Take control of your finances with our Consolidation Loan.

£1 – £999 39.8%
£1000 – £2499 34.8%
£2500 – £4999 27.3%
£5000 – £9999 20.8%
£10000 + 16.8%

From £50 to £15,000

Maximum term of loan – 5 years.

Our ‘Consolidation Loan’ allows members with debts from one or more other lenders to consolidate those debts with us, resulting in one monthly payment. Consolidation Loans are subject to our lending policy and affordability checks. When considering the affordability of your loan, we will take into account what you will save by not having to repay your existing debts

With a consolidation loan, we will usually need to see some information about the debts you are looking to consolidate and how they came about.  Consolidation only works if you are committed to clearing debt.

We may also want to repay the debts directly to your other creditors and so will request settlement figures and payment details.

As a credit union member, you’ll also build up savings as you repay your loan. The minimum amount is £10/month, which will be taken from your repayments.

Yes, you can overpay or repay your loan early at any time and there are no charges for doing so aside from the interest that has accrued against the outstanding loan balance since your last repayment.  The interest is calculated and applied daily at the rate you agreed to when you took out the loan.

To make an ad hoc overpayment, simply contact us for payment details and let us know when you have made a payment which you want to be applied to your loan. This will reduce the amount of interest owing overall.

In order to repay in full early, please contact us and explain that you would like a settlement figure to repay your loan early.  This will stop new interest being applied to your loan for 7 days to give you a set figure that you need to pay to clear the balance.  If you do not pay the loan off within the week, we will reset the interest and leave the account running as it was, therefore if you need longer than 7 days to repay you should get back in touch and request a new settlement figure.

Full details of how to make your payment will be provided along with your settlement figure.

No.  A standard condition of borrowing from the credit union is that your Regular Savings are tied in while your loan balance exceeds your Regular Savings balance.  These savings act as security should you fail to repay your loan.

Savings that are tied to your loan will become available to withdraw when your loan balance falls below your Regular Savings balance.  Only the difference between your loan balance and savings balance will be available to withdraw at any one time.

We can consider requests to withdraw Regular Savings which are tied to a loan in circumstances of financial hardship.

After 6 payments (for those paid Child Benefit every 4 weeks) or once you’ve paid off 50% of your loan (whichever comes first), you can apply for a ‘top up’ and we will set up a payment plan which is affordable allowing you to pay down your loan, build up savings and get back some of your Child Benefit to spend each month if you need it.

Top ups are subject to a full affordability assessment though we would typically conduct a “soft” credit search.

Where a top up involves a change of product, the rate of interest may change on the whole loan.  The rate of interest for the new combined loan will be provided at the point of application.

If you are having difficulty keeping up with your payments, the best thing to do is to contact us to explain your circumstances and we will do everything we can to support you.  This might involve, for example, reducing or stopping your payments for a period of time.   When we receive requests for support in these circumstances we may ask for some evidence to demonstrate the difficulties you are facing.

Where you can’t keep up with the agreed repayments we will report this to credit reference agencies.  This may have an impact on your ability to obtain credit from elsewhere.

If you stop making your payments to us but don’t talk to us about why then we will chase you to establish contact and a plan to repay the debt.  The longer that you go without communicating with us, the more severe this process will become and we will not hesitate to take legal action against you if you refuse to speak to us.

For additional information about your rights and protections in relation to this loan and your wider credit union membership, please see the Membership Terms & Conditions.