Imperium Trust was established in 2011 to provide a wide range of professional services to both private individuals and corporate clients. Our dynamic team brings levels of energy and a passion for service excellence that set us apart from our competitors.

Ours is a highly tailored and innovative approach to individual client needs. Drawing on the considerable and disparate expertise of our staff, whose experience spans the full spectrum of financial services, we have already gained a reputation for being approachable and for developing close personable relationships with clients and introducers alike. Our independent status, having no affiliation to a banking organisation, a legal or accountancy practice or an investment institution, means that Imperium’s service is wholly impartial.

Our client base includes both private individuals and corporate organisations and work ranges considerably in terms of levels of complexity. Whilst we manage many complex multi-jurisdictional structures for private individuals, we are equally happy to administer single-property entities. Similarly, our corporate clients range from small owner-managed companies to multi-national organisations.

Flexibility and service delivery is at the core of what we do and who we are.

Guernsey is a leading financial centre in the global market place.

The Island has developed an enviable reputation for being a well-regulated and yet highly commercially orientated jurisdiction in which to transact business. Its finance sector has been established for over 50 years and is highly regarded for its professionalism across all financial disciplines as well as for the top calibre ancillary services such as legal and accountancy services.

Guernsey enjoys total fiscal and legal autonomy and over the years has often led the way on the world financial stage with a number of creditable pioneering “firsts” – a leader in the captive insurance market, a pioneer for incorporated cell companies and the launch of the world’s first image rights registry which opened for business in December 2012.

Guernsey, as a jurisdiction, offers several fiscal benefits over other jurisdictions. The Island has a fixed income tax rate of 20%, no Capital Gains Tax or Inheritance Tax and currently no Valued Added Tax (VAT) or Goods Service Tax (GST).

The Island’s political stability, its accessibility from London and mainland Europe together with the in-depth expertise of its workforce make Guernsey the jurisdiction of choice for clients with business interests in the UK, Europe and beyond.

Jersey is regarded as one of the top financial centres with internationally recognised expertise in financial services developed over the last 50 years.

The island has developed an excellence in service provision related to financial services with complementing legal, tax, accounting, banking, investment management and compliance services all on-island assisting the offering of private client and corporate services industries in Jersey.

Jersey is self-governing under its own legal system providing political stability and tax neutrality, the right focus on transparency and more recently the adoption of economic substance requirements.

Through the local regulator, high regulatory standards are set and adopted by regulated entities which further enhances the reputation of the island as a secure place to do business.

The island has close links to the City of London with a similar level of expertise as the City with the island represented by a sophisticated legal fraternity covering all aspects of local and international law practices.

Imperium Trust Company (UK) Limited was established in June 2019 after recognising the growing need for onshore professional fiduciary services. Our sister company, Imperium Trust in Guernsey, was incorporated in 2011 to provide a wide range of professional services to both private individuals and corporate clients. Early in 2019, Imperium recognised that, with the ever-changing international and fiscal scene, the requirement in the UK for experienced professional service providers to service both international and UK resident clients.

Our small London team brings many years of both onshore and offshore experience to continue to provide high levels of energy and passion for service excellence for which Imperium Trust in Guernsey is well known.

Our independent status, having no affiliation to a banking organisation, a legal or accountancy practice or an investment institution, is key in providing an impartial service where we can draw upon our extensive network of professionals as suits our client’s needs.

London has been the financial hub of the United Kingdom and a major trade and business centre since the Middle Ages. Today the city competes with New York City for the status of the world’s major financial centre. London’s convenient time zone, English language, English trust laws and strong libel laws attract foreign business. Along with this, the city enjoys a strong advantage thanks to a well-entrenched commercial culture. Businesses may leverage the city’s strong networking base and financiers.

London thrives as a centre for traditional banking activities, insurance, foreign exchange and bond trading. London has always been the seat of many multinational financial organisations such as The Bank of England, London Stock Exchange, The Bullion market, Lloyds of London and the headquarters of many International Banks.

As well as a business centre, London, and the UK as a whole, remains a popular destination for International High Net Worth Families in terms of its stability, multi-cultural nature, first-class senior education and opportunities for property investments.