Why choose an Independent Financial Adviser?
As independent advisers, our only obligation is towards you, our client. No investment or insurance provider can contract us to promote their products over somebody else's. All the advice you receive from us is designed to be the best we can provide for your situation.
Some other types of advisers, such as the "tied agents" you'll find on the high street like banks and insurance companies, have obligations towards one or more providers. As such, their advice is restricted.
We believe that it’s important to ask your adviser if they are independent (offering “whole of market solutions” to use the jargon).
There are many options out there, and not one of them is the best for everyone.
Finding a suitable course of action, one that is personalised for you, can be a challenge. We are more than ready to meet that challenge.
How we are paid
Everything we do is regulated and above board. Before getting any advice, we take you through our payment terms. Some of our fees can be collected through charges applied to your investment.
But you always have the right to pay the entire fee via invoice. And even then, we may be able to rebate part of our fee.
Our payment terms are very flexible, and we always make sure that any arrangement is the best for both of us.
"I've just had my first meeting with my new IFA, Helen Fraser. Just wanted to let you know how impressed I am with her, both as a Financial Adviser and as a person! She fits right into the Orchard ethos - approachable and empathetic as well as financially skilled - and I can see why she's working with you - well done for finding her. Keep her, I like her! :)"
"Excellent investment advice for my client, very easy to do business with."
"Your (Steve Hedges) knowledge of the financial market is exemplary and savings that you helped us make way offset the charges incurred. We both felt at ease and were confident that your advice would be beneficial to us."
"I'd really like to recommend Stuart Logan of Orchard House IFAs, who has
just come to give us some financial advice. This is the third time we have used Stuart. As usual, he has offered some really interesting and useful advice, and we have been really impressed every time we have used him."
“Damian was incredibly helpful in re-phrasing in simple terms to allow me to better understand the questions being asked. He was absolutely incredible and made, what I expected to be a difficult process, incredibly easy. I have great trust and faith in Damian. Thank you” ~ Kelly Hobbs
"Helen is wonderful and she does her best with someone who really struggles with figures and financial concepts" ~ Elisabeth Skinner on 07/03/2019
"I find Stuart to be curious, helpful and massively professional, thank you!" ~ Nikki Watkins on 19/06/2019
"I like the personal touch, it wasn't just about my finances. A connection really helps in having trust and confidence in what you are being told. Elaine gave me that" ~ Chris Hancox on 24/09/2018
"Tricia and I would like to thank you for all the advice and help that you have given us over the past couple of years. Your knowledge of the financial market is exemplary and the savings that you helped us make way offset the charges incurred. We both felt at ease and were confident that your advice would be beneficial to us. On another note, the investments made for a close friend helped to make her final few years comfortable in the knowledge that her financial affairs were in such good hands and that her capital will still intact on her passing. I have and will continue to recommend you at every opportunity" ~ James and Tricia Rice on 15/11/2017
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Financial planning and advice for people and businesses across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Surrey & beyond.