Planning for retirement
- Residents aged 65 or over
- 18%
If retirement is your reason for seeking advice, ask how the adviser plans withdrawals and reviews your income over time.
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Newry serves a wide South Down and border catchment. The local adviser market can extend through the wider Newry, Mourne and Down area, with remote advice adding specialist choice when needed.
Local geography matters for people who value face-to-face meetings, but specialist retirement, business-owner or protection advice may justify widening the search.
What to compare before choosingThe local-authority figures cover the Newry, Mourne and Down council area, rather than Newry alone. 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 calculatorCheck regulation, then compare specialism, normal client type, minimum assets, service style and fees.
Yes if meetings remain practical. A wider regional search can improve specialist choice.
There is no standard local tariff. Ask for initial and ongoing costs in pounds and what each fee covers.
Yes. A Belfast or UK-wide specialist may be appropriate if their expertise fits better than the available local service.
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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 Newry, Mourne and Down council area, rather than Newry alone. 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.
For Newry, Mourne and Down, the 2021 Census gives this industry breakdown: Wholesale and retail trade accounts for 15.6% of employment, 0.1 percentage points below the Northern Ireland benchmark. Construction accounts for 13.1% of employment, 4.7 percentage points above the Northern Ireland benchmark. Human health and social work accounts for 15.6% of employment, 0.9 percentage points below the Northern Ireland benchmark. Among the three sectors shown, Human health and social work is 2.5 percentage points higher than Construction. These figures show which industries local residents work in. They do not measure demand for financial advice or the number of advisers.
Gross median weekly pay was £574.6 in 2025. Gross disposable household income per head was £21,824 in 2024. The published average house price was £220,572 in June 2026. The self-employment rate among people in work is 19.4%, compared with 15.1% across Northern Ireland. The figures come from different time periods and measure different things. They do not describe the finances of a typical household.
These population figures cover the Newry, Mourne and Down local authority area. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates 183,115 residents, with 18.0% aged 65 or over. The geography is the named council area; it should not be read as a separate total for Newry.
The selected Companies House business categories contain 40 active registrations mapped to Newry; the Newry and Banbridge travel-to-work area contains 66. 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.
Newry. Photograph by JohnArmagh. CC BY-SA 3.0.