First Sentinel Wealth are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 1007288).
We offer personalised independent financial advice to help you build your portfolio and secure your legacy. Our nimble, problem-solving approach may be well suited to individuals with complex arrangements or those returning to the UK.
Our Wealth Management Advisers are highly experienced and qualified. We believe that trust is everything with financial matters and we take pride in our clients placing that trust in us.
A life well planned is a life well lived. So let us focus on your future, while you focus on the here and now.
Our clients come from all walks of life, and everyone has their own story. We start by listening to that story. Once we understand your values and your ambitions for the future, we work tirelessly to make it all possible. That’s why people who could afford to work with anybody, choose to work with us.
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We specialise in providing FCA regulated, independent financial advice from our headquarters in London, no matter where you are in the world. See below for some of the services we offer regarding investments, pensions and tax.
Independent Advice
At First Sentinel Wealth we are proudly independent. This means that we are not tied to any specific financial institution and can create the right strategy to suit your needs. As an independent advisory we get paid in exactly the same way regardless of what we recommend, which ensures we are totally unbiased in our approach and you can rest assured that the advice we give, is based entirely on the merits of the institutions we work with. So whether you are just starting your financial journey or you have reached financial freedom, we are well positioned to advise.
Moving to the UK and Repatriation Advice
First Sentinel Wealth are a London based independent financial advisory. We provide domestic UK financial advice services and offer repatriation advice for expats returning to the UK. If you are a non-UK citizen or domicile moving to the UK for the first time, we have the experience to advise you. It may be apparent you require specialist tax and legal advice which First Sentinel Wealth do not provide; we would be happy to introduce you to professionals in this area.
UK Pension Transfers and Tax Efficient Investments
Starting with your pension, we will help you consider whether or not you should transfer your dormant workplace schemes and consolidate your pensions in to one pot. This could be in the form of a SIPP (also known as a Self Invested Pension Plan) or into an active workplace scheme. As part of the broader financial plan, there will be a focus on how your investments are structured within your pension to ensure that you are taking on the correct level of risk for your personal risk tolerance, capacity for loss and time frames.
Your non-pension investments will also be considered in detail with one of our financial planning experts. Whether you have an ISA (individual savings account) or GIA (general investment account) as your trusted financial adviser, we will look to help you organise these in the most tax efficient way, whether that be for you to drawdown on, or pass on to loved ones as an inheritance.
In addition to the well known products outlined above, of pensions and investments. There are also a number of specialist tax efficient products that can be explored. These include options such as EIS (enterprise investment schemes), VCT (venture capital trusts) and investments that are useful for IHT (inheritance tax) planning, such as BPR (business property relief) investments and discretionary trusts.
Mitigate Tax with our Expat Wealth Management and UK Repatriation services
If you are an expat returning to, or leaving the UK, there are a number of tax complications and considerations to factor into your financial plan. We can provide independent FCA regulated advice on how to best mitigate tax and ensure you are correctly positioned with respect to relevant double taxation agreements.
Expert advice for US citizens
If you are a US connected individual, US Citizen or Green Card holder that is living in the UK , it is vital to ensure that you are not falling foul of US tax legislation to avoid hefty penalties. We work with a number of US connected clients, and can provide advice on your 401k, IRA, Roth IRA, 403b or what to do with your brokerage account. So if you are an American in London or elsewhere in the UK and just aiming to achieve peace of mind that you are correctly positioned, we can help.