We can advise you on
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Business
- Commercial mortgages
- Corporate pension
- Employee benefits
- Group critical illness
- Group income protection
- Group ISA
- Group life insurance
- Group pensions
- Group private medical insurance
- Group protection
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Financial planning
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Investments
- Ethical investments
- Investing for income
- Investment trusts
- ISAs
- OEICs
- Offshore investments
- Socially responsible investments
- Traded endowment policies
- Unit trusts
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Pensions & retirement
- Annuity purchase
- Auto enrolment
- Pension consolidation
- Pension drawdown
- Pensions & divorce
- Pensions & retirement planning
- Pensions review
- Pensions transfer
- Sipps
- Stakeholder
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Insurance & protection
- Accident & sickness
- Buildings and contents
- Commercial motor
- Critical illness
- Healthcare
- Home and leisure
- Income protection insurance
- Large business
- Life insurance
- Payment protection insurance
- Small business
- Travel
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Savings
- Lump sum
- National savings
- Regular savings
- Savings for children
- School fees planning
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Tax & trust planning
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Mortgages
- Bad credit
- Buy to let
- Commercial for individuals
- Equity release
- First time buyers
- Flexible
- High loan to value
- Home reversion
- Remortgage
- Residential
- Right to buy
- Self build
- Self employed
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Long term care
Meet our advisers
Darren Wheatcroft Dip PFS Cert CII (MP&ER)
Director/Independent Financial Adviser
Qualifications & Accreditations
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G10 - Taxation and Trusts (CII)
This examination assessed a knowledge and understanding of the UK tax system, the law and practice of trusts, but also an ability to advise individual clients on the tax treatment of their investments and the use of trusts to meet their current and foreseeable future needs.
Dip PFS - Personal Finance Society Diploma (PFS)
To achieve DipPFS individuals must achieve 140 credits. At least 80 credits must be at Diploma or AFPC level.
R01 - Financial Services, Regulation and Ethics (CII)
This qualification assesses a knowledge and understanding of the financial services industry, including regulation, legislation and the Code of Ethics.
ER1 - Equity Release (CII)
This examination assesses a knowledge and understanding of the different types of equity release products, risks to the consumer associated with equity release and application of suitable equity release solutions according to the circumstances of different customers.
CF6 - Certificate in Mortgage Advice (CII)
This qualification assesses a knowledge and understanding of the UK regulation environment in the financial services industry, mortgage products, repayment options and the giving of mortgage advice.
R05 - Financial Protection (CII)
This qualification assesses a knowledge and understanding of an ability to analyse financial protection planning issues.
CF8 - Certificate in Long-Term Care Insurance (CII)
This qualification assesses a knowledge and understanding of the UK regulation environment in the financial services industry, long term care insurance products and the giving of long term care insurance advice.
AF3 - Pension Planning (CII)
This examination assesses the candidate to develop in depth financial planning skills related to personal and corporate pensions.
AF7 - Pensions transfers (CII)
This qualification accesses the specialist knowledge and skills needed for advising on the transfer of safeguarded benefits
R08 - Pensions Update Programme
This qualification assesses a knowledge and understanding of recent pension reforms and how the changes impact at-retirement advice.
Julie Soar
Mortgage Adviser
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CMAP - Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (CIOBS)
This qualification assesses the knowledge and understanding of the UK regulation environment in the financial services industry together with various types of mortgage products and repayment options and the giving of mortgage advice. Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland (CIOBS) qualifications are subject to a separate grading with the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) - www.scqf.org.uk
R05 - Financial Protection (CII)
This qualification assesses a knowledge and understanding of an ability to analyse financial protection planning issues.
Troy Young
Independant Financial Adviser
Qualifications & Accreditations
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DipFA - Diploma for Financial Advisers (LIBF)
The Diploma enhances knowledge in core areas such as regulation, investment principles, risk, taxation and personal financial planning using real-life scenarios to develop the essential skills to apply this technical knowledge in practice
Where to find us
Suite 2 Acorn Place, Alfreton Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 4AS
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About us
We are a local Derby firm and offer fully independent advice on all aspects of financial planning, specialising in pension and retirement advice, managing your savings and investments as well as mortgages and life cover. I have a wealth of experience with over 25 years working for a major high street bank as an area manager and pride myself on explaining things in an easy to understand manner. I am a partner of Derwent Financial Planning and started the business to offer a more tailored service to my clients, many of which I have dealt with for over 25 years.
Our services
I offer tailor made solutions around pension and retirement planning, investments, equity release, life cover and protection. With recent changes in pension laws I have received many enquiries on this subject and can help support you with guidance on what this means to you and what options are available. I provide full advice on all areas and with being independent I can source the solutions from the whole of the market, providing a tailor made service.
Compliance
Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.
Derwent Financial Planning Ltd is a Private Limited Company
Derwent Financial Planning Ltd is an appointed representative of Caerus Financial Ltd, Brooke Court, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 3ND which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
