Case Study - The Business Owner (Entrepreneur)

Background

Business Owner aged late 40's
51% owner of a building surveying company
Lives in Hertfordshire, HQ in London

Challenges

• Service - Previous financial adviser refused to talk about property even though the client owns a number of properties and runs a property based business.
• Financial Planning - The client had a number of plans that had been set up but no clear strategy to achieve their long term goals.
• The client wished to set-up a local office in Hertfordshire to run alongside the HQ in Central London.
• Business had switched from Limited Company to an LLP for tax reasons. Client wished to minimise tax within the new structure.
• No Key person insurance in the LLP.

What we did

• Consolidated all current pension schemes into a Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) that specialised in property purchase.
• Used annual allowances and pension input periods to invest £250,000 into the SIPP in one tax year (liaised with their accountant to get the figures.)
• When client found an office in Hertfordshire, introduced them to a commercial mortgage broker to set up the loan.
• Guided the client through the whole SIPP property purchase and provided on-going advice.
• Simplified and consolidated investments.
• Developed a bespoke investment strategy, suitable to the client’s risk profile.
• Using cash flow analysis we calculated investment sums required to fund retirement lifestyle
• Arranged bi-annual meetings to review strategy on a regular basis
• Set up key person insurance.

The Results

• Profitable office bought tax efficiently through SIPP.
• Produced easy to understand reports to analyse on-going progress towards goals.
• Saving client £100,000 in income tax payments in one year.

....because Wealth Matters

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