A Trusted Financial Adviser For You and Your Family
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What We Do For You
Need a financial adviser? Let us help
Got a problem? We help fix it
Get control of your finances
Get independent financial advice
Our Advice For You
Protects you and your family
Plans your spending and saving
Helps you enjoy retirement
Secures your house mortgage
Gives peace of mind
Our Value For You
We can build financial security
We help you understand money
We make the complex, simple
We take on administration hassle
We help you make tax savings
Our Difference
We don't think you want "products"
We think you want peace of mind
We think you want security
We think about you
What We Do For You
Need a financial adviser? Let us help
Got a problem? We help fix it
Get control of your finances
Get independent financial advice
Our Advice For You
Protects you and your family
Plans your spending and saving
Helps you enjoy retirement
Secures your house mortgage
Gives peace of mind
Our Value For You
We can build financial security
We help you understand money
We make the complex, simple
We take on administration hassle
We help you make tax savings
Our Difference
We don't think you want "products"
We think you want peace of mind
We think you want security
We think about you
What We Do For You
Need a financial adviser? Let us help
Got a problem? We help fix it
Get control of your finances
Get independent financial advice
Our Value For You
We can build financial security
We help you understand money
We make the complex, simple
We take on administration hassle
We help you make tax savings
Our Advice For You
Protects you and your family
Plans your spending and saving
Helps you enjoy retirement
Secures your house mortgage
Gives peace of mind
Our Difference
We don't think you want "products"
We think you want peace of mind
We think you want security
We think about you
Meet Our Team...
We pride ourselves on our family-friendly nature, after all, we are a family too!
We've moved homes a few times, we have insurance to protect our income and our health, we have some investments and some pensions. We have grand-children, children, and parents. Everyone has different problems and needs, and we enjoy sorting out answers.
So whether it's a mortgage, insurance, investing, pensions, care fees, Wills, or Lasting Powers of Attorney, we are the financial advisers to talk to.
About Ian Francis
Ian has spent over 30 years involved with financial services, in many senior roles including independent financial advice. Ian is a member of a variety of professional bodies as well as having Chestnut directly regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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Ian has been married to Emma, his best friend, tireless listener, and greatest encourager, for twenty years. He has three sons and three grandsons. In addition to family time, he also enjoys his food, wine, rugby, and walking Farley.
Ian is well qualified to give independent financial advice. His professional memberships include the Chartered Insurance Institute, the Personal Finance Society, the Society of Mortgage Professionals, the Society of Will Writers, and the Society of Later Life Advisers.
Ian has also passed specialist exams for equity release and long-term care financial advice.
About Farley
Be prepared to hear about Farley, Ian's seven-year-old Labrador Retriever, who first arrived into the family as a 'Guide Dogs for the Blind' puppy but didn’t quite make their grade.
Quite a story, involving Emma hood-winking Ian into having a puppy for the family, then Ian and the boys out-voting Emma to keep Farley after Guide Dogs asked if we would take him back!
Farley is the office's versatile official stamp-licker, guest-greeter, and foot-warmer, and doesn't mind being the center of attention.
Ian spends a lot of time walking Farley in the countryside, and you will always find Farley in need of a stroke and words of praise.
About Emma Francis
Emma manages the whole office and searches for solutions to our client's problems.
Emma is also studying professionally, with the Chartered Insurance Institute and London Institute of Banking and Finance.
A keen supporter of women's cancer charities, having already cycled in northern India, Emma has recently announced that her next expedition will be in Thailand!
The guidance and/or advice contained within this website is subject to the UK regulatory regime and is therefore targeted at consumers based in the UK.
Chestnut Financial Services Limited. Registered in England no 9918363. Registered office: 10 Newark Road, Bassingham, LN5 9HA.
Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority No. 840940