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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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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.
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Families who act smartly could get to pay less inheritance tax
A cornerstone of Inheritance Tax planning is lifetime giving.
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Tax-efficient savings for the next generation
Explore tax‑efficient savings options and ensure you reach your financial goals.
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Mind the (cash) gap!
Managing cashflow - keeps the lights on and the business alive.
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.
family laying on jetty
Families who act smartly could get to pay less inheritance tax
A cornerstone of Inheritance Tax planning is lifetime giving.
two women laughing
Tax-efficient savings for the next generation
Explore tax‑efficient savings options and ensure you reach your financial goals.
woman at shop counter
Mind the (cash) gap!
Managing cashflow - keeps the lights on and the business alive.

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Simon Warne
Simon Warne
Partner, Private ClientsKent