Resources
Guides and short reads
Two free guides, sent by email, three short reads, and the reference pages behind them.
The guides
Eleven pages each: what you own, where it is kept, what it costs, how the tax works and how selling works. Free, and sent by email.
Free guide
A short guide to whisky casks
What a cask of Scotch whisky is, how it is held in your name, what it costs, how the tax works and how a cask is sold.
Free guide
A short guide to UK gold
What you own when you buy Royal Mint gold coins, where they are kept, what they cost, how the tax works and how they are sold.
Short reads
- The angels’ share, explainedWhy about two per cent of a cask evaporates each year, and what that means for an owner
- How the CGT exemption works on gold coinsWhy a gain on Sovereigns and Britannias is generally outside Capital Gains Tax, and on bars is not
- Sovereign or Britannia?The two Royal Mint coins compared: size, gold content and how a holding divides
Reference pages
- QuestionsPlain answers on ownership, tax, costs, selling and regulation
- Tax, explainedHow tax generally applies to a cask and to Sovereigns and Britannias
- SellingThe routes for selling a cask or coins, and how long each takes
- How it worksThe three stages of buying, and the paperwork you receive at each
A question these do not answer?
Call us on 020 8103 7273, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm, arrange a fifteen-minute call at a time that suits you, or send a message. We reply to messages by email, usually within one working day.