What are Trusts for?
Trusts are set up for a number of reasons, including:
- to control and protect family assets.
- when someone’s too young to handle their affairs.
- when someone cannot handle their affairs because they’re incapacitated.
- to pass on assets while you’re still alive.
- to pass on assets when you die (a ‘will trust’).
- under the rules of inheritance if someone dies without a will (in England and Wales).