About ProTrust Consulting

About ProTrust Consulting

At ProTrust Consulting, we specialise in helping individuals and families plan for the future with clarity and confidence. Whether you’re writing a will, managing a trust, or administering an estate, we offer the professional expertise—and the personal care—you need during life’s important transitions.

Our Areas of Expertise

We focus on three key areas of service:

• Estate Planning – including Wills, Trusts, and Lasting Powers of Attorney
• Estate Administration – including Probate support and Inheritance Tax guidance
• Trust Management – providing advice and hands-on help to trustees

From first steps to final arrangements, we’re here to support you and your loved ones with calm, clear advice and professional follow-through.

Who We Are

We are a close-knit team of experienced professionals with backgrounds in law, tax, financial and estate advisory services. Our work is grounded in both legal precision and human understanding.

Robert Cartmell
Robert is our founder and brings over 25 years of experience advising families on Wills, trusts, and estates. A former solicitor (1996–2020), he has experienced the ups and downs of business in the legal sector and what is required in order to provide families and individuals the continuity and expertise they need for their in this area.  As our business has grown, Robert’s focus is still primarily as consultant advisor role across all of our areas of work providing experience and continuity for our firm’s existing clients whilst he manages the shaping of the growth and expertise of our firm.

Jane Meads
Jane supports our clients across all areas and also oversees compliance, accounts, and office management, ensuring everything runs smoothly behind the scenes.

Rebecca Gurney
Rebecca provides support in our Estate Administration services and brings years of experience helping families through the probate process with care and professionalism.

Jeremy Mills
As a non-executive co-director, Jeremy offers provides high-level trust and tax planning expertise. He also oversees our compliance requirements and is also a qualified solicitor and notary public through his firm, Mills Keep.

Oreste Mele
Oreste is our Estate Planning paralegal and trainee advisor, actively supporting estate planning and trust work while learning the high standards we hold. He has recently successfully completed and obtained a STEP certificate in Trusts & Estate Planning.  Fluent in Italian, he can assist Italian speaking clients in understanding their cross-boarder estate planning requirements.

Ricardo Forgione
Ricardo is our Trust Management paralegal and trainee case administrator, actively supporting trustees in managing the administration of trusts.  Fluent in Spanish, he can provide assistance to our Spanish speaking clients in understanding their cross-boarder planning requirements.

Cameron McKay
Cameron is our Estate Planning advisor providing clients with knowledge and expertise covering a wide spectrum of estate planning solutions as well as the estate administration process.  Having a background within the financial sector, Cameron provides valuable advice connecting estate planning with the use of trusts and that of financial services.

Iain Wanstall
Iain joins us as an experienced legal consultant and as the owner of Wanstall Consulting recently merged with ProTrust Consulting. A recently retired solicitor of many years experience, Iain joins us to provide technical and practical expertise with particular emphasis in Wills, Trusts & Estates and Lasting Powers of Attorney.

Why Clients Choose Us

At ProTrust, we are not here to purely give advice and help create documents—we help build peace of mind.

Over the years, we’ve drafted thousands of Wills and trusts, and guided countless families through estate and trust administration. We combine legal knowledge with a deep understanding of how to support people through personal and sometimes difficult decisions.

With offices in the Chilterns and London—and clients across the UK and internationally—we’re equipped to offer flexible appointments, including virtual family meetings, wherever you are.

We’re proud to carry full professional indemnity insurance across all our service areas.

Our Promise to You

We know that estate planning involves potentially personal and sensitive matters. That is why we listen first, explain clearly, and tailor our approach to your goals and timescales.

Whether you’re planning ahead or dealing with a recent bereavement, we’re here to guide you with experience, empathy, and efficiency.

Let us plan your future, together.