Behind-the-scenes magic, making the impossible happen seamlessly.
Berehaven offers bespoke project management & EA/PA services, encouraging clients to reclaim their most valuable asset : time.
A strategic ally; anticipating needs effectively, discreetly and without fuss.
Created by Lydia Cole in 2020, perfecting the art of effortless tailor-made support both in London & further afield!
Services
Berehaven addresses a demand for a highly-personalised service on a project-oriented or part-time basis for clients with flexible, non-traditional and international requirements across time zones and cultures.
Berehaven Bespoke
The exceptional becomes the everyday… whether sourcing two Irish Wolfhounds for a Vogue Scandinavia shoot on Hampstead Heath with 72h notice, transporting a Thomas Crapper Viceroy to Marrakech and ensuring full installation by local workers, co-ordinating the overnight decoration of a Christmas tree in a London hotel as if by elves or instructing an a English master thatcher for an unusual renovation in Normandy, seamless execution with the ease of the impossible falling into place.
Available on an ad-hoc or project basis, working with a wider Berehaven team.
Credits. James Harvey-Kelly (Photographer)Executive / Personal Assistant
Delegate your personal and business support tasks ; handled with total discretion. Intuitive support across every aspect of personal and professional life. Drawing on extensive and wide-ranging experience and emotional intelligence, ensuring a sense of calm and control behind the scenes.
A seamless partnership with a strategic ally.
Supported directly by Lydia on a monthly retainer (from 10hrs per week), either in-person or remote.
Unchartered by Berehaven
Unchartered delivers joyful moments, delighting in crafting entirely bespoke parties, celebrations and holidays with meticulous attention to detail, comfort, privacy and authenticity. We’ve organised a fireside celebration under the stars, a beachside breakfast on an uninhabited island and a vegan alcohol-free winery tour in Sicily. The specifics carefully adhered to.
No brochures, no guidebook itineraries, quietly perfected.
Available on an ad-hoc or project basis.
About Lydia
Lydia Cole is a senior Executive Personal Assistant with over a decade of experience across private households, boutique finance, top-tier investment firms, property and the creative industries since graduating from Durham University in 2013.
As the founder of Berehaven, she provides bespoke EA/PA services to private clients, entrepreneurs, consultancies and private households, while mentoring and working with junior assistants as and when required.
Her career demonstrates a proven ability to anticipate needs, manage sensitive information and execute complicated logistics across multiple time-zones, countries and cultures.
Shaped by a breadth of professional experiences, having worked both in the UK & abroad, Lydia brings sharp insight, adaptability, and the rare ability to hit the ground running—delivering immediate value and effortlessly navigating shifting demands with calm confidence and emotional intelligence.
Lydia brings a resourceful, strategic approach as an understated and trusted right-hand.
Photo: Lara Arnott
Kind Words
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"... especially nice ..."
Dame Tracey Emin DBE RA
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"I can't believe the trouble that you have been to and really am hugely grateful...thank you for your incredibly kind efforts."
Hotelier - London & Marrakech
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"Very enthusiastic...positive manner to her work...bright and cheerful and assisted greatly. Always extremely well-mannered and polite and got on well with everyone. A great addition to your team."
Tiffany Parsons - Vontobel Asset Management
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"An absolute powerhouse to get to know and work with, thank you for everything you have added to our team!"
Liza Tullidge
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" More helpful than all of the agents combined and there have been a lot of them!"
HNWI relocating from LA to Notting Hill
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"Lydia is extremely trustworthy and is always there when I have needed her...her ability to prioritise is one that many people do not possess...she holds herself to high standards...polite and engaging"
James Ash - RBC Capital Markets
