Commercial Debt Recovery Leeds

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Recovia recovers unpaid invoices and commercial debts for businesses in Leeds and across Yorkshire. Before we recommend spending anything, we find out whether your debtor can actually pay. No collection, no fee recovery is available on suitable cases.

When the debtor goes quiet

The hardest debts aren't usually disputed. They're the ones where the customer simply stops responding. Phones ring out, emails bounce, and the registered office turns out to be an accountant's address. Sometimes the directors apply to close the company, or start trading through a new one.

That's where our pre-action checks matter:

• Company status. Active, dormant, in liquidation or applying to be struck off.
• Director checks. Other directorships, dissolved companies and disqualifications.
• Existing judgments and insolvency filings. A clear sign of whether others are chasing too.
• Assets and addresses. Property, business assets and the current trading address.

If the company applies to be struck off

Companies House publishes a notice in The Gazette before a company is removed from the register. Creditors can object, usually within two months of the notice, and sometimes within 28 days. Objecting, with your invoices as evidence, can stop the company disappearing while you recover the debt. We watch for these notices and act on them.

How we recover the debt

1. Assessment and checks. Everything above, before any demand goes out.
2. Formal demand. Letters, calls, email and SMS to the people who can pay, with statutory interest and compensation added where the Late Payment Act applies.
3. Negotiation. Payment in full or a written repayment plan you approve.
4. Legal action, only if you approve. County Court proceedings through our legal partner, then enforcement. Where a solvent company simply refuses to pay an undisputed debt of £750 or more, a statutory demand or winding-up petition may be an option.

Leeds and the courts

Most money claims in England and Wales are issued centrally by HMCTS, and defended claims move to a County Court hearing centre. Leeds is one of the seven regional centres of the Business and Property Courts, which hear larger commercial disputes outside London.

Frequently asked questions

The debtor has stopped answering. Is it worth pursuing? Often, yes. Our checks show whether the company is still trading and has assets, before you spend on court fees.

The directors have started a new company. Can you go after that? A new company isn't usually liable for the old one's debts, but there are exceptions, such as personal guarantees. We'll review the facts and advise honestly.

Do you cover the rest of Yorkshire? Yes, and the rest of England, Wales and Scotland.

Related: Debtor Tracing · Statutory Demands & Winding-Up · No Collection, No Fee · Areas We Serve

Request a free debt assessment or call 01527 369593.