Independent
No security equipment is sold, no guards are supplied and no supplier commission is taken. Recommendations are based on the client's needs rather than a product sale.
For professional advisers
A specialist you can introduce with confidence.
Independent security advice for private clients and families, designed to complement - not compete with - the trusted professional relationships already around them.
McGowan Advisory provides private-client security advice for families and the professional advisers they trust, including family offices, lawyers, wealth advisers and insurance professionals.
Discuss a client introduction When to introduce usIndependent risk and resilience perspective
McGowan Advisory complements private-client and corporate professional advisers with proportionate personal-security, household resilience, executive exposure and crisis decision-support assessments. Each engagement is individually scoped; regulated legal, financial and technical cybersecurity advice remain with the relevant specialists.
A defined specialist role
Security advice alongside the client's existing team.
Clients often raise a security concern first with someone they already trust. McGowan Advisory provides a defined route to independent, practical security advice while respecting the existing adviser-client relationship.
Professional cover: McGowan Advisory holds £1 million professional indemnity and £5 million public liability insurance.
Confidential
The scope is agreed directly with the client. Findings are shared with the referring adviser only where the client authorises it.
Complementary
The work is deliberately narrow: personal, family, residence and online-exposure security advice. It does not compete with the client's legal, wealth, insurance or property advisers.
Referral triggers
When an introduction may help.
Property purchase or major works
A client is moving into a high-value residence, completing a renovation or wants an independent view before routines become established.
Security concern or incident
Burglary nearby, unwanted attention, stalking concerns, suspicious activity or another event has changed the client's perception of risk.
Increased visibility
Press attention, business success, a public role, litigation or another change has made the family more visible than before.
Family or lifestyle change
New household staff, changing family arrangements, frequent travel, valuable acquisitions or other circumstances alter the security picture.
Insurance and risk conversations
A renewal, high-value home purchase or wider risk discussion identifies a need for independent residence and family-security advice.
Online exposure
The client or adviser is concerned about what can be discovered publicly about the family, residence, connections or routines.
How a referral works
Simple for the adviser. Clear for the client.
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Make the introduction
With the client's permission, introduce McGowan Advisory using basic contact details and a brief indication of the concern. Sensitive case information does not need to be included in the first email.
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Scope directly with the client
Frank speaks with the client, establishes what they need and confirms the scope, fee, confidentiality and authority arrangements before substantive work begins.
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Carry out the agreed review
The engagement may be a defined residence review, online exposure review, combined Residence & Family Security Review or separately scoped advisory work.
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Keep boundaries clear
Client findings remain confidential. Information is shared with the introducer only to the extent the client has authorised.
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Support implementation
Where useful, McGowan Advisory can help the client understand and prioritise recommendations while remaining independent of suppliers.
For professional teams
A useful specialist to have available before you need one.
McGowan Advisory can also provide a short introductory briefing for professional teams on the circumstances in which independent residence, family or online-exposure advice may assist a client.
Start with a conversation
If you advise private clients or families and would like to understand how an introduction would work, arrange a short confidential call.
Discuss a professional referral