What does £399 buy?
A coach's time across the fact find and the session, the map itself, and a written document you keep. The fact find is built from your bank feed rather than a form, so the session starts on decisions instead of data entry. You leave with twelve months laid out, four sets of ninety-day goals with dates on them, and a coach who has already read your numbers. It also covers what to do when a quarter goes wrong. The map then lives on your own portal instead of an email attachment, so the current quarter is where any later conversation picks up. What it does not buy is a recommendation to hold a particular pension, fund or lender — that is regulated advice, and Buzz Accounting Ltd is not authorised to give it.
Why twelve months and not ninety days?
A year gives each quarter a direction. The map sets the year first, then breaks it into four quarters, so each ninety days is a step towards something rather than a list somebody handed you. With the year laid out, you can see which goals can wait a quarter, and when a quarter slips, whether to move the date or drop the goal.
Is this the same as the Financial Plan?
No. The Money Road Map is about direction over the next twelve months — what you want, in what order, by when. The Financial Plan at Buzz Financial Planning models every year of your life to age 100 with UK tax applied properly, and answers whether the money lasts. That is £1,500 and it is a different piece of work. If you are not sure which one you need, ask us.
Is this financial advice?
No. It is coaching. The map describes your position and helps you decide what to do next. It does not recommend a pension, an investment, a lender or a debt solution, and Buzz Accounting Ltd is not authorised by the FCA to give regulated advice. Where a decision needs regulated advice we say so plainly and can introduce you to Equity & General (FCA 474163) — optional, with no obligation. If money is a worry right now, MoneyHelper, StepChange and National Debtline give free independent help today.
What if my situation is simple?
Tell us, and we will say whether it suits you. The free tools and a single coaching session from £39 may be enough. The map suits you when you know roughly what you want but the year keeps getting away from you, with four or five things that matter and no order to them.
How many sessions do I get for £399?
One — the session that builds the map with you. After that there are three optional reviews, at day 90, day 180 and day 270, each £69 and each taken one at a time rather than bought as a package. Then on the anniversary there is the annual review, which looks at all four quarters and builds year two; that one is included in year two’s £249 rather than charged separately.
Do I have to do anything before the session?
Two short things. Connect your bank to the free Healthcheck so your spending is real rather than remembered, and take the two-minute money type tool. Both are free. It helps to bring a rough figure for any pensions you hold and what the mortgage or rent runs to each month; if you don't know, “find out what is in the pension” can be a first-quarter action.