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Top 25 Debt collection agencies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Debt collection agencies based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 185 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 185 debt collection agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 3,471 professional contacts across them, including 1,174 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers debt collection agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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3,471Contacts tracked

1,174Verified emails

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The 25 largest debt collection agencies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 185 debt collection agencies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to debt collection agencies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Wescot Credit Services Limited	Strong evidence	Hull, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	492 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Wescot is a UK based debt collection agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Perch Group	Indirect evidence	Blackpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	160 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Powered by technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Pastdue Credit Solutions	Strong evidence	Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	150 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We help the UK’s market-leading companies with debt collection solutions and services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	The Sheriffs Office	Partial evidence	Swansea, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	146 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Welcome to The Sheriffs Office, your one stop solution to debt recovery and enforcement nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Cder Group	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	144 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Drawing from the expertise, experience and reputation of three of the UK’s leading enforcement and debt recovery providers – JBW Group, Phoenix Commercial Collections and Collect…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Advantis Credit Limited	Partial evidence	Stoke On Trent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	138 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Advantis provides contingency collections and trace and collect services to c.50 blue chip clients in the public sector, water, energy, telecoms, financial services and insurance…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	BW Legal	Partial evidence	Leeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	136 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2009, BW Legal has seen continued growth year on year due to the expertise we show in the debt recovery industry and have grown in to the UK’s largest independent debt…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Dcbl Direct Collection Bailiffs LTD	Strong evidence	Runcorn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	84 contacts →
	Strong evidence “DCBL is one of the UK’s largest Enforcement Companies, specialising in debt recovery, high court enforcement and high-volume letter cycle collection.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Redwood Collections	Strong evidence	Croydon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We offer a specialised and committed debt collection service that is respectful, dedicated and highly effective.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Zinc Group Limited	Indirect evidence	Stratford On Avon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	67 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Zinc Group delivers its services from a network of partners operating under the banner/label of the “Zinc Group”.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Newlyn PLC	Partial evidence	Northampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	67 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Newlyn, we not only provide Councils with increased levels of collection rates; and improve on these rates year on year; but also offer more innovative ways to assist the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Jacobs Enforcement	Strong evidence	Birkenhead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	57 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Jacobs lead the profession in providing seamless Enforcement and Debt Collection services by working in partnership with our Local Authority and Commercial clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	ARC Europe Limited	Partial evidence	Walton-on-thames, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	56 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our purpose - Redefining Debt Recovery - A caring approach you can trust.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	UK Search Limited	Indirect evidence	Chesterfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “UK Search Limited is a niche DCA with a detailed knowledge of a wide range of business sectors including Financial Services, Utility, Retail, Telecom, Local Authorities, Housing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Equivo	Partial evidence	Bracknell, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	52 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Equivo is a nationwide collections, recoveries and enforcement business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Ardent Credit Services LTD	Indirect evidence	Liverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Originally established in 1997, and a limited company since 2003, Ardent Credit Services Ltd,(a Phillips & Cohen Associates Company) provides 1st or 3rd party early arrears…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Opos Limited	Indirect evidence	Dumbarton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	49 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our People our systems Our People – With well over 100 years experience in the Senior Management team we know what works and what doesn’t.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	CDI	Indirect evidence	Sunderland, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Azzurro Associates	Partial evidence	Fareham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	44 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Azzurro Associates is a specialist debt purchaser of commercial and niche consumer debts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Credit Services Association	Strong evidence	Newcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Credit Services Association (CSA) is the sole national trade association in the UK representing organisations in the debt collection and purchase industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Credit Style	Partial evidence	Sheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Credit Style provides full end to end debt resolution services across a wide range of clients and business sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Ccscollect	Strong evidence	Croydon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	36 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CCS provides professional debt collection and recovery services for clients across the UK, supporting sectors including finance, utilities, telecoms, mail order, central…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Darcey Quigley & CO	Partial evidence	Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	34 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Darcey Quigley & Co are the UK’s leading Pre-Litigation Commercial Debt Recovery Company, specialising in recovering outstanding accounts both in the UK and Internationally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	ACT Credit Management LTD	Strong evidence	Harrow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	32 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ACT Credit Management Ltd takes a meticulous and attentive approach to debt collection, providing a complete service including debt recovery, tracing, credit reporting, and legal…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	MIL Collections Limited	Strong evidence	Truro, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Strong evidence “MIL Collections Limited is a debt collection agency and debt purchaser based in Cornwall UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: debt collection agencies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names debt collection agencies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of debt collection agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name debt collection agencies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Debt collection agencies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

33.8%Verified-email coverage

18.8Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

16.8%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 185 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among debt collection agencies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “debt collection agencies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names debt collection agencies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among debt collection agencies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,174 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Debt collection agencies by metro

Debt collection agencies in London31

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names debt collection agencies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many debt collection agencies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 185 debt collection agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Wescot Credit Services Limited, headquartered in Hull, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most debt collection agencies?

London leads with 31 headquartered companies, followed by Leeds (7) and Manchester (6).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,174 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 185 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.