Planning for retirement
- Residents aged 65 or over
- 15.7%
If retirement is your reason for seeking advice, ask how the adviser plans withdrawals and reviews your income over time.
Questions for a retirement adviserTell us what advice you need. We review your enquiry before discussing a suitable Liverpool or remote adviser.
We aim to acknowledge your enquiry within one working day and update you on the next step within two working days.

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Liverpool and the wider Merseyside market includes city-centre firms, advisers across Wirral and professionals serving nearby Cheshire. A useful search should balance local access with specialist fit.
For Liverpool consumers, an adviser in the city centre, Wirral or nearby Cheshire can all be practical. Widening the search can be useful when pensions, business ownership or inherited wealth need deeper specialist experience.
What to compare before choosingThe local-authority figures cover the Liverpool council area. Each figure shows the period it covers.
If retirement is your reason for seeking advice, ask how the adviser plans withdrawals and reviews your income over time.
Questions for a retirement adviserIf you work for yourself, ask how pension contributions fit with variable income and business commitments.
Advice when you are self-employedIf your plans involve selling or inheriting a home, ask how the adviser considers property alongside savings and pensions.
Planning after a property saleArea averages do not describe your own finances or determine whether you need advice. See the full figures and sources.
Ask for initial advice and ongoing charges separately, including any minimum fee. Compare the cost in pounds and check which other charges apply.
What firms include in their published prices0.75% of £500,000
Example only. Initial advice, platform, fund and product charges are excluded. This is not a quote.Use the fee calculatorStart with regulation and the advice need, then compare specialist experience, client minimums, service style and fees. Location should improve convenience rather than decide the whole match.
Yes if travel remains practical. Wirral and nearby Merseyside can be part of the same face-to-face advice market, while remote advice can widen specialist choice further.
There is no single Liverpool rate. Ask for initial and ongoing costs in pounds, whether percentage fees are tiered or capped, and what other platform or investment charges apply.
Explain whether you are building a pension, approaching retirement or already drawing an income. Ask prospective advisers about experience with that stage, the work they provide and how they charge.
Advisedly will review your enquiry and contact you about the next step. When you request an introduction, you agree that we may share your details with the financial advice firm we select for your enquiry.
We aim to confirm that we have received your enquiry within one working day and update you on the next step within two working days. Working days are Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays.
How enquiries are reviewedConsider nearby places alongside the experience and meeting arrangements you need.
The local-authority figures cover the Liverpool council area. Each figure shows the period it covers.
Company figures are not adviser counts. They count active company registrations in selected business categories (SIC codes 64999, 66190, 70221) and do not show FCA authorisation or whether a business trades locally.
Sources: Companies House · ONS population estimates · ONS local statistics · Open Government Licence v3.0.
These population figures cover the Liverpool local authority area. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates 507,915 residents, with 15.7% aged 65 or over. The geography is the named council area; it should not be read as a separate total for Liverpool.
The self-employment rate among people in work is 13.1%, compared with 16.9% across England. The published average house price was £185,307 in June 2026. Gross disposable household income per head was £19,871 in 2024. Gross median weekly pay was £605.3 in 2025. The figures come from different time periods and measure different things. They do not describe the finances of a typical household.
The 2021 Census records the largest employment sectors in Liverpool. Human health and social work activities accounts for 18.7% of employment, 4.1 percentage points above the England benchmark. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles accounts for 15.0% of employment, in line with the England benchmark. Education accounts for 10.8% of employment, 0.9 percentage points above the England benchmark. Among the three sectors shown, Human health and social work activities is 7.9 percentage points higher than Education. These figures show which industries local residents work in. They do not measure demand for financial advice or the number of advisers.
In the Companies House snapshot, Liverpool has 369 active registrations in the selected business categories; the Liverpool travel-to-work area contains 510. These figures count registered companies in the area. They do not show how many financial advisers work here, whether a company trades locally or whether it is FCA authorised.
Liverpool. Photograph by UpshotPhotos. CC BY-SA 4.0.