UK outbound collections

Every account, called with fairness.

Your previous AI calling provider went dark, so the team is dialling by hand again. Ava makes the outbound calls for you: she verifies who she's speaking to, agrees an affordable arrangement, handles disputes, spots when someone's struggling, and texts a secure link to pay or dispute.

Same handoff you had before: you send the weekly file, we make the calls and follow up by SMS, you get a report back for Vtiger.

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Collections voice assistant · Waters & Gate
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An outbound collections call. You play the debtor. Pick a case below, or just start and improvise.
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Promise to pay
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Summary
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A matching record was written to the Call Log in Airtable for the team to review and load into Vtiger. Ava drafts the note; a person owns the account decision.

Fair by design

Affordability first, no threats, no pressure. Built to FCA CONC, the Consumer Duty, and the vulnerable-customer guidance.

Payment or dispute, by SMS

She never takes card details by voice. She texts a secure link, a short form to arrange payment or raise a dispute.

Every call on the record

Each call writes a structured outcome to Airtable, ready for a human to review and upload to Vtiger.

Try it yourself

Play a debtor. Take a call.

Five cases shaped from your own test file, four consumer accounts and one business invoice, £129 to £2,700. Pick one; Ava loads that file and calls. Personas are synthetic.

Can pay · wants a plan

The affordable arrangement

Grace Thornton · £2,700 · Fairview Vets4Pets
ref WG-2026-D154 · emergency pet surgery
"Money's been tight since my hours were cut. I want to sort it, maybe about a hundred a month?"

Ava confirms who you are, understands the situation, and agrees an affordable plan within the floor, then offers to text a payment link.

Disputes the debt

"I already paid."

Priya Nair · £129 · Riverside Vets4Pets
ref WG-2026-D181 · small consumer account
"I paid the vet directly months ago. I don't owe this."

Ava does not argue. She logs the dispute, tells you collection is paused while it's reviewed, and offers to text a dispute form.

Vulnerable

Someone who's struggling

Alan Whitmore · £1,499 · Langton Veterinary
ref WG-2026-D193 · consumer account
"I lost my wife recently. I'm signed off work. I can't deal with this right now."

Ava softens, stops any pressure, offers a human callback, and signposts free debt advice. She never pushes a payment.

Business debt · B2B

A company invoice

Northgate Print Ltd · £1,062 · Meridian Publishing
ref WG-2026-D531 · unpaid supplier invoice
"This is a company account. What's the invoice for, and who's it from?"

Ava recognises a business debt, keeps it professional and non-threatening, and drops the consumer-only forbearance scripting, still identity-first.

Hostile

Refuses and pushes back

Leanne Edwards · £214 · Maes Green Vets
ref WG-2026-D537 · consumer account
"Stop calling me. I'm not paying anything. Who even are you?"

Ava stays calm, never threatens, makes no false claims of court or bailiffs, notes the refusal, and closes cleanly instead of looping.

Free improvise

Just start talking

Default file · a £2,700 veterinary account
Say anything, or refuse to confirm your name.
Test the identity gate: refuse to confirm who you are, and watch her reveal nothing.

With no confirmed identity, Ava discloses no balance, no creditor, nothing, and offers a neutral callback. That's the data-protection guarantee.

One call, start to finish

A worked example (text, not the live demo): Grace calls back about her vet bill. Identity, understanding, an affordable plan, an SMS link, and a logged outcome.

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On the call · Identity first

Reveal nothing until it's the right person

AVAHello, this is Ava, an automated assistant calling for Waters and Gate. This call may be recorded. Am I speaking with Grace Thornton?
GRACEYes, speaking.
No balance, creditor, or even the fact of a debt is said until the name is confirmed. If it's the wrong person or a voicemail, Ava leaves nothing that reveals a debt.
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On the call · Understand

Find out what's realistic, kindly

AVAThank you. This is about an unpaid veterinary account with Fairview, for two thousand seven hundred pounds. Can I ask what's made it difficult to pay?
GRACEMy hours got cut. I can do something, not the full amount.
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On the call · Agree

An affordable arrangement, within the floor

AVAThat's completely understandable. What could you manage each month?
GRACEAbout a hundred pounds.
AVAA hundred a month works. Shall we say the fifteenth each month?
Never pushed past what she can afford. No threats, no card details by voice.
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On the call · Follow up

Text a secure link, then close

AVAI'll text a secure link to the mobile ending five-one-one to set up the plan. Thank you, Grace, take care.
SMS with a Google Form link, consent confirmed, minimal detail in the message
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After the call · Logged

An outcome for a human, in Vtiger

Ava writes the outcome to the Airtable Call Log: promise to pay, £100/month from the 15th, consent noted, a two-line summary. A person reviews it and loads it into Vtiger. Ava never writes the system of record herself.

Built for a regulated collections line

Six choices that make this safe in front of a debtor, and in front of your compliance team.

Fair, affordable, no pressure

Arrangements are grounded in what the person can afford. She offers time to pay, reduced or token payments, and Breathing Space, and never pushes someone past their means or suggests borrowing to repay.

Spots vulnerability, and stops

Bereavement, illness, real hardship, confusion, she hears it, softens, applies no pressure, offers a human, and signposts StepChange, National Debtline, Citizens Advice and MoneyHelper.

Identity first, nothing to third parties

No balance, creditor, or even the fact of a debt until she's confirmed the right person. A voicemail or the wrong person hears nothing that reveals a debt.

No threats, ever

She never implies court, bailiffs, arrest, or that non-payment is a crime, the lines that carry real legal risk. Disputes pause collection and route to a person.

The human decides

Ava drafts the note and captures the commitment. She grants no binding settlement and writes no system of record. A person reviews every outcome and owns the account.

Every call auditable

A structured outcome, consent line, and summary land in Airtable on every call, ready for your review and for Vtiger.

How it fits your operation

The same handoff you had with your previous provider. Nothing changes on your side.

1 · WeeklyYour file over SFTP1,000 to 3,000 numbers. Consumer and business. UK mobiles.Waters & Gate
2 · The weekWe make the callsOur telephony dials, Ava speaks. Your own VoIP isn't involved.Beam
3 · Follow upSMS: pay or disputeA secure Google Form link for a payment plan or a dispute.Beam
4 · ReportBack for VtigerA structured outcome per call, ready to upload to your CRM.Waters & Gate
FCA CONC + Consumer DutyForbearance, affordability, fair treatment, built in.
Vulnerability (FG21/1)Detected, de-escalated, signposted, handed to a human.
AI disclosed, recordedAutomated call stated up front; call-back number given.
Fully auditableOutcome, consent, and summary logged every call.