Software-priced
A fixed annual administration fee — never a percentage of trust assets. Your fee doesn't grow just because your estate does.
Now onboarding founding settlors in Namibia
Your trust.
Your trustees.
One transparent fee.
A fixed-template inter vivos discretionary trust, settled under Namibian law from N$2,500, then run for as little as N$1,800 a year. We charge for the work, not the wealth.
- Setup
- From N$2,500 once
- Admin
- From N$1,800 / yr
- Trustees
- Your choice
The Schoonees Family Trust
Active
Net trust assets
N$ 4,250,000
Annual admin fee
N$ 1,800
vs N$ 42,500 elsewhere
Next filing
28 Feb
Auto-prepared
Trustees
CS
AW
PJ
2 family · 1 independent · all chosen by the settlor
Resolutions
Distributions
Filings
Settled under Namibian law
Lodged with the Master of the High Court
Independent trustees of your choice
No percentage-of-assets fees
Why Micro-Trusts
Fiduciary services, the way modern software should be priced.
Trust administration has always been a relationship-priced service. We rebuilt it as a software-priced one — without giving anything up on compliance, control, or fiduciary duty.
Your trustees, your control
You choose your independent and discretionary trustees. We administer — we never appoint ourselves as trustee of your trust.
Standardised deed
A single, professionally drafted discretionary trust template. Less to negotiate, less to go wrong, less to pay for.
Built for Namibia first
Compliant with the Trust Moneys Protection Act and lodged with the Master of the High Court. More jurisdictions to follow.
How it works
From idea to registered trust in days, not months.
No drafting marathon, no opaque retainer letters, no asset-percentage trustee fee. Everything is templated, transparent and online.
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Step 1
Configure
Tell us about the settlor, beneficiaries and starting assets in a 10-minute online form. Our deed template fills itself in.
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Step 2
Sign & lodge
Your trustees sign the deed digitally. We lodge it with the Master of the High Court and obtain letters of authority.
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Step 3
Run
Resolutions, distributions and statutory filings happen in your dashboard. Pay one annual fee and forget about admin.
What's included
Everything a Namibian discretionary trust needs to run, well.
No add-on bills for things that should just be part of the service. Our annual administration fee covers the full statutory rhythm of a simple inter vivos trust.
See pricing- Fixed-template Namibian deedDiscretionary inter vivos, professionally drafted.
- Master of the High Court lodgingWe obtain letters of authority for your trustees.
- Annual financial statementsCompiled to NAS standards, ready for tax.
- Trustee resolutions libraryVetted templates with full audit trail.
- Distribution workflowBeneficiary records, resolutions, payment instructions.
- Statutory filings & remindersNever miss a Master of the High Court deadline.
- Beneficiary & trustee portalRead-only access scoped to each role.
- Email & in-app supportReal humans, with the file in front of them.
Fee calculator
See what your trust would cost — and what it would have cost.
Move the sliders. We compare a Micro-Trusts annual fee to a typical Namibian professional trustee charging 1.0% of assets a year (with a N$8,000 minimum). Indicative only.
N$ 4,000,000
N$ 250kN$ 50m
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Indicative pricing for a simple Namibian inter vivos discretionary trust. Final fees confirmed at onboarding. Excludes third-party costs (Master of the High Court fees, audit, tax filings where applicable).
One-off setup
N$ 2,500
Deed, lodging, letters of authority.
Annual admin
N$ 1,800
Fixed. Not a % of your trust.
10-yr saving
N$ 0
vs typical professional trustee.
10-year cumulative cost
Setup plus annual administration, in nominal N$.
Micro-Trusts
Typical trustee (1.0% p.a., N$8k min)
Pricing
Two plans. One transparent fee.
Pick the plan that fits the shape of your trust today. Upgrade later if it gets more complicated. No tier change in fees because your assets grew.
Standard
Most simple trustsUp to 5 beneficiaries, up to 10 assets, no foreign assets, no immovable property.
N$1,800
/ year
+ N$2,500 once-off setup
- ✓Fixed-template Namibian deed
- ✓Master of the High Court lodging
- ✓Annual financial statements (compiled)
- ✓Resolutions library & audit trail
- ✓Distribution workflow
- ✓Email & in-app support
Standard+
For more moving partsMore than 5 beneficiaries, immovable property, or foreign assets. Same software, more workflows.
N$3,600
/ year
+ N$3,500 once-off setup
- ✓Everything in Standard
- ✓Immovable property register
- ✓Foreign asset reporting workflow
- ✓Up to 12 beneficiaries
- ✓Priority onboarding
Third-party costs — Master of the High Court fees, audit (if needed), tax filings, and any external trustee fees you negotiate with your chosen independent trustees — are billed at cost and shown separately. We never receive a referral fee from a trustee or service provider.
Traditional trustee
~ 1% of assets, every year
A N$10m trust pays N$100,000 a year — for largely the same statutory work.
Bank trust company
Bundled with products you don't need
Trustee fees often hidden inside investment fees, lock-in to in-house funds.
Micro-Trusts
One fixed annual fee. Your trustees, not ours.
Fee is independent of trust size. We administer; we don't manage your money.
FAQ
Questions, answered plainly.
What is an inter vivos discretionary trust, and why use one in Namibia?
An inter vivos trust is created during the settlor's lifetime, rather than by will. A discretionary trust gives the trustees, not the settlor, the power to decide which beneficiaries receive what, and when. Namibian families typically use them for estate planning, generational wealth, asset protection, and clean separation between family assets and personal liabilities.
Do you act as trustee?
No. We are an administrative trustee business — we do the administration so the trustees you appoint can focus on the fiduciary decisions. You choose your own independent and discretionary trustees. We can suggest qualified independent trustees from a panel, but the appointment is yours.
How is the trust deed customised?
It isn't, beyond the parties, beneficiaries and a small set of structured options. We use a single, professionally drafted, fixed-template discretionary deed. Standardisation is what makes the price possible — and removes a meaningful source of avoidable drafting risk.
How are assets transferred into the trust?
By donation or sale on loan account, depending on what you settle and the tax position. Cash and listed securities are simple; immovable property requires a transfer through a conveyancer (third-party cost). We give you the workflow and templates; you sign the documents.
Who regulates trustees in Namibia?
The Master of the High Court issues letters of authority to trustees and is the principal supervisory authority for trusts in Namibia. The Trust Moneys Protection Act and common-law fiduciary duties also apply. We handle the statutory rhythm so trustees stay compliant by default.
What if I want a jurisdiction other than Namibia?
Namibia is our launch jurisdiction. Once we have proven the model, additional jurisdictions will follow on the same standardised, software-priced basis. Join the waitlist and tell us where you'd want one.
How do I get my data out?
All trust records are exportable — deed, resolutions, financials, distributions, beneficiary register. If you ever leave us, you take everything with you. Your trustees own the records, not us.
Waitlist
Be one of the first Namibian families on Micro-Trusts.
We are onboarding founding settlors in cohorts. Tell us a bit about you and the trust you're thinking about. We'll be in touch within a few business days.
Thanks — you're on the list.
We'll be in touch from hello@micro-trusts.com within a few business days.