Discretionary Trust

The Discretionary Trust is a very flexible form of trust. It gives your chosen trustee the discretion to provide for your chosen beneficiaries. Most importantly, it gives you the comfort of knowing your assets will be protected according to your wishes.

What are the benefits?

These trusts are most useful where the settlor has identified a group of people they wish to benefit from but is still determining how much help and who will benefit most in the future.

As the settlor, you give the trustees discretion as to how, when, and for whose benefit some or all the capital and income are used.

Although beneficiaries or a class of beneficiaries are named in the trust deed, it is entirely the responsibility of the trustees to decide which of the potential beneficiaries is to benefit.

As the settlor, you may feel it inappropriate to leave your beneficiary in control of the funds;

This could be due to various reasons. If you have children and are concerned about the potential misuse of your assets, you can decide when they will inherit. This type of trust is also commonly used to distribute assets to beneficiaries who are disabled or mentally impaired, or who have money or addiction problems. It can also be used to protect inheritance from any third-party attacks, such as divorce settlements.

As well as being a very flexible form of Trust, Discretionary Trusts are also advantageous

Because the assets remain outside the beneficiaries’ estates for Inheritance tax purposes and are therefore not included in calculating means-tested benefits. Trust assets and income are also protected from distribution on divorce.

With our continued support, we free you from the burden of worry and provide you with peace of mind that your assets will be inherited by your loved ones when you are no longer here.

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