How it works

From a folder of paperwork to a finished fact find.

Six steps - and you only do two of them. Crestwell sits alongside the way you already work: you review and approve; it does the typing.

STEP 01

Record the client meeting.

On a video call or across the desk - with the client's consent, Crestwell records the conversation and transcribes it after the meeting. That's the only new habit to learn.

Recording in progress…

42:15
Consent confirmed at 00:14 · transcribed after the meeting
Drag and drop client documents
passport_smith_j.pdf
Reading… 84%
payslip_oct_2025.pdf
Filed → Income

STEP 02

Drop in the documents.

Passports, payslips and bank statements - upload them in bulk, or let clients send them through their own secure link. Each document is read and filed against the right item on the case checklist.

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faster than typing it up.

STEP 03

The fact find fills itself.

What was said and what was sent become a drafted fact find across all 11 sections - and every field is traceable back to its source, with the transcript quote or document reference beside it.

Fact Find: Applicant 1

11 sections
£84,500
Auto-filled
Acme Technology Ltd
Auto-filled
Source: payslip_oct_2025.pdf · “basic salary £84,500 per annum”

Review extracted values

Awaiting your decision
£1,240

From bank_statement_sep.pdf · three regular commitments identified

Nothing commits to the fact find until you accept it.

STEP 04

You review every value.

Accept, reject or edit each extracted value against the evidence. Nothing commits to the fact find without you - the AI drafts, the broker decides.

STEP 05

Branded outputs, drafted.

A six-section file note and a suitability letter are drafted for your review, and the finished fact find is produced in your firm's branding. It all stays draft until you sign it off.

Case outputs

HARPER-8842
File note - six sections
Drafted for review
Suitability letter
Drafted for review
Fact-find PDF - firm branding
Ready
Finalised only when you press Mark finalised

While you advise

Bank statements chased - reminder sent to the client
Case moved to Recommendation as the fact find completed
Remortgage radar: fixed rate ends in 84 days - flagged

STEP 06

The workflow runs on.

Document chasing, pipeline tracking and the remortgage radar keep working in the background - so the next case is already moving while you finish this one.

Give your evenings back.

Start turning client paperwork into finished fact finds today.