London · Geneva · Zürich · Singapore

Established MCMII

The quiet stewardship
of considerable wealth.

For more than a century, a small number of families have entrusted the preservation of their fortunes to Ashworth & Vane. We serve them still — discreetly, patiently, and across generations.

Request an Introduction Our Heritage

“We do not seek clients. We accept the stewardship of families whose names have endured — and intend to endure.”

— Sir Edmund Ashworth, Founding Partner, 1902

Heritage

A century and more of continuity.

Founded in the City of London in 1902, Ashworth & Vane was established on a single conviction: that great wealth is not merely managed, but stewarded — with discretion, judgement, and an unbroken sense of obligation to those who come after.

We have advised the same families through two world wars, the dissolution of empires, and the reordering of the modern financial world. Our partners remain personally liable, as they have since the day the firm opened its doors.

  1. 1902

    The firm is founded on Lombard Street by Sir Edmund Ashworth and Charles Vane.

  2. 1928

    A Geneva office opens to safeguard client capital across borders.

  3. 1971

    The Family Office practice is formalised, advising a fourth generation.

  4. 1998

    Ashworth & Vane expands to Asia, opening in Singapore.

  5. Today

    Wholly partner-owned, serving fewer than three hundred families worldwide.

123 Years of unbroken counsel
6 Generations of families served
£94bn Entrusted to our stewardship
< 300 Families we are privileged to serve

Our Services

Considered counsel across every dimension of wealth.

I

Private Banking

Bespoke banking, bespoke credit, and a dedicated partner who answers to you alone. Nothing is standardised; everything is considered.

II

Investment Management

Portfolios constructed for permanence rather than fashion — preserving purchasing power across market cycles and generations.

III

Wealth Structuring

Trusts, holding structures and succession planning designed to carry a family's assets intact into the hands of its heirs.

IV

Family Office

The orchestration of an entire estate — property, art, aviation, philanthropy — under one discreet and coordinated hand.

V

Philanthropy

The quiet architecture of giving: foundations, endowments and legacies that reflect a family's values for centuries to come.

VI

Next Generation

Preparing heirs for the responsibilities of wealth — education, governance, and the stewardship of a family's good name.

Our Philosophy

Wealth is not measured in a year, but in a lineage.

We are unhurried by design. We take no commissions, sell no products, and answer to no shareholders — only to the families in our care. Our advice is the same whether markets rise or fall: protect the principal, honour the obligation, and think in decades.

Discretion

Your affairs are known to a handful of partners and no one else. Confidence is the whole of our reputation.

Alignment

Our partners' own capital sits beside yours. We prosper only as you do.

Permanence

We invest for the family that does not yet exist, as much as the one before us today.

Global Presence

Wherever a family's interests reside.

London

Founding House

14 Lombard Street
London EC3V 9AA

Geneva

Wealth Structuring

Quai du Mont-Blanc 3
1201 Genève

Zürich

Investment Management

Bahnhofstrasse 21
8001 Zürich

Singapore

Asia Family Office

1 Raffles Quay
Singapore 048583

By Introduction

A private enquiry.

We accept new relationships by personal introduction. Should you wish to begin a conversation, a partner will respond to you directly and in confidence.

All correspondence is held in the strictest confidence and reviewed by a partner of the firm.

Client Access

The private portal.

Existing clients may review portfolios, statements and correspondence within our secure environment.

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