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A lifetime of financial confidence for individuals, families and businesses.

Whether you’re just starting or just retiring, you deserve the confidence to live well. Our financial advice is created specifically for you, which means we take the time to get to know who you are, what you want from life and what confidence would mean to you.

Our individually tailored plans are different for every individual and every stage of life, so you can be certain your finances are working for you, not the other way around.

Can we help you?

Yes. We’ve been helping individuals, families and businesses up and down the country for over 30 years. We have around £5 billion of client assets under advice and we use our expertise to make sure each individual’s money gives them the confidence to pursue the life they want.

If you’re somewhere between graduation and post-retirement, anywhere from 21 years old up to 100 or more, then we know we can give you the financial confidence you crave.

There is a real value in having advice from someone who not only understands the issues of investment and financial management, but is also able to bring a personalised human touch.

Dr & Mrs Wilkinson
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Which best describes you?

Starting out
Building a life
Successful, but time-poor
Planning for retirement
Active retirement
Wealth preservers
Later life
Starting out

Starting out

You might have recently graduated, moved into your own property or both. You are keen, eager and able to progress your career. Perhaps you still want and need to get on the property ladder, and you need some advice on balancing saving with having fun and enjoying life whilst you’re young. There's a balance to be had between keeping an emergency fund in cash, making the money work harder for you and enjoying life now.

We can help you to find the confidence to start building a plan for the future, with tools to help you budget and prioritise today. Whether it’s savings, mortgages and pensions, we can help you to start a clear financial planning journey, with technology-enabled reviews that mean we are on hand to fit in with your busy schedule when you need us.

What can we do for you

Building a life

Building a life

Feeling busy? Perhaps you have small children and full-on work. There is a lot going on at this point in your life and you might be worried about creating a strong work life balance, planning for your future and protecting your family if the worst happens.

We can help you with mortgage and protection queries, help you avoid tax traps and find the right balance between saving for the future and living for today.

Tax Planning advice is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

What can we do for you

Successful, but time-poor

Successful, but time-poor

Your career is on the up! Maybe you even own your own business. But the thing about success is that you now lack the time and sometimes the inclination to handle your finances in the way that you know you need to. You can barely keep up with work and your family, never mind sweating the financial details.

We’re here to help, our technology-enabled reviews mean that we are on hand to fit in with your busy schedule when you need us. Our advisers can calculate how much you can save for the future and our tax planning solutions can help to maximise these savings, so that your money works as hard as you do.

Tax Planning advice is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

What can we do for you

Planning for retirement

Planning for retirement

Planning your retirement can happen at any point (and in fact is often best done sooner than later). But perhaps you can now see that you might be approaching the end of your working life. It’s time to make sure plans are in place to retire, spending your time completely free from the need to work, confident that you can live your life in the exact way that you want to.

We’ll make sure the money you’ve already saved is set up to fund your retirement and that any time left working can be put to the best use. We’ll de-risk your investments, ready to be used soon and our experts will always be on hand to answer questions, at what is a crucial life moment.

What can we do for you

Active retirement

Active retirement

Approaching the next phase of life can be daunting, but it’s also time for yourselves, to enjoy everything retirement has to offer. 

Our advisers will take the time to get to know you and your aspirations for retirement. What’s really important to you during these later years? How do you see yourselves spending your time?

Your personalised retirement plan, created in collaboration between us, uses the latest cash flow modelling to demonstrate all of your options. We’ll review that plan with you throughout your retirement, on at least an annual basis, to ensure everything is on track.

What can we do for you

Wealth preservers

Wealth preservers

At some point in life, thoughts will turn to protecting your legacy and looking after younger family members, or maybe causes you’ve supported throughout your lifetime.

We’ll help you to think about your legacy and inheritance options. Where do you really want your money to go and how can we make sure as much of it as possible is put to the best use?

Inheritance Tax Planning advice is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

What can we do for you

Later life

Later life

As you move from an active, enjoyable retirement, celebrating many years of freedom and confidence, your needs may change in later life.

During this phase we may help you to plan for later life care and consider any further inheritance and legacy planning, giving you the confidence that your assets are looked after and in the right place, long into the future.

Inheritance Tax Planning advice is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

What can we do for you

Starting out

Starting out

You might have recently graduated, moved into your own property or both. You are keen, eager and able to progress your career. Perhaps you still want and need to get on the property ladder, and you need some advice on balancing saving with having fun and enjoying life whilst you’re young. There's a balance to be had between keeping an emergency fund in cash, making the money work harder for you and enjoying life now.

We can help you to find the confidence to start building a plan for the future, with tools to help you budget and prioritise today. Whether it’s savings, mortgages and pensions, we can help you to start a clear financial planning journey, with technology-enabled reviews that mean we are on hand to fit in with your busy schedule when you need us.

What can we do for you

Building a life

Building a life

Feeling busy? Perhaps you have small children and full-on work. There is a lot going on at this point in your life and you might be worried about creating a strong work life balance, planning for your future and protecting your family if the worst happens.

We can help you with mortgage and protection queries, help you avoid tax traps and find the right balance between saving for the future and living for today.

Tax Planning advice is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

What can we do for you

Successful, but time-poor

Successful, but time-poor

Your career is on the up! Maybe you even own your own business. But the thing about success is that you now lack the time and sometimes the inclination to handle your finances in the way that you know you need to. You can barely keep up with work and your family, never mind sweating the financial details.

We’re here to help, our technology-enabled reviews mean that we are on hand to fit in with your busy schedule when you need us. Our advisers can calculate how much you can save for the future and our tax planning solutions can help to maximise these savings, so that your money works as hard as you do.

Tax Planning advice is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

What can we do for you

Planning for retirement

Planning for retirement

Planning your retirement can happen at any point (and in fact is often best done sooner than later). But perhaps you can now see that you might be approaching the end of your working life. It’s time to make sure plans are in place to retire, spending your time completely free from the need to work, confident that you can live your life in the exact way that you want to.

We’ll make sure the money you’ve already saved is set up to fund your retirement and that any time left working can be put to the best use. We’ll de-risk your investments, ready to be used soon and our experts will always be on hand to answer questions, at what is a crucial life moment.

What can we do for you

Active retirement

Active retirement

Approaching the next phase of life can be daunting, but it’s also time for yourselves, to enjoy everything retirement has to offer. 

Our advisers will take the time to get to know you and your aspirations for retirement. What’s really important to you during these later years? How do you see yourselves spending your time?

Your personalised retirement plan, created in collaboration between us, uses the latest cash flow modelling to demonstrate all of your options. We’ll review that plan with you throughout your retirement, on at least an annual basis, to ensure everything is on track.

What can we do for you

Wealth preservers

Wealth preservers

At some point in life, thoughts will turn to protecting your legacy and looking after younger family members, or maybe causes you’ve supported throughout your lifetime.

We’ll help you to think about your legacy and inheritance options. Where do you really want your money to go and how can we make sure as much of it as possible is put to the best use?

Inheritance Tax Planning advice is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

What can we do for you

Later life

Later life

As you move from an active, enjoyable retirement, celebrating many years of freedom and confidence, your needs may change in later life.

During this phase we may help you to plan for later life care and consider any further inheritance and legacy planning, giving you the confidence that your assets are looked after and in the right place, long into the future.

Inheritance Tax Planning advice is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

What can we do for you

Thank you very much for all your help Duncan.

It made a difference to us that you took care to look after Ann’s interests and were really helpful accommodating our wishes. We felt you took time to get to know us and you were really helpful.

Josephine

Thank you so much David.

You do not spare yourself in all you do for us and we are ever grateful.

Vivien

Huge thanks to you both for all your help with this remortgage. You found us a cracking deal in less than easy circumstances and pushed it through to completion. You were very helpful and patient with us at all times, clearly explaining our options.

Thank you both for a fantastic job done!

Paul and Helen

Michelle has been a great help to me over the past three and a half years in advising me about my father's and my own investments. My father had a stroke in May 2018 and was unable to manage his affairs.

Michelle has explained clearly and sensitively his investments to me as POA and has helped me to get to grips with his finances. She always speaks to me in a way that clearly demonstrates that she cares about us as people, not just as investors and I trust the advice she gives me. She has an amazingly thorough knowledge of her subject and presents information and choices in a clear and understandable way.

She has met my father since his stroke and has been kind and sensitive towards him, showing an understanding of his condition without undermining his dignity.

I feel valued as a client and at ease asking Michelle for advice. I am very happy to have her as my personal financial advisor. I feel I am starting to shape my own finances with my future in mind and I am very confident in the advice from Michelle that enables me to decide what to do with my money.

Miss Crerar

You are well prepared with all the facts of our affairs, well versed in matters financial which you put across to us succinctly and in an easily understandable form. 

You have helped our financial planning ,given us good advice re Inheritance Tax planning and most importantly we trust you have our best interests at heart. 

We look forward to our annual appraisal.

Mr & Mrs Hitchcock
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