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Family and Owner-managed Businesses

Every 75 seconds a new business is launched in the UK, with over 85% of those businesses being family or owner-managed.


From setting up your own business to planning for your exit or succession, Family and Owner-managed Businesses come with their own set of challenges. What should be a straightforward issue or challenge can often be intertwined with family dynamics and tensions.

Appreciating these challenges, for many years our specialist team have been working with successful Family and Owner-managed Businesses, supporting and advising them on a range of both corporate and personal issues.

Understanding your needs
Key to your success is working collaboratively with advisors who can really get to grips with how your business works, helping it thrive now and for future generations.
Understanding your needs
Navigating the challenges
Getting the right advice from the right people at the right time. We are used to dealing with all manner of family dynamics, always seeking to strike a balance for everyone involved.
Navigating the challenges
Providing day-to-day support
We can be there for you when you want and as much or as little as you want to ease the administrative burden ensuring you can concentrate your efforts where they matter most. 
Providing day-to-day support

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Plugging into electric cars: calculating the cost
Explore electric car costs for family businesses, including tax relief, BiK savings and running costs when switching to EVs.
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Pension planning opportunities for FOMB
How pension planning can boost tax efficiency and maximise long-term retirement.
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Employment Allowance and the £10,500 employer National Insurance saving
Employment Allowance can cut employer NICs by up to £10,500, but many owner managed businesses miss out because of how their payroll is set up.
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Directors’ Loan Accounts
A guide to Directors’ Loan Accounts for owner-managed businesses, explaining how DLAs work, key tax risks, and how to manage balances effectively.
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High energy costs and family businesses
High and volatile energy costs have become a structural challenge for many UK family businesses.
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Inheritance Tax relief changes
Recent changes to Inheritance Tax relief significantly increase exposure for older business owners, making early planning critical.
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Tax issues in a high interest environment
Businesses now have to take high interest rates into consideration in their cashflow and tax planning.
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Changes to Voluntary National Insurance for people abroad
Discover how the end of Class 2 NIC for expats in April 2026 and the move to Class 3 could affect you.
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Unexpected UK tax risk
Geopolitical disruption in the Gulf could unexpectedly push Dubai-based UK nationals back into UK tax residence.
car on blurry road
Plugging into electric cars: calculating the cost
Explore electric car costs for family businesses, including tax relief, BiK savings and running costs when switching to EVs.
couple on beach with kite
Pension planning opportunities for FOMB
How pension planning can boost tax efficiency and maximise long-term retirement.
two-colleagues-working-in-a-cafe-looking-at-documents
Employment Allowance and the £10,500 employer National Insurance saving
Employment Allowance can cut employer NICs by up to £10,500, but many owner managed businesses miss out because of how their payroll is set up.
two-colleagues-in-discussion
Directors’ Loan Accounts
A guide to Directors’ Loan Accounts for owner-managed businesses, explaining how DLAs work, key tax risks, and how to manage balances effectively.
Factory worker in high vis
High energy costs and family businesses
High and volatile energy costs have become a structural challenge for many UK family businesses.
Group of Older people smiling
Inheritance Tax relief changes
Recent changes to Inheritance Tax relief significantly increase exposure for older business owners, making early planning critical.
curved colourful building
Tax issues in a high interest environment
Businesses now have to take high interest rates into consideration in their cashflow and tax planning.
Woman sitting at riverside on laptop
Changes to Voluntary National Insurance for people abroad
Discover how the end of Class 2 NIC for expats in April 2026 and the move to Class 3 could affect you.
lady working on laptop
Unexpected UK tax risk
Geopolitical disruption in the Gulf could unexpectedly push Dubai-based UK nationals back into UK tax residence.

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Simon Warne
Simon Warne
Partner, Private ClientsKent