BASL
Bespoke Administration Services Limited (“BASL”) is a UK registered company established in 2018 to provide litigation support to UK individuals and corporates, where they have entered into either mis-sold or mismanaged (or both) tax-advantaged investments.
Our services include identifying potential cases of mis-selling and/or mis-operation, advising on dealing with HMRC and negotiating settlements, whilst also pursuing both lenders and product providers, all with the aim of achieving a non-litigious settlement.
As well as our own expertise (which amongst the Principals exceeds 100 years experience in the wider financial services market and includes expertise in tax, accountancy and insurance as well as entrepreneurial excellence across a number of other sectors), we draw upon the expertise of both national and boutique firms of lawyers and accountants, retaining a number of firms with specialisms in a variety of fields.
Our work comes from a combination of word of mouth (as a result of our growing reputation) and introductions from fellow professionals who tend to be acknowledged experts in their own fields.
All settlements we achieve are confidential, all our introducers and those that we engage sign NDAs and our Clients’ terms of business contain confidentiality and non-disclosure clauses.
All and everything we do includes full disclosure to HMRC and, if relevant, the Regulator; we don’t believe that there is any point in attempting to defend ill-conceived schemes or planning but in our experience, there is often a disconnect between how schemes are disclosed (including to Counsel) and marketed and how they are actually operated, with this disconnect not becoming apparent to the investor for many years.
We adopt a realistic approach to the assignments we undertake, turning many down; if we believe there is the prospect of success, we predominantly seek to work on a no win/no fee basis so our interests are aligned with those of our Client - unlike those charging initial and time-based fees which ensure that they get rewarded whatever the outcome.
Our Approach
Our successes for clients with tax-advantaged investments has led us to be asked to extend our services into complementary fields, examples of which are:-
Corporate Financial Planning
As well as helping businesses structure their affairs in the most tax efficient way, we have experience of remuneration planning (for business owners and staff) and also offer an audit function to identify areas where unclaimed statutory tax reliefs and incentives can be accessed, with these services provided either by ourselves or by our affiliates.
We also have expertise in Corporate Finance and Banking.
Personal Financial Planning
Driven by our desire to ensure all aspects of a client’s affairs are tax efficient, we are able to advise on the structuring of an individual and/or family’s affairs, to include income and capital taxes, Inheritance Tax and retirement provision.
Our expertise also extends to both onshore and offshore trust structures, and includes advice on unwinding incorrectly established or operated structures.
If any of the above appeals, for an initial no obligation and free of charge discussion, please contact us via email enquiries@bespokeadmin.uk