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Look forward to your future.

Welcome to your trusted financial partner in the South West, where personalised service, exceptional value, and a friendly approach ensure your financial success.

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Services

Providing financial advice that is

Wealth Management

Building and preserving capital for long-term financial growth and security.

Retirement Planning

Ensuring a comfortable retirement with personalised plans for future financial stability.

Mortgages

Expert advice on Residential and Buy-To-Let* mortgages to find the perfect home solution.

Pensions

Creating robust pension plans to ensure a secure and worry-free retirement lifestyle.

Tax Planning

Maximise returns with tax-efficient investments and minimise liabilities.

Protection & Insurances

Personal, business, and family protection to safeguard against unexpected financial risks.

Financial Planning

Holistic financial planning tailored to achieve your unique life goals and secure your future.

Trust Advice

Expert estate planning and trust advice to protect and transfer your wealth efficiently.

Wealth Management

Building and preserving capital for long-term financial growth and security.

Retirement Planning

Ensuring a comfortable retirement with personalised plans for future financial stability.

Mortgages

Expert advice on Residential and Buy-To-Let* mortgages to find the perfect home solution.

Pensions

Creating robust pension plans to ensure a secure and worry-free retirement lifestyle.

Tax Planning

Maximise returns with tax-efficient investments and minimise liabilities.

Protection & Insurances

Personal, business, and family protection to safeguard against unexpected financial risks.

Financial Planning

Holistic financial planning tailored to achieve your unique life goals and secure your future.

Trust Advice

Expert estate planning and trust advice to protect and transfer your wealth efficiently.

Approach

Ensuring financial stability
with exceptional value.

Economical and affordable. We believe that true financial security stems from a personal, approachable, and transparent method.

Our ethos revolves around understanding your unique needs and goals, offering tailored advice and solutions that ensure you receive the best value for your investments.

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Expertise

There is a smarter
way of investing.

Fully qualified and experienced. Successful investing doesn’t need clairvoyance. Our goal is to achieve a healthy rate of return that provides peace of mind, using a sensible, evidence-based approach.

We believe in diversified, long-term investments, avoiding unnecessary risks and improving the probability of long-term success.

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Markets work. Efficient capital markets mean fairly priced assets. Investments involve risk; higher risk can lead to higher returns over time. Balancing risk and return is crucial based on individual risk tolerance and objectives.

Two

Diversify and focus. Diversification spreads and reduces investment risk, optimising returns by investing in various asset classes. This strategy avoids concentrating risk, ensuring a more stable investment outcome.

Three

Keep costs low. Expensive active funds often underperform cheaper passive funds. Index funds offer lower costs, broader diversification, and reduce poor performance risk, favouring a long-term, low-adjustment strategy over frequent changes.

Four

Maintain discipline. Stick to your investment strategy without trying to outguess the market. Consistent discipline helps you achieve your financial investment goals, recognising that investing is a long-term endeavour.

Secure tomorrow, today.

Paul Curran

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BA (Hons) Dip PFS

Paul is the Director of Practical Financial Planning Ltd and a Diploma member of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) with more than 25 years experience. He enjoys providing independent financial planning advice to a wide range of clients from younger people seeking financial independence, business owners and the self employed, to people at or nearing retirement who want to make the best use of their assets.

Nick Parker

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BA (Hons) Cert CII (MP)

Nick has 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and prides himself on carrying out his role as a Mortgage Adviser with integrity and diligence. He is passionate about helping clients achieve their financial goals and enjoys building long-term relationships and working with a diverse range of clients. Nick is a proud member of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), demonstrating his commitment to industry standards.

Bath

Bristol

Cardiff

Paul Curran

18 Rosslyn Road, Bath, BA1 3LH
Contact: 07966 583656

Nick Parker

5 Tarragon Way, Cardiff, CF23 8SN
Contact: 07747 805581

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I’ve worked in banking and commercial finance for over 40 years, so I understand the difference between good and exceptional service. Throughout our time together over the last 15 plus years, Paul has demonstrated an excellent understanding of my financial needs and goals and he delivers his advice with these clearly in mind.
Paul Curran and Practical Financial Planning have provided me with expert, professional advice for very many years. Paul’s advice regarding my financial planning has been invaluable in creating a strong and robust financial portfolio. I can highly recommend the services on offer by Paul and his staff at Practical Financial Planning.
Practical Financial Planning have provided an excellent service especially in terms of business expertise and understanding the challenges and opportunities facing small businesses. The team at Practical Financial Planning are always approachable, quick to respond and extremely professional.
I highly recommend Practical Financial Planning for anyone seeking expert financial advice. Nick took the time to understand our needs and consistently provide personalised, clear and insightful guidance. I couldn't be more satisfied with the service I've received.
Dear Nick, We wanted to thank you again for your generous help as we bought our first home! We felt utterly supported thanks to your advice and your constant willingness to follow up with us and on our behalf.
Nick has provided an exceptional service to us twice now, and found solutions to help us achieve our dream home, where others could not help. He goes above and beyond to find solutions and has kept us calm through all the complexities of moving house and remortgaging. We can’t recommend Nick highly enough and wouldn’t use anyone else. Simply brilliant!
I’ve worked in banking and commercial finance for over 40 years, so I understand the difference between good and exceptional service. Throughout our time together over the last 15 plus years, Paul has demonstrated an excellent understanding of my financial needs and goals and he delivers his advice with these clearly in mind.
Paul Curran and Practical Financial Planning have provided me with expert, professional advice for very many years. Paul’s advice regarding my financial planning has been invaluable in creating a strong and robust financial portfolio. I can highly recommend the services on offer by Paul and his staff at Practical Financial Planning.
Practical Financial Planning have provided an excellent service especially in terms of business expertise and understanding the challenges and opportunities facing small businesses. The team at Practical Financial Planning are always approachable, quick to respond and extremely professional.
I highly recommend Practical Financial Planning for anyone seeking expert financial advice. Nick took the time to understand our needs and consistently provide personalised, clear and insightful guidance. I couldn't be more satisfied with the service I've received.
Dear Nick, We wanted to thank you again for your generous help as we bought our first home! We felt utterly supported thanks to your advice and your constant willingness to follow up with us and on our behalf.
Nick has provided an exceptional service to us twice now, and found solutions to help us achieve our dream home, where others could not help. He goes above and beyond to find solutions and has kept us calm through all the complexities of moving house and remortgaging. We can’t recommend Nick highly enough and wouldn’t use anyone else. Simply brilliant!

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Fees

Initial financial planning advice

Our initial meeting is always held at our cost and without obligation so we can understand your needs and how we can assist you. At the end of this meeting if appropriate we will outline which fee band applies to the provision and implementation of initial financial advice based on your individual requirements.

The precise fee will be confirmed in writing once we have reviewed the work involved. We do not generally charge a fee for the implementation of non investment insurances as we would normally receive commission from the product provider.

Our advice fees or any commission received are not normally subject to VAT.

Fee Bands:
Band A
£250 to £750

Advice on simple single issues.
This typically includes:

  • Investment of ISA allowance
  • Mortgage Advice
Band B
£1,000 to £1,750

Simple financial planning and investment advice.
This typically includes:

  • Starter pension and investment planning.
  • Annuity options and recommendations.
Band C
£2,000 to £3,000

General financial planning and investment advice.
This typically includes one or two of the following areas:

  • Simple trust arrangements.
  • Advanced pension planning and pension switching.
  • Lump sum investment advice.
  • Review of existing investments and recommendations.
  • Advice on reducing tax liabilities.
Band D
£3,500 to £5,000

Complex financial planning and investment advice or advice covering multiple aspects.
This typically includes:

  • Multiple pension switching.
  • Detailed retirement income planning including income drawdown and phased retirement.
  • Extensive review of existing investments.
  • Estate planning.
  • Long term care planning.
Band E
£6,000 to £8,000

Highly complex financial planning and investment covering all aspects.
This typically includes:

  • Pension splitting.
  • Complex estate and tax planning.
  • Planning for Court of Protection cases.
 
Ongoing Investment and Financial Planning service

Receiving ongoing advice is especially important for people with invested assets. This is to ensure that the portfolio remains appropriate and changes in personal and financial circumstances are taken into account.

  Financial Reviews
Financial Reviews Annual statement of holdings
24 hour access to your portfolio via your own personal client website  ✓
Secure messaging and updates  ✓
Access to all information on mobile devices  ✓
Access to our support team  ✓
Professional expertise and governance embedded into our investment processes  ✓
Regular portfolio rebalancing  ✓
Regular online valuations  ✓
On-going access to your Adviser  ✓
Review meetings including:  ✓
Review of Objectives  ✓
Review of Risk Profile  ✓
Review of Asset Allocation  ✓
Review of Tax Changes  ✓
Updates & Valuations on Request  ✓
Professional adviser liaison and second opinion service  ✓
Tax planning & Annual ISA allowance  ✓
Estate & Care Fees Planning  ✓
Bespoke Investment Portfolios  ✓
Income/Expenditure Review and Forecasting  ✓
Minimum Cost £750
Cost based on the total value of your investments 0.75% 

We recognise that not all clients have the same service requirements therefore you are free to choose the level of service that best suits your needs. It should be noted that it is not compulsory for you to sign up to one of our services and we do offer a transactional only service. You also have the option to cancel the ongoing service at any time.

Investment clients who do not wish to receive our ‘Ongoing investment and financial planning service’, or clients whose arrangements do not include investments, can engage us for further advice on an ad-hoc basis at an hourly rate of £150.

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Legal

Practical Financial Planning Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. FCA register number 536929. Registered Office: 18 Rosslyn Road, Bath, England, BA1 3LH. Company Number 07422010. Registered in England and Wales.

Important Information: The guidance and/or advice contained within the website is subject to the UK regulatory regime and is therefore primarily targeted at customers in the UK. Details of charges relating to our services are available from the website footer under ‘Fees’.

* Not all forms of mortgage are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Privacy Policy

Our privacy policy is simple…

  • We do not share any personal information we collect on you with any other organisations or individuals.
  • We keep all information you provide to us, no matter how or why you provide it, completely confidential.
  • Only those employees and contractors we specifically employ with relevant business duties may access personal information, and only to perform their duties. They are strictly prohibited from any other use.
  • No personal information will be provided to any third party, except of course in the unusual event should we be required to do so by law.
  • Whilst we take all reasonable precautions to protect any personal data users may input via this website we cannot be responsible for and therefore exclude all liability for loss or misuse of personal data which is intercepted or otherwise accessed by unauthorised persons.
  • We comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 and its requirements.
  • You have the right to ask us for a copy of your personal data and have the right to amend or delete the data.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us by email or post.