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The UK Guide to Buying Physical Gold

A free guide for UK investors: how buying, tax and storage actually work.

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Woodbury Gold Vault Private Client Guide 2026
  • Free to download, no obligation
  • Written for UK private investors
  • Covers VAT, Capital Gains Tax and storage
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Inside the guide

What You'll Learn

  1. Why gold

    How gold has preserved value through history, and why it remains a core holding today.

  2. Supply and demand

    Falling mine production and fewer major discoveries, set against rising demand from private investors and central banks.

  3. Physical ownership

    What it means to hold real metal rather than paper — bars, bullion coins and graded coins compared side by side on premium, liquidity and how each is taxed.

  4. The tax position

    Why investment gold carries no VAT, which British coins are free of Capital Gains Tax, and the legal tender rule that decides which ones qualify.

  5. Buying and storage

    How buying actually works — consultation and payment, then insured tracked delivery to your door, or storage in a fully insured UK vault.

  6. Selling back

    How to liquidate: contact us, receive an estimate, agree a fixed price, send your gold, get paid.

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Customer Reviews

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  • I bought some gold sovereigns from Woodbury. Really quick service. Happy with my purchase and I will continue to use them for any precious metals purchases in future. I’ve already recommended them to a friend! Thanks

    Louise Jameson

  • I was happy bought some gold grams quick delivery easy to use website.

    Levent Goodall

  • I purchased the Queens Panther 2oz bullion coin from Woodbury Mint because the Royal Mint was not allowing U. S. customers to purchase any bullion items. Search as I might, no one else had the coin available at that time. Annabelle Keane answered all my questions in a very timely manner, and let me know as soon as the coin was shipped. I will not hesitate to use Woodbury in the future! Thank you.

    William Hardman

  • Great company. Lovely offices and amazing tour in the vault. Would always use these guys. Thanks Eric

    Alan Rogers

  • Very happy with peter. helped me every step of the way. Thank you to Lucy and Eric as well. definitely recommend. Anne x

    Anne Crawford

  • I was very happy to deal with peter. Every step he helped me come to the right decision. The delivery is quick 3-5 days maximum. Would definitely recommend.

    Dr Rodriguez

  • Bought some silver and gold coins. There was a slight delay on the order however the company contacted and reassured me that my delivers would arrive. They were quite reachable and offered me a discount voucher on my next order. Highly recommend!!

    Ela

  • Wanted to buy gold but I didnt really know how to go about it. Everyone at Woodbury was incredibly helpful. Will be going here for all my future purchases too.

    Elis