Our Fees
We are in business to be profitable
Below is a representation of our fee structure. We reserve the right to change prices depending on the nature and value-add of the work we undertake. We express the value we add to our client's lives here.
In all circumstances, you will be informed of all costs before consenting to any regulated advice work being undertaken.
Investment Product Implementation
Typically, we do not charge for this. If we do, we will tell you in advance of the fact.
None of the investment products we recommend contain exit penalties.
lifestyle financial planning & Client Care Program
The "Client Care Program" underpins our ongoing Lifestyle Financial Planning service.
Our minimum annual fee for this is £3,000 per family.
The cost of this is met by deducting an annual fee from any investments we manage on your behalf. Alternatively, you can settle our fee from your bank account via a monthly standing order.
The schedule of annual fees is:
1.00% on the first £500,000 of invested assets
0.25% on the balance
Example: we advise on a client portfolio of £850,000, made up of ISAs, unit-trusts and pension funds. Our annual fees are £5,875 (being 1.00% of £500,000, plus 0.25% of the portfolio balance of £350,000). This equates to 0.69% on the entire portfolio of £850,000.
For those clients with small investment portfolios, we also charge a fixed monthly retainer, payable by standing order. The amount charged is determined by the size of the existing portfolio; likely future savings into the investment portfolio; our current minimum annual fee requirement etc.
other ongoing third-party fees
For investments, there are two other elements to the ongoing charges you will pay, in addition to our annual fee:
Firstly, fees levied by the custodian or "platform". This administers your investments, offers the tax-wrappers, provides tax-reporting information etc.
Secondly, fees charged by the fund managers, who make the underlying investment decisions for your portfolio.
In the example of £850,000 these annual fees will be approximately 0.25% (custodianship) and 0.30% (fund management).
So, with our ongoing advice fee, the total annual expense will be c.1.24%. For this, you are getting:
Ongoing Lifestyle Financial Planning, including continual access to independent financial advice;
Comprehensive investment administration and tax-reporting;
Sophisticated fund management;
Behavioural coaching: keeping you honest to your financial plan, and preventing you from “the big mistake”. This aspect alone can and will pay for itself many times over.
life Assurance
Life assurance advice costs can still be covered by commission from the insurance company concerned.
Where this is not sufficient to cover our advice costs, we will quote you a fee, payable in addition to any commissions we will receive.
