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Please read the below alongside your Cash Flow Report as it will clarify any details you are unsure of. If you have any questions please get in touch.
Click here to view these notes in pdf format.
The first image on this page shows you how sustainable your financial plan is for the long term. You will see specific figures later in the report, but this gives you a quick snapshot of how healthy your plan is looking.
This is taking into account the following factors:
You will see the status of your plan in the image. These have the below meanings:
The bullet points on the second half of the page will explain how many scenarios were run and in what percentage of scenarios you had sufficient money.
At the bottom of the page you will be shown the ‘Current value’ and ‘Legacy’ figures for your plan. The current value is the total of your assets (excluding property) at present, and the legacy figure shows the potential total value of your assets (excluding property) at your estimated age of death. A legacy figure that is too high could mean your estate will be liable to high levels of inheritance tax, so we should discuss plans to control this.
This page dives deeper into the information that we have entered into the system for your situation.
In this section you can see the progress of your plan mapped on a graph. As the paragraph at the top of the page (in the report) explains, there are hundreds of scenarios simulated. You cannot see the individual scenarios mapped because it would be difficult to read, so only the worst, less likely, likely, median and best cases are shown.
The £ values on the y-axis reflect the sum of your pensions, investments and cash savings. Property is excluded from these figures.
An example of how the scenarios work:
This page shows the balance between your inflows (income or withdrawals) and your outflows(spending). Your income and withdrawal figures are inputted gross and the system calculates the tax, so the figures used on this page are net of tax.
We can also specify which pot is withdrawn from first, for example making sure pensions are withdrawn from before ISAs. You will see this later in the report
Withdrawals are only assumed in years where your income (eg. from employment, state pension, final salary pension) is not sufficient to cover your spending.
As promised, this section details why your particular life expectancy has been chosen.
We believe that it is wise to prepare for the case where you live to late 90s or even 100s so that if that does take place, your finances are in a position to support you.
For joint reports, your plan lasts until the life expectancy of the younger partner.
On the chart, there are 3 important aspects here:
Therefore, once the blue line starts moving down from the 99% mark, is because your worst case scenario has you running out of money at that particular age.
50% and 10% milestones for chance of survival are placed on the blue line for your reference
This means, for example, that a plan with a portfolio success rate very low at age 95, may have a ‘longevity-adjusted success rate’ of much higher because there may only be roughly a 20% chance of being alive at that age
This chart looks complex at first. As explained in the guidance notes for page 4 of the report (how your portfolio could fare), hundreds of scenarios have been run by the software based on your situation. Each scenario commences on a different month from the last 100 years approximately.
Every blue bar on this chart is the starting point for a different scenario. For example, one bar will reflect starting in May 1955, while another will have a starting point of June 1974.
The Annual Income shown on the y-axis tells you how much income would have been sustainable for the duration of each scenario. Please note that this does not take into account your spending levels that we inputted, this only looks at your income sources, pensions, investments and cash savings.
Looking at another example to explain this:
The green bar shows the maximum sustainable spending level from all the scenarios, and this is usually found around 1921, just at the start of the roaring twenties!
The red bar shows the minimum sustainable spending level from all the scenarios. This tells you the amount of money you can spend each year in the worst case scenario without running out of money.
Values for the minimum and maximum are stated to you below the chart
This page displays the overall asset allocation of all your portfolios combined. You can see the breakdown of equities (stocks and shares), bonds (fixed interest), commodities, property and cash.
You can then see a further breakdown within the equities and bonds categories. If anything here looks unusual or incorrect, please get in touch.
There is not much to add to this page, as it simply shows the performance of different asset classes over time since 1926. As expected, global equities have outperformed the rest as they generally perform best over a longer term.
These pages show you the asset allocation of each specific plan you have. If any of these look incorrect or there are plans missing, please get in touch so we can rectify that for you.
The last page of the Accounts section will detail the withdrawal order that we have set for your accounts. It is generally recommended to withdraw from taxable investments first (such as General Investment Accounts), then tax-deferred investments (such as pensions), and finally tax-free investments (such as ISAs). This is to allow the more tax-efficient plans to grow and save you tax in the meantime.
Here you can see the balances of your different accounts. These will fluctuate daily so are always approximate figures, but if you see anything that looks incorrect then let us know.
You can also see the fees that we have inputted for each account, which should reflect the total costs you have for that account including our fees if applicable.
These points refer to the data you have seen throughout the report such as the asset class returns data and ONS Life Expectancy data. Please ensure you read and understand these.
Any notes and comments that we have added to the plan will be shown at the top of this page, so look out for these as they may explain key aspects of our assumptions or figures used.
We will send the document through to you either for digital signature or physical signature. Please ensure this is signed once you are happy with the contents and returned to us.
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