Financial Guides

Thinking of a family loan to invest? Discover how to document it properly, avoid inheritance tax traps and protect relationships. See what you need to know.

Check family loan bad debt relief in the UK: review trading use, unpaid principal and recovery evidence before assuming a personal loan qualifies. Get clarity.

Keep family loan interest tax reporting clear: separate principal, check UK savings allowances and prepare a useful tax-year record. See what to check.

Understand family loan forgiveness in the UK: confirm an effective release, record the remaining debt and check inheritance-tax questions before you act.

Use a family loan paid in full letter to confirm the final payment, reconcile interest, and close your records clearly. See the example and payoff checklist.

Understand family loan credit score effects, joint borrowing risks and UK mortgage deposit conditions before you borrow. See what to check with your lender.

Build a family loan repayment schedule with a copyable table, zero-interest and monthly-interest examples, plus rounding and extra-payment checks. Start here.

Avoid family rows over money: a family loan tracker logs what was lent, repaid and still owed, and shows whether it’s a loan or a gift. Find out how.

Keep a family loan tracker that stands up to lenders and HMRC: what to record, how to log repayments and why a loan must never be passed off as a gift. See how.

Struggling with soaring energy costs? Compare six energy bill help loan options, plus grants and hardship funds to try first. See what you need to know.