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Top 19 Third party debt collectors based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 55 third party debt collectors headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 1,096 professional contacts across them, including 350 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers third party debt collectors 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 22, 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.

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The 19 largest third party debt collectors based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 19 of 55 third party debt collectors based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to third party debt collectors: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceHull, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000492 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Wescot is a UK based debt collection agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Partial evidenceCroydon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20072 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We offer a specialised and committed debt collection service that is respectful, dedicated and highly effective.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Indirect evidenceStratford On Avon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20067 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 22, 2026
4Indirect evidenceDumbarton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20049 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 22, 2026
5Partial evidenceNewcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5038 contacts →

Partial 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 22, 2026
6Partial evidenceTruro, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“MIL Collections Limited is a debt collection agency and debt purchaser based in Cornwall UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Partial evidenceLeeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5022 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Unlocking Financial Success through Expert Debt Recovery Services!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Partial evidenceReigate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“1st Credit is an award winning global financial services business, operating within credit management, debt purchase and collection.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Partial evidenceBromley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Whilst we accept most companies today have a rigid, pre-existing credit management system in practice, very few are protected from a sporadic debt or two.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSunderland, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1988, Commercial Domestic Investigations is regarded as one of the best credit management companies within the UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Specialist outsourced credit management Breal CM provides creative solutions to corporates, advisors, restructuring companies, banks, and private equity houses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Partial evidencePoole, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-106 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Athena Collections is a hybrid Receivables Management and Debt Collection Agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Partial evidenceFareham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-106 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We provide intelligent and cost‑effective debt collection.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Partial evidenceHyde, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-505 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Manx Collections are a commercial and consumer debt collection agency based in Manchester, North-West of England, working professionally and ethically on behalf of all sizes of UK…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are passionate about taking on your challenges and believe there is a move efficient way to debt collection, where we all agree together to act toward resolutions that promote…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Partial evidenceCroydon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Credit G is a specialist credit management company providing credit management and debt collection services across the UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-103 contacts →

Strong evidence

“AR Legal Collections Ltd is a firm of experienced debt collectors working with both corporate and individual clients from across a wide range of industries and from overseas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Partial evidenceEast Kilbride, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Welcome to Armstrong Hutton, UK Commercial Debt Collection specialists.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Partial evidencePoole, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Based in the South of England, we work as an outsourced partner with organisations to help manage their debt and improve cashflow through recovering outstanding debts and advising…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Third party debt collectors based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
31.9%Verified-email coverage
19.9Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
18.2%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50
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51-200
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201-500
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1,001-5,000
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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 55 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 third party debt collectors, 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 “third party debt collectors”. 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 third party debt collectors), 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 third party debt collectors, 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, 350 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 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 third party debt collectors, 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 third party debt collectors are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 55 third party debt collectors 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 third party debt collectors?

London leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Croydon (3) and Leeds (3).

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 350 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 55 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 22, 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.