Case Studies
Surpassing Expectations for £13K
Having openly boasted to our client about being cash-rich with money to burn and the planet to save, this London-based…
Debt Recovery of £250k in just 7 days!
Advocate has a broad range of clients operating in just about every sector of British industry and has recently recovered…
Debt Recovery Weld Done
Advocate has successfully recovered £3.3K, which our client had been chasing for seven months. Like our client, the debtor is…
Payment from Flawed Architect
Advocate has successfully recovered a £1k debt from a Birmingham-based architect who seemingly had more blueprints for evading payment than…
Freight v Haulage Debt Collection
In the world of freight and haulage, subcontracting is nothing new. However, one of the pitfalls is that both sides…
Achilles’ Steel Debt Recovery
Advocate has successfully recovered £31K for invoices two months overdue. The debtor in question has a history with our client…
Picking Up a Taxi Debt after 4 Years
Advocate has recently recovered £800 on behalf of a telecoms provider who hadn’t been able to get payment out of…
Rogue Director Debt Recovery
Advocate has successfully recovered £2.2K from a Gloucestershire builder; in a case, the client had fully expected to be settled…
Tyre Debt of £23k Recovered in Four Days
With the number of cars on British roads now exceeding thirty-one million, it’s hard not to encounter at least one…
Concrete Debt Recovery in 7 Days
Unless you are in a particular field of construction or are a bit of an expert from watching episodes of…
Party Wall Debt Collection
The Party Wall Act 1996 (PWA) is not to be confused with the focal point of effervescent students having a…
£54K Debt Recovered on behalf of a Children’s Home
Advocate has successfully recovered £54K in less than seven days on behalf of a client who nurtures and inspires children…
Radio Gaga Debt Recovery
The world of radio advertising is something most of us don’t think much about. It’s only the really catchy adverts…
Court Avoided for Client
As any self-respecting debt collector will tell you, kudos is in the recovery of a debt and not in the…
Quick Debt Recoveries
At Advocate, we pride ourselves on being able to commence action quicker than most firms and recover payment faster than…
Short Circuit Debt Recovery
When Advocate was contacted by a new client concerned about rumours their debtor was insolvent, their urgency and concern became…
Success where another firm Failed
In the world of debt recovery, passing a debtor from one collections firm to another is frowned upon. Although there…
Care Staff Debt Collection
It is widely accepted that care home and nursing staff are underpaid for the level of skill and responsibility bestowed…
Food Industry Debt Collection of 11K
Advocate has successfully recovered £11K on behalf of a bakery and, in the process, dismissed the debtor’s spurious £15K counterclaim….
Lifting Up Payment
Advocate has successfully recovered payment of a £5K invoice that was three months overdue at the time of instruction. Our…
Debt Collection of £5.6K from a Global Aerospace Firm
Advocate has successfully recovered payment of a £5.6K debt that was 70 days overdue at the time of instruction. The…
Loch Ness Monster Debt Recovery
Tourism in the Scottish Highlands is a billion-pound industry. It’s no surprise the Highlands regularly feature on copious lists of…
Coaxing £6.2K out of a Belfast Builder
In this successful debt recovery, both client and debtor are based in Northern Ireland and actively trade throughout the UK….
Wholesaler Quits Playing Games to Pay
With an estimated 20% of start-ups failing in their first year and 60% failing within the first three years, the…
£8K Recovered after Excuses Exhausted
Advocate has recovered payment of an £8K debt spanning eight invoices up to 90 days overdue on behalf of a…
Disputed £20K Debt Recovery
In the world of commercial vehicle insurance, our client is one of the few firms with a good reputation for…
Social Media Influencer Recovery
The world of social media was first brought into consciousness in 1997 before the likes of Jack Dorsey and Mark…
£15K Recovered from Debtor hit by Customer Insolvencies
When you think of logistics the notion of transporting prized farm animals across Europe does not immediately spring to mind….
Scottish Success as Standard
The scope of Advocate’s action and the legislation we apply extends to all businesses in the UK. Most cases against…
£31K Recovered in 24 Hours for 2 Clients
In the space of 24 hours Advocate has recovered £31K across 2 clients who submitted their instructions the previous day….
Carpenters Delight at Advocate ending a Years wait for £22K
In the 19 years since our client founded their bespoke furniture business, they have become accustomed to late payment being…
Pokerfaced Debt Recovery of £3.3K
Believe it or not but there are debt collection firms who rely solely on a poker face to recover payment,…
£33K Recovered Through Renegotiated Payment Plan
Advocate has recovered £33K following the renegotiation of a defaulted payment plan. The debtor was also held liable for the…
Quick Recovery from Affluent Café
Within 24 hours of instruction, Advocate recovered £9.3K from a small London chain of artisanal cafes. The client is an…
Recovering £37K in Mirroring Circumstances
In two debt recovery cases against the same debtor just weeks apart, Advocate promptly recovered overdue invoices the clients had…
£12K Recovered in 7 Days after 2 Years
Advocate has recovered payment of invoices totalling £12K that were 250-930 days overdue at time of instruction. Our client is…
Scaffolding Invoice Paid before Liquidation
Advocate has recovered £1.4K just weeks before the debtor ceased trading. Our fortunate client is an East Midlands scaffolding wholesaler…
Recovery of £10K Head Hunter Debt
Advocate has recovered £10K on behalf of a sole trader that actively seeks out individuals to fill unadvertised management vacancies….
£2.3K Debt Recovery from a Department Store
Department of Trade Several years back the Southeast sales team onboarded a single branch of a national department store. Our…
£8.4K Recovered Off Payment Plan
A debt of £8.4K has been recovered with minimal fuss and hassle to the creditor once Advocate commenced action. Taking…
£12K in 24-Hours from an International IT Firm
Advocate has recovered £12K from an international IT firm 24 hours after being instructed. The debtor offers a trifecta of…
Teeing Up Payment after 160 Days in the Rough
Advocate has recovered payment of a 160-day overdue invoice on behalf of an electric vehicle builder and importer. We’re not…
£1.1K Crash Debt Recovery
In life two things are guaranteed – death and taxes. As a motorist, you would also add accidents and breakdowns….
£45K Debt Recovery from Failing Retailer
A debt of £45K has been recovered from a discount retailer in just 7 days. The debtor sells well-known consumer…
Recovering Debts from Global Brands
It’s not unusual for Advocate to recover debts from globally recognised companies trading in the UK. From fast food to…
Hassle-Free Debt Recovery of a £2.4K Invoicing Debacle
This debt is slightly unusual in that Advocate Debt Recovery were aware of it before a valid invoice was raised….
Cleaning Up £4K in 48 Hours
Advocate Debt Recovery has recovered £4K in just 48 hours on behalf of a Hertfordshire based commercial cleaning company still…
Client Pays Wages after £25K Debt Collection
Within all industries, there are subsections and even sub-subsections. This debt collection involved a niche subsection of the recruitment industry….
Debt Recovery of Invoice > 2 Years Overdue
Advocate has successfully recovered payment of a £1.1K invoice that was more than 2 years overdue at the time of…
£15K Debt Collection from a City Council
Advocate has collected a £15K debt in 5 working days from a City Council. The payment was essential to the…
Consecutive Recoveries from a Communications Company
Advocate Debt Recovery has successfully recovered £23.4K in 2 consecutive cases against the same debtor but with different clients. In…
Debt Collection from Wedding Venue
The balance of a website debt has been recovered on behalf of a digital marketing agency. The debtor was one…
Sound Debt Recovery from a Record Label
On a daily basis, Advocate recovers payment from a wide variety of companies. From an evasive sole local trader to…
Success Where Factoring Failed
Advocate Debt Recovery successfully recovered a debt of £8K after the client’s factoring company was unsuccessful. Factoring is a tool…
Sole Trader Debt Collection
Our client is a sole trader highly skilled in fabricating bespoke components out of aluminium and exotic materials. With over…
£10K Recovered in 2 Days
Advocate recovered payment of £10K in just 2 days after more than 2 months of our client’s fruitless chasing. The…
Framing Payment from a Glazing Company
Payment of £9K for a 106-day overdue invoice has been recovered from a Liverpool based commercial glazing company. The firm…
1 Debtor 5 Debt Recoveries in 2 Years
Let’s be honest, building a trading relationship with suppliers and customers is something business owners aspire to. Repeat trade and…
Recruitment Fees of £28K in just 4 Days
Our client has fast established themselves as one of the leading engineering and construction recruitment consultants in the home counties….
Advocate Recovers Invoices over 2 Years old
In the same way, a landlord might appoint an estate agent to oversee their property portfolio and private tenants, our…
The £16K Green Light Traffic Management Co.
Our client received a remittance for a 9-day overdue debt just 12 minutes after Advocate Debt Recovery emailed the Notice…
Painless Debt Recovery of £17K in 24 Hours
A janitorial equipment supplier in Bolton instructed Advocate Debt Recovery to recover payment of £17K for invoices that were between…
Recovery of a £101K Business Debt from a Director
Our client had provided specialist manufacturing and product packaging to a prestigious London based wellness reseller but was still waiting…