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Cabot Financial

Independent information about Cabot Financial, how its debt-purchase structure works, regulation, complaints and checks to make before payment.

Cabot Financial is part of a debt-purchase and credit-management group. Its official website explains that debts may be owned by purchasing companies in the group while recovery or administration is carried out through Cabot Credit Management Group and appointed representatives. Check the notice of assignment and the exact company named on your correspondence.

What role does Cabot Financial have?

Debt servicer · Debt collector

The company contacting you is not necessarily the company that legally owns the debt. Check the original creditor, current owner and the role stated on your latest correspondence.

Legal identity and regulatory position

Cabot Financial’s current website identifies Cabot Financial (Europe) Limited as an appointed representative of Cabot Credit Management Group Limited. Cabot says Cabot Credit Management Group Limited is authorised and regulated by the FCA, firm reference number 677910.

Cabot states that Cabot Credit Management Group Limited is authorised and regulated by the FCA with firm reference number 677910, while Cabot Financial (Europe) Limited operates as an appointed representative.

Contacting Cabot Financial

Use Cabot’s official customer website and the contact details shown on your account or correspondence. Cabot provides online account-management and customer-contact routes.

If you want to complain

Cabot publishes a complaints process with telephone and email routes and says eligible unresolved complaints can be referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service after its final response.

What to check before paying or agreeing a plan

  • Confirm the account reference and original creditor match your records.
  • Check whether the company says it owns the debt or is collecting for another organisation.
  • If you do not recognise the debt, ask for clarification before making a payment or admitting liability.
  • Keep copies of letters, emails, payment offers and complaint correspondence.
  • Do not agree to a repayment amount that is not affordable alongside priority household bills.
  • Check the Notice of Assignment to identify the company that now owns the account.

Related guidance

Important: YourFinances.co.uk is not affiliated with Cabot Financial. This page provides general information and does not confirm that any debt is valid, enforceable or owed by a particular person.