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NO

As of 13 August 2026, AI cannot compare UK debt solutions.

This still needs a person who signs their name to it.

Can you do it?

5 minutesto a draft.

n/ait cannot be self-verified.

Cost, all in£0

Skill neededchat-fluent

Who has to check ita professional

What the alternative costsA regulated debt adviser is the alternative for a serious case; no price is stated in the supplied sources.

If this goes wrong: you choose or delay a debt solution that does not fit, and the resulting missed payments, fees or legal consequences are not undone by the chatbot.

What to actually do

  1. Hand it to a person

    The route this page recommends

    Someone with a licence or accountable authority has to sign this before it counts.

  2. Use a tool built for this

    Second choice

  3. Do it yourself

    The distant third

    A chat interface gets you a draft, but you cannot verify it yourself. That is the catch.

    How to actually do it

    1. Open the relevant GOV.UK guidance on debt solutions and save the pages for checking general descriptions and current eligibility rules.
    2. Gather recent payslips or benefit statements, bank statements, bills, debt letters and court or enforcement documents, then make a list of every debt with its balance, payment, arrears, creditor and priority status.
    3. Write down your household details, housing costs, essential spending, assets and any debts secured on your home or other property, without copying account numbers or unnecessary identifying information into the chatbot.
    4. Paste the copyable prompt into a chatbot and replace each bracketed slot with your figures, writing 'unknown' where you cannot establish a fact.
    5. Compare the chatbot's descriptions against the GOV.UK pages you opened, marking every rule, threshold, fee, date or eligibility statement that it cannot support from a current source.
    6. Take the corrected comparison, your full debt list and the marked unknowns to a regulated debt adviser, and ask them to confirm which options are available before you stop or change any payment.

    Prompt

    Help me prepare for regulated debt advice in the UK. Compare the debt solutions that might be relevant to my situation, including a debt management plan, IVA, bankruptcy, DRO and any other clearly relevant option, but do not tell me which one to choose and do not present this as professional advice. Use only the facts I provide, state what is missing, separate priority debts from non-priority debts, and flag anything that needs checking against current GOV.UK guidance or a regulated debt adviser. Explain for each option: how it generally works, what happens to repayments and creditors, possible effects on assets and credit records, key risks, and the questions I should ask an adviser. Do not invent eligibility rules, fees, thresholds, dates or outcomes. Here are my details: household members and dependants [brief details]; monthly income after tax [amount and source]; essential monthly spending [itemised amounts]; each debt with creditor, balance, payment, arrears and whether secured or unsecured [list]; priority debts [list]; assets and approximate values [list]; housing situation [rent or mortgage and amount]; court action, bailiffs or enforcement [details]; and any other relevant facts [details].

    Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

What it gets wrong

  • AI cannot establish whether every debt, asset, household detail or enforcement action has been included.
  • AI cannot confirm that a debt solution is suitable for your circumstances or that you meet its current eligibility rules.
  • AI cannot replace a regulated debt adviser who can explain consequences and help you act with creditors.
  • AI cannot take responsibility for missed payments, an unsuitable application or the legal consequences of your decision.

What makes this a NO: regulated advice, stakes of error and verification cost.

How we scored this

Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.

AxisScore (0–2)
Output1
Inputs1
Verification0
Liability0
Effort delta1
Total3 / 10

The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.

FAQ

Can AI compare my debt solutions?
It can organise your figures and produce a plain-language comparison of possible UK options. It cannot safely decide which solution suits you, so use the result as preparation for a regulated debt adviser.
Can AI tell me which UK debt solution is best?
No. The best option can depend on details such as priority debts, assets, household spending, enforcement action and debts secured on property. This is not professional advice, and a serious case needs a regulated debt adviser.
What information does AI need to compare debt solutions?
Give it your income, essential spending, household details, housing costs, assets, and a complete list of debts with balances, payments, arrears and creditor types. Redact account numbers and other unnecessary personal identifiers, and mark anything you do not know rather than guessing.
Should I use AI before speaking to a debt adviser?
You can use it to organise paperwork and prepare questions, but do not delay advice or change payments because of its comparison. Check the output against current GOV.UK guidance and take it, together with your documents, to a regulated debt adviser.

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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.

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