For many families in the UAE, UK property is one part of wealth built over decades, often by parents who now want to step back from managing it. As a family-run firm, we’ve seen that handover from both sides, and our role is to keep the property performing while the next generation learns how it works.
We mentor the next generation alongside the parents, explaining how each asset earns, why decisions are made and what to watch for. Responsibility passes gradually, with our team in place throughout, so the family office changes hands without the portfolio losing its direction.
Generational wealth tends to hold together better when it’s managed in one place rather than split between family members who may not have property investment experience. One team, one set of accounts and one strategy keeps decisions consistent and makes the portfolio easier to pass on.
UK property can fall within UK inheritance tax wherever the owner lives, so how it’s held matters long before any handover. We set up the right structure with the family’s tax and legal advisers, or introduce a specialist tax team where needed.
Hungerford Park is a 300-acre estate acquired from the Howard de Walden Estate in 2005. Over 20 years it has become a working farm with holiday lets, a licensed events business in a restored Victorian walled garden, a cider and spirit business and a thoroughbred stud.
At Discovery Park, the former Pfizer campus in Sandwich bought by our clients for £20m, we restructured more than 150 businesses from all-inclusive rents onto rent-only contracts with separate service charges. That cleaner data secured a £20m loan facility, and the park’s value rose from £20m to more than £75m over two years.
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Our track record
Two estates where patient stewardship built value over years rather than months.
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Talk to one of our Directors about planning for the next generation at max@maritimecapital.co.uk or +44 (0)20 3576 5097.
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