FAQs

You’re bound to have questions about how we work that you want answering before contacting us. We’ve tried to answer some of the most common questions below. However, if we’ve not covered your question, please get in touch, we’d be very happy to answer it for you.

Meetings are either held face to face at our office or in clients’ homes. If you prefer, we can also conduct meetings via Zoom video chat, or through standard phone calls. We are completely flexible and open to whatever works best for our client’s needs.

Yes, we have parking.

No, initial meetings are at our expense.

It helps us to see a snapshot of your existing plans and arrangements so, if possible, bring along a few pieces of documentation that will give us that information. Other than that, we cover all key areas as part of the advice process.

First meetings usually last around one hour.

No, we never engage in a “hard style” and leave it completely up to you to decide whether, and when, you’d like to proceed.

By calling or emailing our office. A staff member will be happy to help and put you in touch with a financial planner.

Yes, we are an independent, whole-of-market firm. That means we have no restrictions placed on the providers or products we can source for you

Yes, we are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. You can see our registration details here.

We have a team on hand so contact the office and any one of our team will be happy to help. Typically, our financial planners have access to emails even on holiday!

For initial services, we charge either by way of a fixed fee or a percentage of your funds. Our fees are calculated specifically and are not a generic, one-size-fits-all percentage.

For ongoing services, we charge a percentage of the funds you have under management.

All fees are discussed in detail during our initial discussions and no payable work is ever undertaken unless you give your express written agreement to the costs.

No.

Hear from our clients

Our latest client survey found that:

100%

Of our clients said that they would recommend us to other people

72%

Have recommended us to other people in the last 12 months

91%

Of our clients felt reassured because of our communications during the pandemic

Meet our clients

We are proud of how we have helped our clients, hear how we have helped them achieve their goals through effective financial planning.

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My financial future is now secure thanks to Arron.

Sue Pritchard

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Thanks to DS Howell, we've been able to retire early and relocate to the coast.

Nigel Barlow

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We don't have to worry about managing our money any more. DS Howell do it for us.

Nigel & Jane

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Richard has enabled me to make the most of my money.

Mark Fletcher

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We find DS Howell easy to work with and they understand our needs as a firm.

Colin Atyeo

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I feel my financial future is in extremely good hands with DS Howell.

Janet Phillips

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Get in touch

If you want to make the most of your finances, we're keen to help. Please get in touch with us either via telephone or email or by the using the contact form here.