Saving & Investing for your children's future
Saving & Investing for your children's future
Parents want the best for their children and this usually includes a future where they can be financially secure. At Prosper, we’re aiming to make saving and investing accessible to all parents, not just the wealthy few, because we believe that every family deserves access to the right information in order to make the best financial decisions when it comes to planning for their children’s future.
- The increasing costs of parenting
- Goals & timeframes
- Saving vs Investing
- Your name or your child’s name
- Locking it up or keeping it flexible
- Junior savings accounts
- Junior ISAs
- Bare trusts
- Junior SIPPs
- Child trust funds
Navigating taxes when gifting money
Navigating taxes when gifting money
We want the best for the children in our lives. We want them to be able to chase their dreams and achieve their goals. As parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles, how can we help? Giving a gift can usually be a good way to help. Giving a financial gift is one which children can appreciate over the longer term, rather than that new Funko Pop toy which might end up down the back of the sofa in a week's time! If done the right way, financial gifts can also be tax efficient and reduce any inheritance tax that might need to be paid when you pass away.
- Introduction to Gifting
- Annual gifting allowance
- Small gift allowance
- Gifts for weddings and civil partnerships
- Regular gifting allowance
- How will my family know all this when I pass away?
- What is the 7 year rule?
- Recap / Outro
8 ways to organise your family finances
8 ways to organise your family finances
Have you ever wondered how to be on top of your endless to-do-list as a parent and be on top of your family finances all at once? If you answered yes, then you’re in the right place. Our mission at Prosper is to simplify your life when it comes down to money matters. We’re not financial advisors, so bear in mind this guide’s aim is to empower you by offering you some financial education when it comes to organising your family finances and managing them like a pro.
- Clean up those spending habits
- Declutter your outgoings
- Spruce up your savings
- Grab every slice of the allowance cake
- Think about investing (as sprucing savings can only go so far)
- Dig out your pension paperwork
- Tax credits and Rebates
- Wills - link to family upsizing and downsizing etc.