A financial planning questionnaire covers contact details, what documents are available, pension and ISA preferences, fee questions, market-fall handling, and the client’s situation.
When financial decisions start getting real, the hard part isn’t the maths, it’s making sure nothing important stays unspoken. The financial planning questionnaire gives a client a clear place to put the basics, list what paperwork they can share, and flag the worries that usually surface later when a plan is already in motion.
The form opens with a short introduction, then moves through name and contact details before it gets into what the adviser needs to build an initial picture. The later questions ask what documents the client can provide, whether pensions and ISAs should be left alone or considered for consolidation, how to handle short-term market falls, and whether anything about fees and payment terms needs a call. Space Grotesk headings over Inter body text sit on a competent green with a clear violet call-to-action, so the flow reads like measured instruction rather than a sales pitch.
- Financial Planning Questionnaire Sets the context for the fact-find and explains that the answers feed into next steps.
- Your name Collects the required full name so the responses can be matched to the right person.
- Which documents can you provide before we start? Gathers a free-text list of statements and records the client can share upfront.
- Pensions and ISAs Records whether the client wants consolidation considered, prefers to keep existing accounts, or wants advice first.
- Market falls approach Captures how the client wants day-to-day decisions handled when markets drop, from rebalancing to “contact me first”.
Once the form is in Plutio, you share it, then Plutio collects the responses in one place so the next conversation can start from the facts instead of a back-and-forth email thread.
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What to include in a financial planning questionnaire
| Part | What it covers |
|---|
Financial Planning Questionnaire | Introduces what the form is for and frames the answers as inputs to a fact-find and next steps. |
Your name | A required name field so the submission is identifiable from the start. |
Email address | A required email field for follow-ups and sharing the next document. |
Phone number | An optional phone number field for clients who prefer calls. |
What I need | Explains that a few facts and documents are needed to build an initial plan. |
Which documents can you provide before we start? | A free-text question for listing the paperwork a client can provide upfront. |
Do you want me to consider moving or consolidating your pensions and ISAs? | A multiple-choice question that records transfer preferences or a request for advice. |
Do you have any questions or concerns about my fees or payment terms? | A multiple-choice question that flags fee concerns early or routes the topic to a call. |
How would you like me to handle short-term market falls for your investments? | A multiple-choice question that captures the client’s preference for action, contact, or recommendations during volatility. |
Which best describes your situation today? | A multiple-choice question that captures the closest starting point, with room to explain if needed. |
Who it is for
Financial advisers, retirement planning advisers, and investment advisory firms who need a structured fact-find before they draft recommendations.
The form in full
Financial Planning Questionnaire
Use this form to tell me about your finances and what you want to achieve. I use your answers to prepare a fact-find and propose the next steps.
- Your name (required)
- Email address (required)
- Phone number
What I need
A few facts and documents let me build your initial financial plan.
- Which documents can you provide before we start?
- Do you want me to consider moving or consolidating your pensions and ISAs?
- Please consider transfer or consolidation
- Please plan to leave them where they are
- I don't know, please advise
- Do you have any questions or concerns about my fees or payment terms?
- No, I understand the terms
- Yes, I have questions
- Prefer to discuss on a call
- How would you like me to handle short-term market falls for your investments?
- Follow a written action plan and rebalance
- Contact me before any major change
- No action unless I instruct you
- Please recommend an approach
- Which best describes your situation today?
- Young family with mortgage and recent pay rise or lump sum
- A few years from retirement with multiple pensions
- Other, I will explain below
