KPMG 39 Others 102 Total PTDs failed 1,656
(1) - Displaying companies with 25 or more PTDs failed. (2) - Including PTDs that trustees were discharged in between 01/01/2018 and 25/04/2019.
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