Trusts & Estate Planning Solicitors in Harrow
A trust lets you pass on assets while keeping some control over how and when they are received. Instead of a beneficiary inheriting outright, the assets are held by trustees who look after them and release them according to the terms you set.
Kenton Solicitors advises on setting up trusts during your lifetime and through your will, on the duties involved in being a trustee, and on the wider planning of how your estate passes to the next generation.
Appointments are available at our Kenton Road office in person, by telephone, or by video call, Monday to Saturday. Home visits can be arranged where needed.
Free Consultation — 020 8907 2444Our Trusts & Estate Planning Services
We advise on setting up trusts, running them properly, and planning how your estate passes on.
Setting Up a Trust
We advise on whether a trust is the right approach for your circumstances, prepare the trust document, and deal with the practical steps of transferring assets into it.
Trusts Within a Will
A trust created by your will takes effect when you die. This is often used to provide for a partner during their lifetime while making sure the assets eventually pass to your children.
Trusts for Children
Where beneficiaries are young, a trust holds their share until they reach an age you choose, rather than passing to them at eighteen.
Trusts for Vulnerable Beneficiaries
Where a beneficiary has a disability or needs ongoing support, a trust allows provision to be made for them without the assets being held in their own name.
Advice for Trustees
Trustees have real responsibilities and are accountable to the beneficiaries. We advise both new and existing trustees on what the role requires in practice.
Reviewing Existing Trusts
Where a trust was set up some time ago, we review whether it still does what was intended and advise on bringing it to an end or varying it if it no longer suits.
Setting Up a Trust — Step by Step
We start by working out whether a trust actually helps in your situation, and only proceed if it does.
Free Consultation
We discuss what you want to achieve, who you want to provide for, and whether a trust is the right way to do it.
Advice on Your Options
We explain the type of trust that would suit, who should act as trustees, and what the arrangement would mean in practice.
Preparing the Documents
We draft the trust document setting out the terms — who benefits, on what basis, and what powers the trustees have.
Transferring the Assets
We deal with the practical steps of moving assets into the trust, including any property transfers and required registrations.
How a Trust Actually Works
A trust involves three roles. The person setting it up decides the terms. The trustees hold and manage the assets. The beneficiaries are the people who benefit from them. The same person can hold more than one role — many people act as a trustee of the trust they have set up themselves.
The key difference from an outright gift is control. Assets given outright belong to the person receiving them straight away, to do with as they wish. Assets held in trust are looked after by the trustees and released according to the terms you set — which might be at a certain age, on a particular event, or at the trustees' discretion.
Trusts are not right for everyone, and they carry ongoing responsibilities. We will tell you honestly if a simpler approach would serve you better.
Speak to a SolicitorChoosing Trustees
Trustees are responsible for managing the assets and acting in the beneficiaries' interests. Most people appoint two — often a family member alongside a professional. We advise on who would suit.
Setting the Terms
You decide who benefits, when, and on what basis. Terms can be fixed, or you can leave the trustees discretion to respond to circumstances as they arise.
Ongoing Duties
Trusts require ongoing administration — records, registrations, and reporting. We explain what is involved before you commit, and can help with it afterwards.
Working Alongside Your Will
A trust rarely stands alone. It usually forms part of a wider plan alongside your will, so the two work together rather than pulling in different directions.
When a Trust Can Help
Parents of Young Children
Holding a child's inheritance until they are old enough to manage it, rather than it passing to them outright at eighteen.
Second Marriages
Providing for a new partner during their lifetime while making sure the assets eventually reach children from an earlier relationship.
Families With a Vulnerable Member
Making provision for a family member who has a disability or needs ongoing support, without the assets being held in their own name.
Passing On the Family Home
Where the family home is the main asset, a trust can shape how and when it passes to the next generation.
Business Owners
Where a business or shareholding forms part of the estate, a trust can help manage how ownership passes on.
Existing Trustees
Those already acting as trustees who want advice on their duties, or on whether an existing trust still does what was intended.
Trusts Solicitors Serving Harrow
We advise individuals, families, and trustees across Harrow and the surrounding areas of north-west London. Most of our trust work sits alongside a will, and many clients deal with both at the same time.
These are decisions worth taking time over. You can come into the office and talk them through properly with the solicitor who will be preparing your documents.
Get in Touch
To discuss whether a trust would suit your circumstances, contact our team for a free initial consultation. Available Monday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm.
020 8907 2444or email info@kentonsolicitors.co.uk
Opening Hours
Monday – Friday: 10am – 6pm
Saturday: 10am – 6pm
Walk-ins welcome. Home visits can be arranged where needed.
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