Family office, trust and tax services

A cornerstone of your financial planning, we’ll work with you to arrive at a suitable strategy for yourself and future generations.

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A cornerstone of your financial planning, we’ll work with you to arrive at a suitable strategy for yourself and future generations, to help ensure your tax and trust needs meet your objectives during your lifetime and beyond.

We’ve built our reputation in trust and tax around strong relationships. We act as corporate trustees* to many family trusts and charities, with support provided by a talented team of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) — qualified practitioners, chartered accountants, chartered tax advisers and solicitors.

We’ll manage all of your trust and tax affairs under one roof, and we’ll liaise with advisers and specialists so you can focus on other things.

A selection of the services we offer are:  
Corporate trustee  
Corporate executorship
Trust advisory 
Inheritance tax and succession planning
Tax planning
Private philanthropy

*These services are not regulated by the FCA/PRA.

Our team can help in preparing wills and giving advice on inheritance tax; they can take care of issues connected to residential property, like purchase, lending and right issues, and they are expert in the complexities of landed estates. 

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Our trust and tax team

Jon Perree

Senior Trust manager

Jon Perree

Senior Trust manager

Liverpool

Jon joined Rathbone Trust Company as a trust manager in 2017 and is responsible for all aspects of trust administration for a large portfolio of clients and takes a key role in working with IFAs and their respective clients. His career started offshore in Jersey in 1997 where he dealt with international HNWI and non-domiciled UK individuals and the complex offshore structures set up to preserve their wealth. Jon moved to the UK in 2005 and has since specialised in Onshore Trust compliance and advisory work but also has experience with estate administration and personal taxation. 

Jon’s excellent communication skills together with his legal, banking and accounting experience enable him to administer all types of trust and advise on a variety of different matters in trust administration. He enjoys building relationships with our clients to better understand their needs. 

Jon’s qualifications include a Diploma with the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Certificates of Competency from the Association of Taxation Technicians in Personal Tax and Estate Administration. Jon is currently a STEP Affiliate and is working towards full membership status.

Jon joined Rathbone Trust Company as a trust manager in 2017 and is responsible for all aspects of trust administration for a large portfolio of clients and takes a key role in working with IFAs and their respective clients. His career started offshore in Jersey in 1997 where he dealt with international HNWI and non-domiciled UK individuals and the complex offshore structures set up to preserve their wealth. Jon moved to the UK in 2005 and has since specialised in Onshore Trust compliance and advisory work but also has experience with estate administration and personal taxation. 

Jon’s excellent communication skills together with his legal, banking and accounting experience enable him to administer all types of trust and advise on a variety of different matters in trust administration. He enjoys building relationships with our clients to better understand their needs. 

Jon’s qualifications include a Diploma with the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Certificates of Competency from the Association of Taxation Technicians in Personal Tax and Estate Administration. Jon is currently a STEP Affiliate and is working towards full membership status.

Kerry Roberts

Director

Kerry Roberts

Director

Liverpool

Kerry is a dedicated and focussed Trust and Charity advisor who joined the business in 1997 and proudly progressed to the position of director in 2023.

Before being appointed director, Kerry successfully navigated changes in practice and legislation, studying professional qualifications while continually increasing her understanding of governance and compliance within Trust Company, the wider Group and industry.  Kerry managed a team of professionals from 2009 with a collaborative focus, successfully providing trust administration, tax advice and compliance services and meeting with the accounting requirements for all Trust types.  

Kerry welcomes discussion to understand the particular needs of each client and strives to fulfil objectives effectively but compassionately to support each individual or family as their circumstances evolve.  Kerry also welcomes the opportunity to work with other professionals in order to do so, where necessary.

Since joining Rathbones Trust, Kerry has achieved membership status of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Association of Accounting Technicians and the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments, all to support her in providing a highly valuable Trustee role.  Kerry has a particularly passion for philanthropy and feels strongly about the important roles professionals play in the success of the charity sector.  In support of this, Kerry is currently Vice Chair of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners, a role and challenge Kerry particularly finds fulfilling. 

Kerry is a dedicated and focussed Trust and Charity advisor who joined the business in 1997 and proudly progressed to the position of director in 2023.

Before being appointed director, Kerry successfully navigated changes in practice and legislation, studying professional qualifications while continually increasing her understanding of governance and compliance within Trust Company, the wider Group and industry.  Kerry managed a team of professionals from 2009 with a collaborative focus, successfully providing trust administration, tax advice and compliance services and meeting with the accounting requirements for all Trust types.  

Kerry welcomes discussion to understand the particular needs of each client and strives to fulfil objectives effectively but compassionately to support each individual or family as their circumstances evolve.  Kerry also welcomes the opportunity to work with other professionals in order to do so, where necessary.

Since joining Rathbones Trust, Kerry has achieved membership status of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Association of Accounting Technicians and the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments, all to support her in providing a highly valuable Trustee role.  Kerry has a particularly passion for philanthropy and feels strongly about the important roles professionals play in the success of the charity sector.  In support of this, Kerry is currently Vice Chair of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners, a role and challenge Kerry particularly finds fulfilling. 

Linda Cousins

Director

Linda Cousins

Director

London

Linda is a trust director, joining Rathbones Trust Company Limited in March 2000 from Kleinwort Benson Private Bank. Linda is an Associate of the Institute of Bankers and completed the old style Trustee Diploma, beginning her career at National Westminster Bank in 1974. At Kleinwort Benson, Linda was responsible for the trusts and financial affairs of the founding families and more recently having overall responsibility for the trustee department.

Linda is a trust director, joining Rathbones Trust Company Limited in March 2000 from Kleinwort Benson Private Bank. Linda is an Associate of the Institute of Bankers and completed the old style Trustee Diploma, beginning her career at National Westminster Bank in 1974. At Kleinwort Benson, Linda was responsible for the trusts and financial affairs of the founding families and more recently having overall responsibility for the trustee department.