Our fees

We believe it’s important to be completely transparent when it comes to how we work out our fees. In fact, it’s a key part of our philosophy.

The following information is designed to give you as much information as possible about how we charge, but for accurate figures relating to your personal situation, we advise speaking to us directly.

Santorini Retirement Lifestyle Programme

Strategy & Planning

We will gather all relevant information from you, your existing product and service providers as well as your accountant and solicitor too. We will analyse and assess all this information and we’ll create a Masterplan of your financial life. We will then present this plan to you.

 

Individual: £1,750

Couple: £2,250

Advice & Implementation

Once we’ve agreed your financial plan, we then need to Make it Happen. We will provide you with independent financial advice on relevant products and services and implement these for you.

 

0.20% to 0.80%

 

0.80% on first £500K

0.60% on next £500k

0.40% on next £500k

0.20% on next £500K+

Keep on Track

Life isn’t linear. Plans need to be flexible, adaptable, yet still relevant. Planning is more valuable than The Plan and therefore we will meet, at least annually to update this with you.

 

£0 to £500,000         0.88% (£4,400)

£500,000 to £1m       0.68% (£3,400)

£1m to £1.5m               0.48% (£2,400)

£1.5m to £2m              0.28% (£1,400)

£2m+                            0.08%

 

 

 

Our fee philosophy

Simply stated, our fee philosophy is: we prosper as you prosper, we suffer when you suffer.

As your financial planner, I participate in the investment success I’m able to secure for you using our Evidence-Based Investment process.

It’s important to understand how that works. As I’ve made clear, my Evidence-Based Investment policy is founded on the premise that the only way to fully capture the returns of equities is to accept their temporary declines.

What this means, of course, is that my fee income diminishes in direct proportion to the temporary decline in your account values when such declines inevitably occur.

I feel there’s nothing more important than practising what I preach; this is a perfect identity of interest. If I am to earn the right to participate directly in your permanent gain, I can hardly ask to be protected when you are experiencing temporary – but sometimes significant – pain. I would not have it any other way.”

Fee case studies

Example 1

A client couple is planning for retirement, wanting to use the Santorini Lifestyle Retirement Programme and have £600,000 in pensions and investments to review. Assuming the pensions and investments need to be moved into a better solution the total maximum planning and implementation fees would be as follows:

Strategy & Planning

Comprehensive financial plan

£2,250
Advice & Implementation

Pension & Investment Implementation
0.80% of £500,000

£4,000

Pension & Investment Implementation
0.60% of £100,000

£600
Total initial fees

Equivalent to 1.14%

£6,850
Keep on Track

0.88% of £500,000

£4,400

0.68% of £100,000

£680
Total Ongoing fees

Equivalent to 0.85% per annum

£5,080

Example 2

A client couple is planning for retirement, wanting to use the Santorini Lifestyle Retirement Programme and have £1,200,000 in pensions and investments to review. Assuming the pensions and investments need to be moved into a better solution the total maximum planning and implementation fees would be as follows:

Strategy & Planning

Comprehensive financial plan

£2,250
Advice & Implementation

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.80% of £500,000

£4,000

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.60% of £500,000

£3,000

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.40% of £200,000

£800
Total Initial Fees

Equivalent to 0.84%

£10,050
Keep on Track

0.88% of £500,000

£4,400

0.68% of £500,000

£3,400

0.48% of £200,00

£960
Total Ongoing Fees

Equivalent to 0.73% per annum

£8,760

Example 3

A client couple is planning for retirement, wanting to use the Santorini Lifestyle Retirement Programme and have £1,800,000 in pensions and investments to review. Assuming the pensions and investments need to be moved into a better solution the total maximum planning and implementation fees would be as follows:

Strategy & Planning

Comprehensive financial plan

£2,250
Advice & Implementation

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.80% of £500,000

£4,000

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.60% of £500,000

£3,000

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.40% of £500,000

£2,000

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.20% of £300,000

£600
Total Initial Fees

Equivalent to 0.66%

£11,850
Keep on track

0.88% of £500,000

£4,400

0.68% of £500,000

£3,400

0.48% of £500,000

£2,400

0.28% of £300,000

£840
Total ongoing Fees

Equivalent to 0.61%

£11,040

Example 1

A client couple is planning for retirement, wanting to use the Santorini Lifestyle Retirement Programme and have £600,000 in pensions and investments to review. Assuming the pensions and investments need to be moved into a better solution the total maximum planning and implementation fees would be as follows:

Strategy & Planning

Comprehensive financial plan

£2,250
Advice & Implementation

Pension & Investment Implementation
0.80% of £500,000

Pension & Investment Implementation
0.60% of £100,000

£4,000 £600
Total initial fees

Equivalent to 1.14%

£6,850
Keep on Track

0.88% of £500,000

0.68% of £100,000

£4,400 £680
Total Ongoing fees

Equivalent to 0.85% per annum

£5,080

Example 2

A client couple is planning for retirement, wanting to use the Santorini Lifestyle Retirement Programme and have £1,200,000 in pensions and investments to review. Assuming the pensions and investments need to be moved into a better solution the total maximum planning and implementation fees would be as follows:

Strategy & Planning

Comprehensive financial plan

£2,250
Advice & Implementation

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.80% of £500,000

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.60% of £500,000

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.40% of £200,000

£4,000 £3,000 £800
Total Initial Fees

Equivalent to 0.84%

£10,050
Keep on Track

0.88% of £500,000

0.68% of £500,000

0.48% of £200,00

£4,400 £3,400 £960
Total Ongoing Fees

Equivalent to 0.73% per annum

£8,760

Example 3

A client couple is planning for retirement, wanting to use the Santorini Lifestyle Retirement Programme and have £1,800,000 in pensions and investments to review. Assuming the pensions and investments need to be moved into a better solution the total maximum planning and implementation fees would be as follows:

Strategy & Planning

Comprehensive financial plan

£2,250
Advice & Implementation

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.80% of £500,000

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.60% of £500,000

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.40% of £500,000

Pension & Investment Implementation 0.20% of £300,000

£4,000 £3,000 £2,000 £600
Total Initial Fees

Equivalent to 0.66%

£11,850
Keep on track

0.88% of £500,000

0.68% of £500,000

0.48% of £500,000

0.28% of £300,000

£4,400 £3,400 £2,400 £840
Total ongoing Fees

Equivalent to 0.61%

£11,040

How do we compare?

When assessed against other advisers on VouchedFor, the UK’s leading independent review site for financial advisers, our fees fall within 15% of the UK average and are considered to be “competitive”.

We are honest and transparent about our fees and 100% of people who have contacted us through VouchedFor say we were clear about our charges.

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Unit 6
37 Old Parsonage Lane
Hoton
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE12 5SG