Our Process

We have a seven-step process in delivering our financial planning service to you.

1. Introduction

We have a complimentary initial meeting, usually via video meeting to learn about your circumstances and goals, and to explain our service and how we are renumerated.

2. Discovery

We gather your personal financial information and together identify your priorities and objectives. We populate a comprehensive Fact Find and send it to you for checking and signing before proceeding to the next step.

3. Research & Analysis

Taking full account of your existing financial arrangements and circumstances, we consider your objectives and formulate a plan which is designed to help you reach your goals.

4. Recommendation Report

We prepare a detailed report setting out our proposals and send it to you in advance of the presentation meeting so you can digest our recommendations and formulate and questions you may have at our next meeting.

5. Presentation Meeting

We explain our report and recommendations in terms you can understand and answer any questions you may have.

6. Implementation

We help you with any administration or paperwork with existing or new financial arrangements to effect the recommendations in our report.

7. Review

For our ongoing review service clients we have an annual review meeting to make any changes or to confirm you are on track to meet your financial goals.

Learn More

Get in touch with our team to learn some more about how our simple seven-step process can help you.

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Our Pedigree

Our team are highly experienced in delivering the best customer service to our clients. 

About you

You may be retired, approaching retirement or simply planning for the next chapters of your life. You may just like to make the most of your savings/investments, are considering protection and estate planning. 

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John Chadwick

Founder and Financial Advisor

John launched Blackwood Financial Planning Ltd in 2026 with the objective of building a team of advisers and support staff to provide financial advice to individuals throughout the UK. We are called Blackwood because John lives in North Wales his house name is Coed Duon which is Welsh for Blackwood!

John started his career teaching Physics and Maths in Oxford and although he moved into a business role after two years of teaching, he realised that even though people may lack confidence and knowledge in a subject, they can learn complex ideas with the right support.

Ever since moving to the role of financial adviser John has been passionate about financial education in the workplace. He believes in equipping people with knowledge of financial matters so they can make informed decisions to help them plan.

John has 35 years’ experience as a regulated financial adviser and achieved the qualification status of Fellow of the Personal Finance Society. Alongside his Financial Adviser role with Blackwood Financial Planning, John launched Planned Future Wellbeing in 2014 and since then they have delivered hundreds of personal finance training events to employees of Universities, Civil Service Departments, Local Authorities and the Private Sector.

John is a (long suffering!) Man Utd supporter and in his spare time he enjoys motor homing in the UK and Europe.