Touchstone Education is an online learning platform based in the UK, specializing in property investment courses designed to help individuals maximize their investment returns and achieve financial success. The company offers a comprehensive range of educational resources, including a two-day property investment training course known as the Wealth Through Property course, which covers various streams of income within the property sector.
Targeting aspiring property investors, Touchstone Education provides access to expert guidance from seasoned professionals with over 50 years of cumulative experience in the industry. The platform aims to equip students with the necessary skills and insights to build profitable property portfolios while fostering a community for networking and mentorship among participants. With a commitment to delivering quality education in property investment, Touchstone Education serves as a valuable resource for individuals looking to enhance their financial prospects through real estate.
Touchstone Education has a positive customer experience.
Touchstone Education receives a generally positive reception, with many reviewers praising the quality of the courses and the insightful guidance from instructors like Molly and Nick Rowland. Customers appreciate the practical advice and personal development opportunities, noting that the courses can be transformative and inspiring.
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However, there are significant complaints regarding the perceived lack of structure and the pressure to invest additional money beyond the initial course fees. Some attendees feel that the promotional claims about "zero cost" investments are misleading, leading to frustration about unexpected expenses. While many find the content valuable, others describe experiences as unstructured and filled with upselling tactics.
1,060 customer reviewsLatest review over a year ago
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Share of positive (4–5★) and negative (1–2★) reviews mentioning each topic · based on the 500 most recent reviews.
Top praiseof 393 positive reviews
Helpful support13%
53 mentions
Prices & value11%
45 mentions
Customer service9%
36 mentions
Professionalism4%
17 mentions
“No question was left unanswered, and the behind the scenes team were super helpful and supportive too”
On “Helpful support” · Aug 10, 2025
Top complaintsof 70 negative reviews
Payment issues33%
23 mentions
Pricing24%
17 mentions
Refund24%
17 mentions
Scam13%
9 mentions
“Apparently a financial analyser and net worth calculator worth £5k included in the payment only 2 day course”
On “Payment issues” · Aug 12, 2025
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I joined the free webinar and Paul introduced all these examples of successful investors - all case studies are at least 4 years old, before COVID. This on its own should be a worry for anyone interested in paying for whatever is on offer here. At best their information would be out of date. What was more worrying is that there was no mention of the real cost of what is on offer at any time during Paul's presentation. It's only now, after reading the reviews on Trustpilot, that it becomes clear that the actual pitch is pay them £15k rather than £99 to learn from them.
I work flipping properties and wondered if Touchstone could help broader my knowledge. Watched a brief webinar with Abi who advised she made £170,000 from her second flip so though I would pay the £99 and enrol onto the 2 day wealth through property course based on a money back guarantee if unhappy. Turns out Abi didn't make £170,000 from her second flip, she increased the value of the property by £170,000 but only made £40,000 based on a £330,000 investment. Not the best return in my eyes. I only logged onto day 1 of the course but here Geordie advised he made £46,000 in 6 months based on a rent to rent property. He showed the property and it was nothing substantial. This equates to £1,700 per week and £252 per night, every night. I have AirBnB properties and I know they do not rent out every night. Also these figures don't deduct the rental figure he would have been paying to the actual owner of the property. Geordie also kept saying 'don't get bogged down by the numbers, this is just high level information'. I'm sorry but the whole purpose of this process is to make money so to claim he made this massive income and then saying don't pay too much attention to it is very misleading and just inaccurate advice. Do not get involved with these scammers. If you have £15,000 to invest in yourself, put it down as a deposit on a property and build from there. You do not need a company like Touchstone Eduction who quote massively inflated returns that are unobtainable.
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I paid £100 for an online seminar At first look it all seam
Great , after looking into the claims that where made at company house , I could see this wasn’t the case
The 2 day experience there was more information gained on day one than day two. On day 2 there was also a lot of focus on selling you the next level worth £15k. Which there could have been more time to allow Q&A, there wasn't enough content during the course to get you started. There was a lot of questions avoided that could have helped massively. Talked about good deals people made, but didn't practice reviewing real deals with us. I went there to learn, but didn't happen.
Firstly the content, material for the WA is really good. The coaches have a wealth of experience. However the downside and I know what the reply will be…. the courses are overpriced, it’s hard to have consistency with the same coaches if you have a day job and you are not quick enough to arrange your 121. Trying to get your money back after 12 months is hard work and practically impossible and I’ve seen other cases. The coaches are consultants so don’t try reaching out for help, it doesn’t help. When you raise your concerns the office staff do not want to help or address any part of your concerns other than it’s in the t&c’s. I would have never committed to the WA had I known.
Someone that has a full time job, busy family life while trying and in TS words ‘take action’ and in Paul’s word ‘ask for help’. I did both and now I am in a worse position after being sold the dream, invested a lot of money, staying a number of other things on reclaiming tax.
It’s such a shame when TS, the coaches portray they are millionaires but as soon as you raise a concern nobody wants to address anything. I would say they are ppl out there you can learn from for less money and actually want to help.
My complaint was never resolved happy to have a conversation
This must have been the worst and most stressful thing I have done. First of all, they use a two day course basically as a selling point for the full programme which is £14,995 which I paid. First of all, I was mis-informed by Gordie about the cost of the course being a viable business expense, which is was not. And being a 'guru' with multiple businesses, you'd like to think you can trust they know what they are talking about, but maybe not. So, after finding this out, I asked for a refund as it would mean a whole lot more now taxes were applicable and I had basically been lied to from the get go. They were so reluctant to do this and didn't see my point of view that I no longer trusted them.
During the 2 day course they mention about a 'money back guarantee if you don't double your investment'. In order to do this, you need to attend weekly Q&A calls, complete online courses and have monthly 1-1 calls.
I done ALL of this, bar one or two weekly Q&A's as I was on holiday and had no internet access. Despite doing EVERYTHING for a whole year and not making any money back, let alone double, they are refusing to refund my money or any sum of compensation.
It's £14,995 for just 20 MINUTES a month with a coach (I had to change coaches often as they didn't listen to what I was saying or what I wanted to do, I didn't feel like they cared), some online content and that's about it really. It's a rip off, you can get this information free on the internet and 20 minutes per month with a coach is no where near enough.
I can't stress more that the experience I had is that they get you on a two day course, get your money and don't really care after that. Over priced, underwhelmed. AVOID.
Total waste of my weekend and £99. They use the usual hard sell, get rich quick, offer only available for these 2 days tactics to sell the academy course. They say it’s normally £22k but to get it at £15k you need to buy prior to end of the 2 day course. I asked a couple of genuine questions, 1 being that if the presenter was a single mum and in lots of debt, then how did she pay upfront the £20k (apparent he cost at the time ) for the course. She got very defensive and a little sarcastic as it interrupted the delivery of brainwashing that she was undertaking. I saw right through their techniques, stayed for the 2 days to see if it got better, but all in all I regret paying to hear the presenter screech her way through my weekend! AVOID!
Just a scam. Want to invest heavily. When they do the free presentation, if you ask question about whats the cost, they threw me out of the presenation
I was promised I would receive a number of books from the coaches at Touchstone following the 2 day course which never came... I followed up with them multiple times but never received a single response. I found this to be extremely rude considering I committed my whole weekend to the 2 day course - around 16 hours in total, which was far too long.
They are quite salesy in their approach and will put pressure on you at the end of the 2 days to buy their full course. The coaches claim they are making so much money from property so they can spend their weekends with their families doing the things they love, but then again the coaches are working throughout the whole weekend trying to get people to buy the full course... I mean good on them, but something doesn't add up.
They also mentioned that if I wasn't happy following the end of the course that I would be entitled to a full refund. Since I didn't receive a single response from the team I demanded a full refund - but again I did not receive a single response. What are the chances I finally receive a response now this complaint is in public view...
Extremely Disappointing and Misleading – Avoid Touchstone Education's Wealth Academy
I enrolled in Touchstone Education’s Wealth Academy programme following months of aggressive marketing that painted it as a comprehensive, supportive, and practical 12–15 month journey into property investment. What I actually encountered was an incredibly underwhelming, poorly structured, and frankly exploitative experience.
🚫 Misleading Expectations from Day One
From the start, the promises fell apart. Despite the high ticket price, there was no real guidance. The programme is chaotic and leaves you feeling completely lost. There’s no structured onboarding, no personalised learning path — just a scattered jumble of content with little cohesion.
🎥 Inconsistent, Repetitive, and Shallow Content
The learning materials are a mess. Some videos are barely one minute long, others nearly three hours, often rambling with repeated points and lacking any didactic clarity. It feels like a content dump rather than a curated educational experience.
The so-called "hundreds of resources" are a marketing gimmick. Every video comes with a transcript and a PowerPoint, and they count these three identical versions of the same information as three separate resources. Many videos are simply 1-minute task introductions — again padded out with transcript and slides — just to inflate the numbers.
👥 Overcrowded Seminars & Useless Mentorship
Weekly seminars are oversubscribed, often with over 100 participants. There’s no meaningful interaction, no space for real questions, and the mentors’ answers are vague and non-specific. Forget about tailored advice — 1-to-1 sessions are a paltry 20 minutes, barely enough to explain your project, let alone get useful feedback.
💼 No Real Opportunities as Promised
One of the key selling points — special access to investors, funding, and unique property contracts — turned out to be hollow. For instance, there are barely any resources or guidance on Purchase Lease Options, despite the heavy emphasis on them during sales calls. The investor access and deal opportunities are simply not there in practice.
🔚 Final Verdict
This programme over-promises and dramatically under-delivers. It feels like a sales funnel disguised as an educational service — one that capitalises on ambition but provides little substance in return. I would not recommend Touchstone’s Wealth Academy to anyone serious about learning or succeeding in property investment. Look elsewhere for real value.
Very disappointed with the only option of one off payment of almost £16000 to access the academy. You cannot enter the academy if you don't have the above amount of money available straight away . There are no instalments options. They just want you to raise your funds during the 2 days course which is by the way a waste of your time as it is all about strategies that don't get explained to you but only mentioned. It is all about making you imagining to be rich. But
They claim they want to help people getting rich, but for what I ve seen they only care about getting the course full paid before you know anything with the promise that if you do not make money it will be refunded.
I would doubt it.. they might ended up saying that the reason why you are not successful is because you haven't used the strategy correctly.
Anyway, I would have appreciated to know this before I would have saved 100£ spent for the two day webinar, absolutely useless.
Edit:
Just want to reply in regards the installments option. If you pay in installments you basically pay double price for the one year course.
I don't think this can be called option !!
I paid £100 for a two-day training course expecting to learn valuable skills, but it was mostly the speakers talking about themselves. The whole thing felt like a setup to sell a £15,000 course at the end. Very little useful content was delivered. I left feeling misled and disappointed. Not worth the money.
They make you pay 99 to be seating for 2 days with your butt on your chair, going over the same things
The worst is to get your money back once you pay the full course for the year.
You email the office back and forth, until getting your money back a month later after requesting it..
They basically play and invest your money and give it back to you ages after you request it and change your mind. STAY AWAY from this "Cult"
If you attend the free masterclass, you keep being pestered to buy the 2 day course for £99. Join this course, then you get pestered to buy the 12 month programme. The whole thing seems like a massive scam. Didn’t learn anything new in the class, she just kept repeating that we should spend £99 and join the 2 day course. Also it was very suspicious that the comment visibility got turned off after the beginning, she was clearly reading messages that weren’t actually there! I’m pretty sure the whole thing is pre recorded too.
Misleading "Teaching" - Two Days of Aggressive Sales Tactics
I paid £99 for what was promoted as a two-day teaching course, but it was nothing more than an extended, high-pressure sales pitch for a £15,000, 12-month program. The vast majority of the "two days" was dedicated to trying to upsell attendees.
If you removed all the "put a 1 in the chat box" requests, the depressing American motivational videos, and the "student success stories" (most from five years ago claiming millions in earnings), this entire event could have been condensed into an hour.
On the final day, the aggressive tactics escalated, with one Scottish speaker resorting to swearing at attendees. It seemed they mistook people's reluctance to part with £15,000 for fear, when in reality, many were expressing genuine financial hardship, stating they couldn't afford it and were struggling to put food on the table, especially after paying £99 for what turned out to be a prolonged advertisement.
The constant narrative from one of the female presenters, about how she did this for her family, was in £24,000 debt but spent £20,000 on the course, and now spends all her time with her kids, felt disingenuous. Not only was she spending her weekend trying to sell this expensive course, but she also claimed to take one week of foreign holidays every month – which contradicts the idea of spending "all her time with her kids." The suggestion of putting £10,000 on a credit card when in significant debt, or relying on a brother for a £10,000 loan, isn't a realistic or responsible option for many attendees.
They heavily pushed a narrative of limited spaces, claiming only "33 places" were available and implying only a few were left by Sunday afternoon. This tactic, designed to create urgency, seemed particularly manipulative given that they are clearly running more "two-day courses" throughout the month, which I can only assume will magically have more "bargain" £15,000 places become available. The potential earnings of over £450,000 from just one weekend's worth of sales (33 x £15k) highlight the true nature of this "course."
In summary, do not expect genuine teaching or value for your money. This is a thinly veiled, high-pressure sales event designed to extract a significant sum from attendees.
It's crucial to note that this company is based in Liechtenstein, NOT the UK.
Perhaps the biggest red flag. It's my understanding under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, for most online purchases, you have a legal right to a 14-day "cooling-off" period to change your mind and receive a refund.
However, these rights typically do not apply to Digital products, such as online courses, after you have been given access to them (with notification from us that you would not be able to cancel) or have started to download or stream them.
A significant concern is that by immediately starting the £15k program after the initial two days, they appear to be leveraging a loophole in the Consumer Contracts Regulations regarding digital products to remove any cancellation rights. This immediate access means you are instantly stripped of your legal right to cancel, as you've been given access to the digital product. It's a calculated move to trap customers into a £15,000 commitment with no recourse.
On a potentially positive note, their own terms (18.6) state that the terms are governed by English law, and both parties agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. This suggests that despite being a Liechtenstein company, they acknowledge and potentially allow for legal action in the UK
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Reply 25/06/2025
It seems you haven't reviewed your own sales emails. Your claim that the £99 event is "clearly advertised as an introductory experience, designed to showcase the value of our full education programme" contradicts your email's promises of "Expert Training," "Success Techniques," "Valuable Resources," "Networking," and a "CPD Certificate."
The event offered minimal to no actual training, tools, or networking. It was not advertised as a "showcase"
I never stated your students weren't real; rather, they seemed present solely to promote your £15k course, not as part of any training.
The aggressive and manipulative tactics used on Sunday, including constant pressure to pay £15k, deleting chat comments, and an operative swearing, are unacceptable and not what I'd consider good practice.
I never claimed you didn't comply with UK consumer regulations. However, by immediately starting the 12-month course, attendees lost their legal right to cancel, you offer no other explanation.
You asked for my review, I have honestly given that so please use it constructively.
Touchstone Education felt more like a high-pressure sales operation than a true learning experience. Challenging questions in the chat were repeatedly deleted - I initially thought it was a glitch, but after scrolling through multiple times to find the messages, it became clear this was intentional and happened on several occasions. Meanwhile, easier questions were answered, making the selective filtering obvious. The content was shallow, focused mostly on vague success stories without practical details or real strategies. They pushed their paid academy aggressively, using guilt tactics like “if you don’t pay, what’s your plan?”, didn't offer any sort of payment plans - instead encouraging loans or spreading costs over credit cards. Even now, two days after the event - when they claimed it would sell out and that the price would jump to £22,000 - I realised I still had the tab open on my laptop, and everything still works at the £15,000 price (I haven’t bought the course and have since closed the tab). So don’t feel pressured into making a decision there and then. Definitely not a good use of my time, and I’m thankful I didn’t spend £15,000 - especially after seeing what others have experienced.
Touchstone are a scam.
DO NOT DO IT
They rush you to sign up and then book you on the onboarding induction meeting within two days and then push you to an email they send highlighting - immediate access!!!!
DO NOT PRESS that button - the warnings are not prominent for such a financial commitment
IF YOU CLICK for access to find out more information about what to do it INVALIDATES your statutory cooling off period. It’s a Contract cleverly disguised.
Even if you do not manage to access beyond the link on the page they say it’s a signed contract because you click for access despite no access given …..…. It’s a con.
Not for people who are not IT experts or the trusting naive people like me.
They took my money and refused to give me a refund after just 4 days!!!!!
Guys, if your considering signing up, Please Read This First !!
I enrolled after spending £99.00 on their 2-day introduction course. Sadly, my experience was a hype. They draw you in with glitz and glamour, and by day 2 of the course, they then bamboozle you with pressurised sales talk for you to then part with 15k in cash to enrol with Wealth Academy.
To me, I felt that I was joining and it would be something I could embrace with confidence.
Sadly for me, I quickly realised that property and investment were not for me or something I wanted to do.
I then asked for my money back, and they said no, you cannot have a refund, as I had to fulfil the objectives of participating in the course for at least one year before considering a refund. If I were not happy with this resolution, I could seek redress by going to the Ombudsman.
Despite my not wanting to participate, they appear to have no recourse for students who enrol and, like me, have decided they no longer want further participation in the course because it simply is not for them for whatever reason.
To me, i feel I have been scammed, and the reason I send this review is for people like me who get excited by the glitz and glamour of the 2-day course, and by day 2, we are all transfixed by their tried and tested FORMULA to lull you us all in to parting with 15K.
For people who partly read the course and then change their mind, they simply will not consider a full refund despite not participating.
I think this is immoral and extortion. I even asked them for a partial refund as a gesture of goodwill, but again it was a flat No!
This review is to advise you all after completing the 2-day course, and their very engaging and tempting way to part with your cash is to be mindful of the strong and suggestive tone and sales technique to get you to part with your money. Their suggestive manner to get you to part with your money, in using the strong power of suggestion in a way that if you don't participate, "you will be missing out" Even if you are strong-willed like me, it is so easy to fall for their hype and their sales pitch.
Sadly for me, I have found that the course and content were not for me, and I made the biggest, most expensive mistake of my life.
If you are lucky enough to read this review and are strongly tempted, please be sure you take note of the advice I am strongly giving you. If you change your mind at the outset unless you follow their terms and conditions you have no chance of redeeming your money back and you are then forced to do something you do not want to do for a full year, something i am not prepared to do as it goes against my principles and i do not like the thought that i am being forcefully coerced into doing something i do not want to do.
This review is to make you all be cautious with this approach that they use. That they have practised this approach, knowing that there are hundreds of customers like me who change their minds, but that they tightened this loophole in relation to refunds in making it almost impossible to obtain one unless you follow their terms and conditions for one full year.
The above practice, I believe, is not fair for people like me who then have to stomach the disappointment of losing their money. I feel I have to stand up and tell you, and if I save one person the heartache of what I have had to suffer, then it will be well worth the effort in writing this review.
Big conglomerates like Wealth Academy cannot simply see punters like us as cash cows to take money from them, and not allow people to obtain refunds for simply changing their minds. Not fair and not right.
Touchstone Education is an online learning platform based in the UK, specializing in property investment courses designed to help individuals maximize their investment returns and achieve financial success. The company offers a comprehensive range of educational resources, including a two-day property investment training course known as the Wealth Through Property course, which covers various streams of income within the property sector.
Targeting aspiring property investors, Touchstone Education provides access to expert guidance from seasoned professionals with over 50 years of cumulative experience in the industry. The platform aims to equip students with the necessary skills and insights to build profitable property portfolios while fostering a community for networking and mentorship among participants. With a commitment to delivering quality education in property investment, Touchstone Education serves as a valuable resource for individuals looking to enhance their financial prospects through real estate.
