Financial adviser in Manchester

I'm Max Gallagher (DipPFS, CeMAP), a financial adviser with Financial Options Group working with clients right across Manchester, from buyers eyeing apartments in Ancoats and the Northern Quarter to families settled in Didsbury, Chorlton and Prestwich. My office is in Walshaw, just north of the city in Bury, so Manchester has always been my patch rather than a pin on a map. I know the city has two financial lives (the city-centre one built around flats, careers and fast job moves, and the suburban one built around semis, schools and settling down) and good advice here has to understand both.

First meetings are always free, and they happen wherever suits you: I regularly come into town and across Greater Manchester to meet clients at home or near work, and Teams or a phone call works just as well if you'd rather not face the Mancunian Way at rush hour. We'll talk through where you stand and what you want life to look like, and I'll tell you plainly whether paying for advice makes sense for you. If it does, you'll get a clear picture of what I recommend and what it costs before you commit to anything, whether you're in a Deansgate office or a Prestwich kitchen.

Who I help in Manchester

  • First-time buyers weighing an Ancoats or Northern Quarter flat against more space further out in Levenshulme, Failsworth or Prestwich, and wanting the numbers explained honestly before they choose.
  • Growing families trading city-centre living for a semi in Didsbury, Chorlton or Sale, and needing the mortgage, protection and savings plan to match the move.
  • Professionals in Manchester's law, finance, tech and media firms who've changed jobs around the city and collected a drawer full of old workplace pensions along the way.
  • Owners of the small businesses that fill the city's converted mills, studios and units, wanting their company profits, pension and personal finances to finally join up.

Whether your pensions come from years with the NHS in Manchester, one of the universities, the Co-op or a string of roles across the city's office blocks, I'll help you understand what you've actually built up and how it fits the retirement you have in mind.

From a first mortgage on an Ancoats new-build to remortgaging the family home in Didsbury or Chorlton, I give Manchester buyers straightforward, jargon-free mortgage advice at every stage in between.

Your first conversation is free, with no obligation to proceed.

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