CeMAP · DipFAKent · Nationwide
I'm Gerald Bellot, a Financial Adviser based in Gravesend. Since 1989 I've provided clear, dependable financial guidance to individuals, families and business owners across Kent and nationwide, taking a broad, whole-of-life view of your finances.
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Gerald Bellot
Financial Adviser
CeMAP · DipFA
I started in financial services in 1989 with a simple purpose: to provide clear, dependable financial guidance to individuals, families, and business owners. Over the decades, my practice has grown through trust, continuity, and long-term relationships, supporting clients through life's milestones, challenges, and opportunities.
From my base in Gravesend, Kent, I continue to serve clients locally and across the wider region, combining traditional values with modern financial planning tools.
I am a general-practitioner financial adviser with a broad, integrated approach to advice. Rather than specialising in a single product area, I look at the whole picture, your goals, responsibilities, risks, and long-term plans, to deliver guidance that is practical, personal, and grounded in real-world experience.
This breadth allows me to support clients at every stage of life, from first-time buyers to retirees, from start-ups to established businesses.
My ethos is built on three core principles.
Financial advice should be understandable. I remove jargon, explain options clearly, and make sure every client feels informed and confident.
I believe in doing what is right for the long term. My recommendations are shaped by careful listening, thorough analysis, and a commitment to your best interests.
Clients stay with me because I stay with them. I value long-term relationships and provide consistent support through changing circumstances and evolving goals.
Every client relationship begins with understanding, your priorities, your concerns, and your aspirations. From there, I build a plan that is:
I aim to make financial planning feel accessible, reassuring, and genuinely useful.
Whether you're planning for retirement, protecting your family or buying a home, I give you straight answers and a plan that fits your life, taking a broad, whole-of-life view rather than looking at any one thing in isolation.
Explore all servicesA clear, unhurried path from first hello to an ongoing relationship, with no obligation at any stage.
A free, no-obligation chat to understand what you need.
A thorough fact-find of your goals, finances and priorities.
Clear, written advice tailored to you, in plain terms.
Regular reviews to keep your plan on track as life changes.
Clear thinking on money, pensions and planning, to help you make sense of the decisions ahead.
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Choosing someone to advise you on your money comes down to trust. These are clients’ own words, published by them on Google.
Can’t recommend Gerald highly enough for everything from mortgages to insurance, savings to investments — he’s done a brilliant job of handling all of the above for me over the last few years.
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Gerald for his professionalism and invaluable assistance with my case. …
I have benefitted from the excellent financial guidance provided by Gerald Bellot. …
These are individual clients’ own words about their own experience, published by them on Google. Everyone’s circumstances are different, so what was suitable for one client is not advice or a recommendation for anyone else, and nothing here is a guarantee of any particular outcome.
A free, no-obligation chat about where you are and what you’d like your money to do. No jargon and no pressure, just clear, dependable advice.