Our Ongoing Advice Service

Independent financial planning. Ongoing clarity. Long-term confidence.

At Blackwood Financial Planning Ltd, we believe good financial advice is not a one-off transaction, but an ongoing relationship.

As your life, markets and legislation change, your financial plans need to adapt with them.

Our Ongoing Advice Service provides structured, proactive financial planning and investment advice over the long term — helping ensure your strategy remains suitable, sustainable and aligned with what matters most to you.

Why Ongoing Advice Matters

Financial plans rarely stand still. Over time they are affected by:

  • Changes in your circumstances and priorities
  • Market movements and investment performance
  • Tax and legislative changes
  • Pension rules, retirement options and income needs

 

Without regular review, even well-designed plans can drift away from your objectives or risk profile. Ongoing advice helps keep your plans on track and gives you confidence to make informed decisions over time.

How We Work With You

We start by building a clear understanding of your financial position, objectives, family circumstances and attitude to risk.

We then provide clear written recommendations explaining what we advise, why it is suitable, and how it supports your goals.

Our Ongoing Advice Service builds on this foundation through regular reviews and proactive planning, helping ensure your arrangements remain effective as circumstances change.

What the Ongoing Advice Service Includes

Our service typically includes:

  • Regular review meetings and ongoing planning support
  • Ongoing investment suitability and sustainability reviews
  • Tax and legislative planning across pensions, ISAs, CGT and IHT
  • Pension income and withdrawal advice
  • Cashflow modelling and scenario planning
  • Estate and legacy planning advice
  • Ongoing administration, valuations and reporting
  • Liaison with other professionals where appropriate
  • Ongoing regulatory oversight and compliance

 

The exact scope of support will reflect your individual circumstances and needs.

Client Portal & Resources

As an ongoing advice client, you receive access to our secure online client portal, allowing you to:

  • View investments and policies in one place
  • Access valuations and reports
  • Share documents securely
  • Communicate with us efficiently

 

You also benefit from access to our award-winning financial portal, including magazines, guides, videos and calculators designed to support understanding and financial confidence between review meetings.

Fair & Transparent Fees

We believe ongoing advice fees should be fair, transparent and proportionate.

Rather than a single flat percentage, we apply a reducing sliding scale, where the applicable fee rate is based on your total funds under management and applied to the full amount.

This means fees reduce as portfolios grow, while remaining simple and transparent. Full details are set out in your Client Fee Agreement and Terms of Business.

A Long-Term Advisory Relationship

Our Ongoing Advice Service is designed to provide reassurance, structure and clarity over time — helping you stay focused on your long-term objectives and avoid reactive or emotionally-driven decisions.

We aim to build lasting relationships with our clients, supporting them through different stages of life with clear, independent and professional advice.

Get in touch

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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.