Giving you peace of mind

Hello, I’m Catriona Lumiste, founder of Financial Care Solutions.

I provide independent financial planning advice to individuals, Professional Attorneys, Deputies and Trustees in Croydon, Redhill, Guildford and the surrounding areas.

My work involves bespoke financial planning and investment management designed specifically to meet the needs of the later life advice market so they can make clear and informed decisions about financial planning with their families.

I’m passionate about individuals receiving good quality financial planning advice and appreciate that it can be daunting going through the maze of options for retirement or planning for long term care needs particularly when so much emotion and decision making is involved.

I believe that to be an effective Later Life Adviser it is important to have a good working knowledge and understanding of advising on options for retirement planning and later life planning, as well as choosing and paying for care.

I’m a Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) Accredited Later Life Adviser.

I am delighted to have achieved the SOLLA Retirement Advice Standard as well as the SOLLA Care Standard to demonstrate these specialist areas.

SOLLA was founded in 2008 as a not for profit organisation dedicated to raising the standards and helping people to find independent financial advisers who are not only qualified but have become independently accredited to offer reassurance that they understand the care system.

I was delighted to be appointed to the SOLLA Advisory Board in June 2016 to help shape the future of SOLLA and to support the Board and SOLLA members.

I am a Dementia Friend – we help to create dementia friendly communities, improving the lives of people living with dementia. This initiative helps improve society’s understanding of dementia through five key messages from the Alzheimer’s Society and this is fundamental to reach their target of four million dementia friends by 2020.

I am a professional partner of the Care Adviser Network and I am a member of the Personal Finance Society. I am a Trustee for the charity, Carers Support Merton, who provide information and support to carers of persons resident in the London Borough of Merton who are frail or ill or who have a disability or mental health problem.

I am married with two girls and in my spare time I enjoy running.

I am DBS (formerly CRB) checked and my certificate is available upon request.