The company was originally formed by Michael Holt, Managing Director of our sister company, Charterhouse Standard Holdings.

The original Charterhouse Home Reversion product was created as a solution to the particular situation of a customer who urgently needed to sell his home in order to provide a special level of care for his wife. An elderly man himself, he was concerned about what would happen to him if he sold his house in the usual way.

Because the company had years of property expertise, they were able to look at the situation from a different viewpoint from the normal financial services route and offer a tailored Equity Release solution. News of the solution Charterhouse came up with and our alternative to Equity Release spread through word of mouth, as other people found that it was right for them too. So, prior to Home Reversion regulation, we created an independent Home Reversion company specifically designed to handle the increasing number of Equity Release related enquiries.

The resulting Home Reversion product appealed to younger applicants as well as the traditional Equity Release age bracket of 60-65 plus, therefore offering options for those approaching retirement as well as those already retired. From there we developed the Equity Release plans we now offer, and following the new regulation in April 2007, the company became authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. 

We re-branded the company to SYH Charterhouse Ltd in September 2007 and are now authorised and regulated Equity Release Specialists, offering a wide range of Equity Release products including Lifetime Mortgages, Home Reversion plans, and Partial Release plans.  Our fully qualified team can advise on the full suite of Equity Release products available to us, so we are now able to offer you far more choice than just Home Reversion plans.