Davidsons IFA

Independent Financial Adviser Davidsons I F A Ltd, 23 Fore Street, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1AN

First meeting at adviser's own cost

Response rating

9.0/10

17th December 2018

We are fiercely Independent Investment Specialists.

We can advise you on

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
Investments
- Ethical investments
- Investing for income
- Investment trusts
- ISAs
- OEICs
- Offshore investments
- Socially responsible investments
- Unit trusts
Insurance & protection
- Critical illness
- Healthcare
- Income protection insurance
- Life insurance
Business
- Commercial mortgages
- Corporate pension
- Employee benefits
- Group critical illness
- Group income protection
- Group ISA
- Group life insurance
- Group pensions
- Group protection
Pensions & retirement
- Annuity purchase
- Auto enrolment
- Pension consolidation
- Pension drawdown
- Pensions & divorce
- Pensions & retirement planning
- Pensions review
- Pensions transfer
- Sipps
- Stakeholder
Savings
- Lump sum
- National savings
- Regular savings
- Savings for children
- School fees planning
Financial planning
- Wealth management
Long term care
- Long term care

Meet our advisers

John McVean

Independent Financial Adviser

Qualifications & Accreditations Hide qualifications

CeMAP - Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (LIBF)

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.

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.

Liz Bloomfield

Independent Financial Adviser

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CeMAP - Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (LIBF)

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.

R08 - Pensions Update Programme

This qualification assesses a knowledge and understanding of recent pension reforms and how the changes impact at-retirement advice.

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.

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.

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.

Kristian Doggrell

Independent Financial Adviser

Qualifications & Accreditations Hide qualifications

CeMAP - Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (LIBF)

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.

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.

Craig Davidson BA (Hons), DipPFS

Managing Director

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J05 - Pension Income Options (CII)

At the end of this unit, candidates should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the: process of decumulating pension funds and the main issues for clients and advisers; main choices facing members of pensions schemes during decumulation; features, risks and tax treatment of the secured pension option; features, risks and tax treatment of the unsecured pension option; features, risks and tax treatment of phased retirement; features, risks and tax treatment of the alternatively secured pension option.

G20 - Personal Investment Planning (CII)

This examination assessed a knowledge and understanding of investments and an ability to advise individual clients on the construction of investment portfolios to meet both their current and foreseeable future needs.

FP3 - Identifying and satisfying client needs (CII)

This exam accesses understanding of identifying and satisfying client needs.

FP2 - Protection, savings and investment products (CII)

This exam accesses understanding of protection, savings and investment products.

FP1 - Financial services and their regulation (CII)

This exam accesses understanding of the financial services and their regulation.

CF9 - Pensions Simplification (CII)

This examination assesses a knowledge and understanding of the Government’s simplified pension taxation regime which came into full effect on 6 April 2006 (A-Day). Eight tax regimes for pensions were reduced to one, radically affecting planning and transactions.

CeMAP - Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (LIBF)

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.

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.

R02 - Investment Principles (CII)

This qualification assesses a knowledge and understanding of investment products and the application of the investment advice process.

R04 - Pensions and Retirement Planning (CII)

This qualification assesses a knowledge and understanding of an ability to analyse pension and retirement planning issues.

Richard Sykes

Associate Director

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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

Rob Smith

Associate Director

Qualifications & Accreditations Hide qualifications

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.

David Robinson

Financial Adviser

Where to find us

Davidsons I F A Ltd, 23 Fore Street, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1AN

About us

We are Independent Financial Advisers directly authorised by the FCA. We believe in the principle of independent advice, focusing on the client, not sales. We build portfolios for all clients, regardless of how much they are investing. As investment funds are at the core of most pensions, savings and investments, we take it seriously - we asset allocate and research funds to build the portfolio and provide six monthly reviews to ensure performance over the long term.

We can meet you in person in our offices, at your home or online with our skype service, Reckitt House (see our website). Either way, we can guarantee friendly, honest and above all independent financial advice.

Our services

We will meet with you to find out what you are looking for. We will establish your attitude to risk and investment timescale and research the whole market, assessing each option, reporting back to you with our findings - all before we make any charge. If you are happy to proceed with any suggestion, then we will process the transaction, be that an investment, pension or simply setting up life cover. We will then keep in touch, providing six monthly valuations to ensure the performance is as expected over the long term.

We can advise you on

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
Investments
- Ethical investments
- Investing for income
- Investment trusts
- ISAs
- OEICs
- Offshore investments
- Socially responsible investments
- Unit trusts
Insurance & protection
- Critical illness
- Healthcare
- Income protection insurance
- Life insurance
Business
- Commercial mortgages
- Corporate pension
- Employee benefits
- Group critical illness
- Group income protection
- Group ISA
- Group life insurance
- Group pensions
- Group protection
Pensions & retirement
- Annuity purchase
- Auto enrolment
- Pension consolidation
- Pension drawdown
- Pensions & divorce
- Pensions & retirement planning
- Pensions review
- Pensions transfer
- Sipps
- Stakeholder
Savings
- Lump sum
- National savings
- Regular savings
- Savings for children
- School fees planning
Financial planning
- Wealth management
Long term care
- Long term care

Advice methods

Telephone
Online (Live chat, video, email)
Face to face

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