Manchester Financial Planning firm Depledge Strategic Wealth Management has reported its client book in Cheshire has grown by 146% since Covid.
The firm said the growth was down to professionals moving to the county’s “highly desirable towns and villages.”
It said Cheshire client numbers have risen from 52 before the pandemic to 128 today, while funds under advice in the county have climbed 115%, from £33m to £71m.
The county is the wealthiest per-individual group among the firm's 700 clients across the UK. It said Cheshire accounts for 18% of its client book but 21.4% of its £332m of total funds under advice.
Andrew Day, founder and managing director of Depledge, said: "Places such as Wilmslow, Alderley Edge, Prestbury and Knutsford offer countryside, good schools and community, with Manchester, the airport and fast rail links to London close by.
"Our Cheshire clients hold more wealth per head than any other group we advise, often built through business ownership, senior careers and property.”
He said ONS data shows that Cheshire East had the second-highest gross disposable household income per head of any local authority in the North West at £25,982 in 2022.
The county's property market has also outperformed the market. HM Land Registry figures show the average house price in Cheshire East reached £309,121 in July 2026, up 5% year on year and well ahead of the England average of £293,479, which rose just 1.1% over the same period.
Depledge is a 17-strong team of Chartered Financial Planners based in Manchester. It said the majority of its clients are based in the North West. However, 10% of clients are around the UK, from Wales, Cornwall, Dorset, Birmingham, London and Norfolk.