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SSAS (small self-administered scheme)

A small self-administered scheme (SSAS) is a company pension scheme, the members of which are usually shareholding directors. A SSAS provides considerably greater flexibility and control over the scheme’s investments.

Clients are typically appointed as trustees of their SSAS and carry a significant degree of control over the scheme. Such schemes can invest in a vast range of assets and investment vehicles, including the ability to invest in the client’s own business either through the purchase of shares, loans or the purchase of company premises.

As individual trusts, the constitution of a SSAS creates a high degree of control, particularly with regard to family arrangements and the control of wealth distribution.

Through our long association with HM Revenue & Customs, Mattioli Woods has vast experience in the establishment and administration of small self-administered schemes and all consultancy aspects surrounding their use.