About Us

Blackwood is a new firm with an enviable pedigree. The founders have decades of experience in educating and empowering people to understand and take control of their financial planning.

Since the 1980s, our founders have delivered thousands of financial education events across the UK’s public and private sectors. This experience gives us a deep understanding of the complex financial arrangements people face today.

Blackwood allows us to expand on this work, providing tailored financial planning directly to you. We help you understand where you stand and create a clear path to your long-term objectives.

And unlike traditional wealth managers, our mission is to support ordinary people with their finances, because we believe no level of wealth is too small to benefit from quality advice.

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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.