Should I ask to be a shareholder too? DH company etc

[isthisfairtodo]

Ok I’m going to try to explain this without completely outing myself here, so bear with me.

My DH has a good income, of which 50 percent flows into an investment company be co-owns with his father. This is for apparent company benefits.

I have work full time, but make around half of what my DH makes. The amount flowing into the investment company is equivalent to my entire salary.

my DH pays for all bills/ mortgage/ cars and one child’s education and I pay for our other child’s education , as well as quite a bit of our household expenses. Food shopping etc.

in any case, I am the default parent, I leave work early / work from home when kids are sick and I take care of our household. DH works long hours and I manage my job around his hours.

question is - is it fair for me not to be part of this investment company too ? Seeing as he’s putting so much money into it ( very little wise )? If he decides to leave me one day, I won’t have many rights over the investments that have grown over the years, seeing as his father is part of the company and I’m not. So my DH shares would be diluted.

I make a lot of sacrifices too, to enable my DH to work the hours he needs to, to enable him to even earn the money to put into the investments.

wouldn’t it be fairer if I was also a shareholder ?

thanks for your help!

@isthisfairtodoif I were you I would read this which explains more about a family investment company and how it used.
https://www.ukpropertyaccountants.co.uk/a-complete-guide-to-family-investment-companies-fics/#:~:text=A%20Family%20Investment%20Company%20(FIC,through%20shares%20in%20the%20company.

I would actually speak to a proper financial advisor and tell them everything you know.
my concern is when FIL dies what happens as it’s part of his estate and would be distributed as per the will. So your DH money could just be passed to his wider family or given to the donkey shelter.

I think you are right to be concerned OP. I would get some legal and financial advice to make sure that any money your husband puts in isn’t ring fenced and not taken into account in the event of you divorcing, and that he’s also not create issues which may arise on the death of your FIL.
His money should be coming into the family pot not being hidden away in convoluted trusts.