“We appointed gcTrustees and Suresh as a trustee to chair our international trustee board almost a decade ago and have been very pleased with the work he has carried out.

 His guidance has been reassuring during complex projects such as an ongoing negligence claim against historic advisers which was brought to a conclusion and resulted in a multi-million pound sum through a mediation.  He also worked closely with our trustee board and advisers to secure our members’ benefits with an insurer and wind the scheme up with a share of surplus being returned to the employer.

 gcTrustees have worked closely with us as part of our team and been pro-active.  Suresh has given the trustee board and the employer peace of mind in relation to our scheme governance but also acted with proportionality and openly communicated with us throughout.”

Ben Warwick, Finance Director, manufacturing company

“When I first got involved in trying to facilitate the ‘buy-out’ of our charity’s defined benefit pension scheme, I am the first to admit I resented all the various advisers, which included GC Trustees. I thought they all over complicated matters purely to increase their revenues!

However, I quickly came to realise that I was utterly out of my depth, when dealing with the ‘buy-out’, and that all the advisers were essential to the process, in particular GC Trustees.

GC Trustees are very much trusted and professional advisers to our charity, and I would highly recommend them to any organisation that finds themselves in a similar situation.”

Managing Director of a major charitable trust

“I have worked with Suresh for several years on a complicated project where his professional knowledge, stacks of common sense and no-nonsense style was invaluable. I can highly recommend his services.”,

Chair of Employers consultative committee for an industry wide non-associated multi-employer last man standing scheme with over 200 employers

“GC Trustees, represented by Suresh Bhatt, has been a great support. His experience has been essential for me as a non-professional trustee… He has been extremely professional, pro-active and very diligent.”

Chair of Trustees of a £70m scheme

“Suresh’s pro-active, collaborative and responsive approach to trusteeship over the past 6 years has been a great help to the Company. Suresh fitted in well to the existing trustee board and maintained good lines of communication and accountability with the Company through annual review meetings, monthly fee updates and timely responses to any queries I had over the years. His pragmatic approach, knowledge of the small schemes sector and willingness to pro-actively keep an eye on value for money was appreciated“

Group Finance Director, Sponsoring Employer

“I have worked with Suresh for several years on a complicated project where his professional knowledge, stacks of commonsense and no-nonsense style was invaluable and often reduced difficult and sometimes combustible negotiations to practical results.” 

Chair of Employers consultative committee for an industry wide non-associated multi-employer last man standing scheme with over 200 employers