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Fees
The complete fee schedule for wills, powers of attorney, trust and estate planning and probate. Every figure is a fixed fee unless it says “from”, and every one is shown with VAT.
Fees · Reviewed VAT at 20%
How we charge
Wills
Which tier you need is decided by your family and what you own, never by the size of the estate. Where the estate itself calls for more, one of the planning levels is added on top.
For a couple, a trust in the wills ring-fences the first to die’s share so it reaches the children even if the survivor later remarries, makes a new will, falls out with the family or needs care. It does not protect the survivor’s own share from the survivor’s own care fees. If you are on your own and ask about care fees, the answer is plain: a will only takes effect on death, so it cannot protect your own home from your own care fees.
Who inherits, who looks after the children, who is in charge. For most people this is the right will.
Includes Taking your instructions, drafting the will in plain English, supervising the signing.
Not included A trust in the will, tax advice, letters of wishes and foreign assets are separate items.
£350+ VAT(£420 inc. VAT)
How long: 2 to 3 weeks
No third-party costs.
Includes Instructions from both of you, two wills that mirror each other, supervised signing.
Not included A trust in the wills, tax advice, letters of wishes, severing a joint tenancy and foreign assets are separate items.
£550+ VAT(£660 inc. VAT)
How long: 2 to 3 weeks
No third-party costs.
For children from a previous relationship, a family member who should not receive a lump sum outright, a couple ring-fencing the first to die’s share of the home for the children, or a business or farm.
Includes Instructions, a will incorporating the right trust for your situation, a letter of wishes, supervised signing and a trustee briefing.
Not included Severing a joint tenancy, Land Registry restrictions, declarations of trust, capacity assessments and foreign assets are separate.
£650+ VAT(£780 inc. VAT)
How long: 3 to 4 weeks
Plus Land Registry official copies £7.
Includes Instructions from both of you, two wills incorporating a life interest or protective trust that ring-fences the first to die's share, letters of wishes, supervised signing and a trustee briefing.
Not included Severing a joint tenancy is a separate small item; declarations of trust, capacity assessments and foreign assets are separate.
£950+ VAT(£1,140 inc. VAT)
How long: 3 to 4 weeks
Plus Land Registry official copies £7.
Regulated work (trust wills, probate, trust and estate administration) carries a small onboarding fee for the matter and an identity check for each person. Standard wills and powers of attorney do not. It is confirmed before any work starts.
Includes Instructions, a will containing a discretionary trust, a letter of wishes for the trustees, written guidance on how the trust is run and how it sits alongside means-tested benefits, supervised signing and a trustee briefing.
Not included Severing a joint tenancy, declarations of trust, capacity assessments and foreign assets are separate. Planning alongside your accountant or adviser is its own item.
£850+ VAT(£1,020 inc. VAT)
How long: 3 to 4 weeks
No third-party costs.
Includes Instructions from both of you, two wills each containing a discretionary trust, letters of wishes for the trustees, written guidance on how the trust is run and how it sits alongside means-tested benefits, supervised signing and a trustee briefing.
Not included Severing a joint tenancy, declarations of trust, capacity assessments and foreign assets are separate. Planning alongside your accountant or adviser is its own item.
£1,250+ VAT(£1,500 inc. VAT)
How long: 3 to 4 weeks
No third-party costs.
Regulated work (trust wills, probate, trust and estate administration) carries a small onboarding fee for the matter and an identity check for each person. Standard wills and powers of attorney do not. It is confirmed before any work starts.
Planning around the will
Where the estate, the assets or the family call for more than the will itself, one planning level is added once per plan, on top of whichever will tier applies. The higher level replaces the lower one. Near the inheritance tax allowances, the check is offered at a fixed price, never a quote.
Level 1 · one per plan
£450+ VAT(£540 inc. VAT)
Within the will timescale
Includes Aaron maps your inheritance tax position (the nil-rate band, the residence allowance and, for a married couple, what transfers between you), structures the wills to use the allowances, and explains the result in writing.
Not included Lifetime trusts, business or farm relief work and advice with your accountant or adviser are Level 2 or their own items.
Offered as a yes or no, at this fixed fee, when
Included when
Level 2 · one per plan
£750+ VAT(£900 inc. VAT)
Within the will timescale, plus one joint meeting
Includes Everything in the inheritance tax check, plus one joint meeting with your accountant, financial adviser or land agent, business or agricultural property relief drafting (since 6 April 2026 the first £2,500,000 of combined farm and business property has full relief and half relief above that, and any unused allowance passes to a surviving spouse or civil partner).
Not included A will with a discretionary trust, a lifetime trust, a succession plan for the business or farm, and ongoing trust administration are their own items.
Included when
The level is added once, on top of the will tier. So a couple making wills with a trust in them pay £950 for the wills alone, £1,400 with Level 1, £1,700 with Level 2. For one person making a will with a trust in it: £650 for the will alone, £1,100 with Level 1, £1,400 with Level 2. All plus VAT.
Added automatically for a couple who own the home in joint names and are making wills with a trust in them to ring-fence the first to die's share; offered where the trust is for a vulnerable beneficiary, a business or a farm.
Includes Notice of severance so each of you owns a distinct share, and the Land Registry form that records it. No Land Registry fee.
£150+ VAT(£180 inc. VAT)
How long: Alongside the wills
No third-party costs.
Powers of attorney
Two kinds: property and financial affairs, and health and welfare. Most people make both. Each document is registered with the Office of the Public Guardian as part of the fee; the Office’s own registration fee is £92 per document and is paid at cost.
Your wills cost £150 less when your powers of attorney are done at the same time, because the meetings, identity checks and signing happen once. See it worked through below.
Includes Instructions, drafting, Aaron as certificate provider, supervised signing, registration with the Office of the Public Guardian.
£550+ VAT(£660 inc. VAT)
How long: Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration 8 to 10 weeks (GOV.UK)
Plus Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £92 per document.
Includes Property and financial affairs, and health and welfare, drafted, signed and registered together.
£800+ VAT(£960 inc. VAT)
How long: Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration 8 to 10 weeks (GOV.UK)
Plus Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £92 per document (two documents, £184).
Includes The same type of power of attorney for both of you, drafted, signed and registered together.
£800+ VAT(£960 inc. VAT)
How long: Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration 8 to 10 weeks (GOV.UK)
Plus Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £92 per document (two documents, £184).
Includes All four documents, drafted, signed and registered together.
£1,400+ VAT(£1,680 inc. VAT)
How long: Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration 8 to 10 weeks (GOV.UK)
Plus Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £92 per document (four documents, £368).
Trusts and estate planning
A trust set up now, an inheritance redirected, a property’s shares recorded, an existing trust registered or kept in order, a tax plan agreed with your accountant, or a business or farm passed on. Each is a real item with a real price.
A plan built on a lifetime trust, a succession review or the inheritance tax plan already includes its review, so no planning level is added on top.
Recording who owns what share of a property, for example unequal deposits.
Includes A deed recording who owns what share of a property, what happens on sale or death, and the Land Registry restriction to protect it.
Not included Conveyancing, mortgage lender consent and tax advice on the shares are separate.
£450+ VAT(£540 inc. VAT)
How long: 2 to 3 weeks
Plus Land Registry official copies £7; Land Registry restriction fee at cost.
Redirecting an inheritance after a death. Read back for inheritance tax only within two years of the death; after that the redirection is a gift by the beneficiary and the deed still works.
Includes Redirecting part or all of an inheritance to someone else by deed, with the tax elections where the death was within two years.
Not included Where the variation creates a trust or is done for inheritance tax, the inheritance tax check is added.
£650+ VAT(£780 inc. VAT)
How long: 2 to 4 weeks
No third-party costs.
Setting up a trust now with cash, investments or a life policy.
Includes Advice on the right trust, the trust deed, a letter of wishes, trustee guidance, the inheritance tax note on the gift, and registration with HMRC.
Not included A property going into the trust is the property item; ongoing administration is a separate yearly item.
£1,500+ VAT(£1,800 inc. VAT)
How long: 4 to 6 weeks
Plus HMRC Trust Registration Service, no fee.
Setting up a trust now that includes a property.
Includes Everything in the lifetime trust, plus the transfer of one unmortgaged title into the trust and the Land Registry work.
Not included A mortgaged property, lender consent or more than one title raise the fixed fee, agreed first. Care-fee motives are discussed honestly against the deprivation rules.
from£2,000+ VAT(£2,400 inc. VAT)
How long: 6 to 8 weeks
Plus Land Registry official copies £7; Land Registry restriction fee at cost; HMRC Trust Registration Service, no fee.
A plan without new wills; or a deed of variation asked for more than two years after the death.
Includes A written plan of your inheritance tax position and the steps worth taking, agreed in one joint meeting with your accountant or financial adviser.
Not included Documents the plan recommends (new wills, a lifetime trust, a deed of variation) are priced as their own items.
£750+ VAT(£900 inc. VAT)
How long: 3 to 4 weeks
No third-party costs.
Offered when there is a business or farm; added only if you say yes.
Includes How the business or farm passes on during your lifetime and on death: relief position, ownership structure, shareholder or partnership documents reviewed with your accountant and land agent, and a written plan.
Not included Company documents drafted by a corporate solicitor, valuations, and tax returns.
from£2,500+ VAT(£3,000 inc. VAT)
How long: 6 to 8 weeks
No third-party costs.
A trust that has never been registered.
Includes Gathering the trust details, registering on the Trust Registration Service, and the proof of registration the bank or adviser will ask for.
£300+ VAT(£360 inc. VAT)per trust
How long: 2 to 3 weeks
Plus HMRC Trust Registration Service, no fee.
A trust that needs someone to run the yearly administration.
Includes Annual trustee meeting and minutes, decisions recorded properly, the Trust Registration Service kept up to date, and HMRC correspondence.
Not included Trust tax returns and accounts go to your accountant unless agreed separately.
£500+ VAT(£600 inc. VAT)a year
How long: Each year
No third-party costs.
Fees marked “from” are confirmed as a fixed figure after a free call, before any work starts.
Regulated work (trust wills, probate, trust and estate administration) carries a small onboarding fee for the matter and an identity check for each person. Standard wills and powers of attorney do not. It is confirmed before any work starts.
Probate
Grant only means Aaron obtains the grant and you deal with the estate yourself. Estate administration means he does everything: valuations, tax, the grant, collecting in, paying out, final accounts. A property, a full tax account or no will moves the work to the higher tier, agreed before anything starts.
An excepted estate: the figures go in the probate application and no separate tax account goes to HMRC. You deal with the estate yourself.
Includes Reviewing the will and death certificate, the estate figures and any transferred allowance reported in the probate application, the legal statement, the application, and the grant handed to you.
Not included Collecting in assets, paying debts and distributing, the full IHT400 account, deeds of variation and disputes.
£950+ VAT(£1,140 inc. VAT)
How long: Usually within 12 weeks of the application (HMCTS)
Plus Probate application fee £526; Extra copies of the grant £2 (varies).
Not an excepted estate: more than the nil-rate band (or the doubled band with a full transfer) passing to people other than a spouse, civil partner or charity; over £3,000,000; gifts over £250,000 in seven years; a gift kept in use; a trust interest over £250,000 or more than one trust; foreign assets over £100,000.
Includes The full IHT400 account and schedules, the reliefs and allowances claimed, tax calculated and the account submitted to HMRC, then the application and the grant.
Not included Collecting in and distributing, paying the tax for you, relief claims needing valuations, deeds of variation and disputes.
£1,800+ VAT(£2,160 inc. VAT)
How long: HMRC's code first, then usually within 12 weeks of the application (HMCTS)
Plus Probate application fee £526; Extra copies of the grant £2 (varies).
Aaron does everything; cash assets, a valid will, no full tax account.
Includes Valuations, the tax return, the grant, collecting in the assets, paying debts and tax, final accounts and distribution, for an estate of cash assets with a valid will.
Not included Conveyancing, valuers and clearance firms, deeds of variation and disputes.
from£3,000+ VAT(£3,600 inc. VAT)
How long: 6 to 9 months
Plus Probate application fee £526; Extra copies of the grant £2 (varies); Bankruptcy searches £7.20; Section 27 statutory notices £250 (varies).
A property in the sole name or a share as tenants in common, the full IHT400 account, or no will.
Includes Everything in estate administration, plus managing and selling or transferring the property or the share, the full IHT400 account, or an intestacy.
Not included Conveyancing fees, valuers, deeds of variation and disputes. A business, farm, foreign assets, a trust in the will or a dispute raise the fixed fee, agreed first.
from£5,000+ VAT(£6,000 inc. VAT)
How long: 9 to 14 months
Plus Probate application fee £526; Extra copies of the grant £2 (varies); Bankruptcy searches £7.20; Section 27 statutory notices £250 (varies); Land Registry official copies £7.
Fees marked “from” are confirmed as a fixed figure after a free call, before any work starts.
Regulated work (trust wills, probate, trust and estate administration) carries a small onboarding fee for the matter and an identity check for each person. Standard wills and powers of attorney do not. It is confirmed before any work starts.
Done together
Your wills cost £150 less when your powers of attorney are done at the same time, because the meetings, identity checks and signing happen once.
Planning levels, trust and estate planning items and probate are never discounted. Third-party costs are the same as they would be for each item on its own. Each example below is worked through with the same arithmetic as the Plan Finder, line by line.
For one person
The minimum most people should have: a will plus the money and property power of attorney.
| Standard will | £350 |
|---|---|
| One power of attorney | £550 |
| Done together | −£150 |
Total
£750+ VAT(£900 inc. VAT)
Plus Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £92, paid at cost.
Will signed within two to four weeks. Powers of attorney drafted alongside; registration then takes eight to ten weeks on GOV.UK’s current figure.
For a couple
The plan Aaron recommends most often.
| Mirror wills | £550 |
|---|---|
| Both powers of attorney, for both of you | £1,400 |
| Done together | −£150 |
Total
£1,800+ VAT(£2,160 inc. VAT)
Plus Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £368, paid at cost.
Wills signed within two to four weeks. Powers of attorney drafted alongside; registration then takes eight to ten weeks on GOV.UK’s current figure.
For a couple
Second marriages, or ring-fencing each share for the children.
| Wills with a trust | £950 |
|---|---|
| Severing the joint tenancy (splitting the home into two shares) | £150 |
| Both powers of attorney, for both of you | £1,400 |
| Done together | −£150 |
Total
£2,350+ VAT(£2,820 inc. VAT)
Plus Land Registry official copies £7; Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £368, paid at cost.
Wills signed within two to four weeks. Powers of attorney drafted alongside; registration then takes eight to ten weeks on GOV.UK’s current figure.
For a couple
Mirror wills with the inheritance tax check, at a fixed fee.
| Mirror wills | £550 |
|---|---|
| Inheritance tax check and will structure | £450 |
Total
£1,000+ VAT(£1,200 inc. VAT)
Three to four weeks from first conversation to signed wills.
Each example is worked out live from the same rule as the Plan Finder, so the two can never disagree. Change any answer there and the total updates. VAT at 20%.
Regulated work (trust wills, probate, trust and estate administration) carries a small onboarding fee for the matter and an identity check for each person. Standard wills and powers of attorney do not. It is confirmed before any work starts.
Third-party costs
Some jobs involve a fee to another organisation: the court, the Office of the Public Guardian, HM Land Registry. Those fees are set by government and are the same whoever you instruct. They go to those organisations, not to Aaron, and they are listed next to every fee on this page.
per document, HM Land Registry, no VAT
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-information-services-fees
Applies to: wills, trusts and estate planning, probate.
https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/register
Applies to: powers of attorney.
At cost, where a restriction is registered
Applies to: trusts and estate planning.
No HMRC fee to register a trust
Applies to: trusts and estate planning.
none if the estate is £5,000 or less
https://www.gov.uk/applying-for-probate/fees
Applies to: probate.
each, ordered with the application; £16 each afterwards
https://www.gov.uk/applying-for-probate/fees
Applies to: probate.
Per beneficiary, before distribution
Applies to: probate.
London Gazette and a local newspaper; protects executors from unknown creditors
Applies to: probate.
Statutory figures, not fees. Each is checked against the source shown.
Fixed to 5 April 2031 (GOV.UK thresholds table); residence band shown to 5 April 2030.
Since 6 April 2009. Source: gov.uk, checked 6 September 2026.
Needs a direct descendant; tapers above £2 million; shown to 5 April 2030.
Since 6 April 2020. Source: gov.uk, checked 6 September 2026.
Reduces by £1 for every £2 the estate is worth above the threshold.
Source: gov.uk, checked 7 September 2026.
No fee for estates of £5,000 or less.
Since 13 July 2026. Source: gov.uk, checked 6 September 2026.
Since 13 July 2026. Source: gov.uk, checked 6 September 2026.
Since 17 November 2025. Source: gov.uk, checked 6 September 2026.
Since 17 November 2025. Source: gov.uk, checked 6 September 2026.
Deaths on or after 1 January 2022.
Since 1 January 2022. Source: gov.uk, checked 6 September 2026.
Deaths on or after 1 January 2022.
Since 1 January 2022. Source: gov.uk, checked 6 September 2026.
Deaths on or after 1 January 2022.
Since 1 January 2022. Source: gov.uk, checked 6 September 2026.
Any unused allowance passes to a surviving spouse or civil partner.
Since 6 April 2026. Source: gov.uk, checked 7 September 2026.
IHT407: items worth more than this are listed individually rather than with the general contents. Added 12 Sep 2026 so the printed instruction packs and the online questionnaire stop quoting different figures.
Since 6 April 2011. Source: gov.uk, checked 12 September 2026.
Days, not pounds. Added 12 Sep 2026 for the trust registration and lifetime trust instruction packs.
Since 1 September 2021. Source: gov.uk, checked 12 September 2026.
Years, not pounds. Inheritance Tax Act 1984 s.142; Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 s.62(6). Added 12 Sep 2026 for the deed of variation instruction pack.
Since 25 July 1984. Source: gov.uk, checked 12 September 2026.
Solicitor or will-writer
For a straightforward estate below the inheritance tax threshold, with one marriage, no business and no property abroad, a will-writer can be a reasonable budget option. Where there is a trust, a business, a farm, a second family or an estate over the threshold, a solicitor is, in many cases, the safer choice.
| Question | A solicitor | An unregulated will-writer |
|---|---|---|
| Regulation | Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, with ongoing supervision. | Writing a will is not a reserved legal activity, so anyone can offer it. Some will-writers join a trade body, but membership is voluntary and self-regulating. |
| Insurance | Professional indemnity insurance is mandatory, at a minimum level the SRA sets. | Not mandatory unless a trade body requires it. Cover levels vary. |
| If something goes wrong | You can complain to the Legal Ombudsman, an independent body. It is free to use and, if you accept its decision, that decision is binding on the firm. | There is no statutory ombudsman. A trade body may run its own complaints process; otherwise the route is the courts. |
| Probate | Applying for the grant of probate is a reserved legal activity. A solicitor is authorised to do it. | Cannot prepare the probate application for a fee unless they are an authorised person. Some cheap or free wills instead appoint the will-writer’s firm as executor, with probate charged later as a percentage of the estate. Ask whether such a clause is in the draft. |
Sources: Legal Services Act 2007, Schedule 2 (reserved legal activities); SRA Standards and Regulations; Legal Ombudsman scheme rules. Checked 1 September 2026.
Next step
Take whichever one you are comfortable with. The first two commit you to nothing.
Sixty seconds of questions that end on a named plan and its fixed fee, with VAT. No call needed.
A 15-minute call with Aaron. He listens, answers your questions and confirms the fee. Nothing is charged for it.
Answer the questionnaire in your own time. Aaron reads it before he calls, so the first conversation is about you, not paperwork.
Or call 01262 310 850. Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm.