A Foundation — control over your wealth that stays with you.

• Your wealth is held in your own name, and at any event — illness, dispute, a change of country — it is exposed and vulnerable.
• You want to pass capital to your children, but not in one package and not all at once: on the rules you set, not those of a foreign jurisdiction’s law.
• A trust does not suit you: you are not prepared to hand property to a trustee and lose the visibility of control.

What the House does

A Foundation is a legal person without shareholders. The property belongs to the Foundation itself, and who receives what, and under what conditions, is set out in a charter we write together with you. The House carries the structure from charter to an open bank account.

• A bespoke charter and by-laws for your family — the order of succession, rights and conditions, set out word for word.
• A partner of the House on the Foundation’s council in the first year — while the structure settles and takes its first decisions.
• A registered office in the jurisdiction and the upkeep of the registration.
• KYC and fit-and-proper on the founder, the council and the beneficiaries.
• Introduction to three banks with a prepared pack on the structure and source of funds.

What you get: a bespoke charter and by-laws for your family · a partner of the House on the Foundation’s council in the first year · a registered office and KYC on the council and beneficiaries · introduction to 3 banks

Why this way and not another

• A local agent will register the Foundation off a template — but a template charter does not describe your family and does not hold succession.
• A trust requires handing the property to a trustee; for an owner used to keeping a hand on the wheel, that is unacceptable.
• A will opens after death, passes through a foreign country’s court and does not protect the assets during life.

What worries you — and the House’s answer

• “If I place it in a Foundation, I’ll lose control over my own money.” — The Foundation is designed so that the running of it and the right to decide stay with you, through the council and the charter.
• “A bank won’t open an account for a structure with no history.” — The House prepares the source-of-funds pack in advance and introduces you to three banks, rather than sending you off at random.
• “A template charter won’t survive a dispute between heirs.” — The charter and by-laws are written for your family; the contested points are closed off in the wording in advance.

Where this leads

The wealth stands in a separate legal entity, shielded from personal risks. The order of succession is fixed in the charter — the heirs have nothing to dispute and nothing to divide blind. Control stays with you during life, and after — passes on the rules you set. A patrimony for the ages, not for a single generation.