What does the Financial Health Check assess?
It considers the figures you enter for income, spending, debts, savings, pensions, retirement goals and existing protection. It then provides separate illustrative retirement and protection indicators.
Review your retirement plans and existing financial protection using your own figures. The result is an illustrative starting point, not personal financial advice.
Before tax, from all sources
Bills, food, transport, discretionary spending
Mortgage, loans, credit cards
Children or adults who rely on your income
Cash, ISAs, investments (excluding pensions)
Include all workplace and personal pensions
Employee + employer contributions combined
It considers the figures you enter for income, spending, debts, savings, pensions, retirement goals and existing protection. It then provides separate illustrative retirement and protection indicators.
The tool projects the pension and savings figures entered to the selected retirement age using the growth assumption shown in the tool. It compares the projected amount with an illustrative pot based on the chosen retirement income and the calculator assumptions.
No. It is an educational planning tool, not a personal recommendation or regulated financial advice. Its output is illustrative and depends on the accuracy of the information and assumptions used.
No. Investment growth, inflation, charges, tax, State Pension rules, insurance eligibility and personal circumstances can change. A regulated adviser would need to complete a full fact-find before making a recommendation.
Assumptions are reviewed by Castle Stonebridge and may be updated. Results do not account for every possible tax rule, product charge, inflation outcome, investment return or underwriting decision.