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About Wills and Trusts

What is a Will Trust, what types are there and how can it help you?

Fully independent expertise
We are independent and offer advice on Trusts, Tax-planning and guidance on talking to your family. We’ll work with you to make a plan to ensure your wealth fulfils your wishes for years to come.
Your interests come first
Our philosophy is borne out of many years’ experience working in a professional practice environment. Our existing clients would confirm our ongoing commitment to this philosophy.
We are highly qualified
Continual professional development is an expectation all of our team place upon themselves regardless of how qualified they already are, not just as a requirement for qualified advisers.
Trust is core to our service
Our clients have told us that trust is absolutely essential for them, therefore we hold ourselves to this value and only ever act in our clients’ interest.
Integrity and transparency
We are committed to always explaining our fees and our regulatory obligations before any work is carried out.

Lifetime Trusts

Lifetime Trusts are often referred to as “Asset Protection” or “Property Protection Trusts”. Unlike ‘Testamentary Trusts’, which are established upon your death, Lifetime Trusts are typically created immediately. For instance, your home is donated to the Trust, allowing you to continue residing there.

Generally speaking, it is not possible to use a Lifetime Trust to exempt your home from the local authority's calculations of your assets when determining the cost of your care facility.

For this reason, anyone contemplating establishing a Lifetime Trust should be aware that a local authority may view this arrangement as "Deliberate Deprivation of Assets." If so, they can assess you as if you still owned the property (and refuse to fund your care).

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