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Fees · Reviewed 14 September 2026VAT at 20%

Service	Fee	Typical timescale
Wills
Standard will (one person)	£350plus VAT at 20%(£420 inc. VAT)	2 to 3 weeks
Mirror wills (a couple)	£550plus VAT at 20%(£660 inc. VAT)	2 to 3 weeks
Will with a trust in it (one person)	£650plus VAT at 20%(£780 inc. VAT)	3 to 4 weeks
Powers of attorney
Property and financial affairs LPA (one person)	£550plus VAT at 20%(£660 inc. VAT)	Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration usually 8 to 10 weeks, sometimes longer (GOV.UK)
Both lasting powers of attorney (one person)	£800plus VAT at 20%(£960 inc. VAT)	Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration usually 8 to 10 weeks, sometimes longer (GOV.UK)
Trusts and estate planningfor declaration of trust	£450plus VAT at 20%(£540 inc. VAT)	2 to 3 weeks
Probate
Grant only probate	£950plus VAT at 20%(£1,140 inc. VAT)	Usually within 12 weeks of the application (HMCTS)
Grant only probate with the full inheritance tax account	£1,800plus VAT at 20%(£2,160 inc. VAT)	HMRC's code first, then usually within 12 weeks of the application (HMCTS)
Estate administration	from£3,000plus VAT at 20%(£3,600 inc. VAT)	6 to 9 months
Estate administration with a property or no will	from£5,000plus VAT at 20%(£6,000 inc. VAT)	9 to 14 months
Estate administration with the full inheritance tax account	from£8,000plus VAT at 20%(£9,600 inc. VAT)	9 to 14 months

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.

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Fixed. Agreed first. Never by the hour.
One fixed fee, agreed in writing
Every item has a fixed fee, agreed before any work starts. Where a fee says “from”, the fixed figure is confirmed after a free call and before anything is done. If a job takes longer than expected, that is Aaron’s cost, not yours.
No hourly billing. No percentage of the estate.
The price does not grow while you wait, and it does not grow with the size of the estate.
Done together
£150 plus VAT at 20% (£180 inc. VAT) off your wills 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.
VAT shown on everything
VAT is 20%. Each fee below is shown without VAT and, in brackets, with it.
Third-party costs listed separately
Court fees, registration fees and copies of documents go to the court, the registry or the Office of the Public Guardian. They are listed next to each fee and explained below.
Anything outside the fee is quoted first
Each item says what the fee includes and what it does not. Anything outside it is quoted separately, before it is done, never afterwards.

Wills

Two tiers, priced for one person and for a couple.
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.
More about wills
A standard will
Who inherits, who looks after the children, who is in charge. For most people this is the right will.
Standard will (one person)
Includes Taking your instructions, drafting the will in plain English, supervising the signing, storage of the original will.
Not included A trust in the will, tax advice, letters of wishes and foreign assets are separate items.
Fee
£350plus VAT at 20%(£420 inc. VAT)
How long: 2 to 3 weeks
No third-party costs.
Mirror wills (a couple)
Includes Instructions from both of you, two wills that mirror each other, supervised signing, storage of the original wills.
Not included A trust in the wills, tax advice, letters of wishes, severing a joint tenancy and foreign assets are separate items.
Fee
£550plus VAT at 20%(£660 inc. VAT)
How long: 2 to 3 weeks
No third-party costs.
A will with a trust in it
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.
Will with a trust in it (one person)
Includes Instructions, a will incorporating the right trust for your situation, a letter of wishes, supervised signing, a trustee briefing and storage of the original will.
Not included Severing a joint tenancy, Land Registry restrictions, declarations of trust, capacity assessments and foreign assets are separate.
Fee
£650plus VAT at 20%(£780 inc. VAT)
How long: 3 to 4 weeks
Plus Land Registry official copies £7.
Wills with a trust in them (a couple)
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, a trustee briefing and storage of the original wills.
Not included Severing a joint tenancy is a separate small item; declarations of trust, capacity assessments and foreign assets are separate.
Fee
£950plus VAT at 20%(£1,140 inc. VAT)
How long: 3 to 4 weeks
Plus Land Registry official copies £7.
Trust wills, probate, and trust and estate administration carry 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.
Other wills
Will with a discretionary trust (one person)
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, a trustee briefing and storage of the original will.
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.
Fee
£850plus VAT at 20%(£1,020 inc. VAT)
How long: 3 to 4 weeks
No third-party costs.
Wills with a discretionary trust (a couple)
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, a trustee briefing and storage of the original wills.
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.
Fee
£1,250plus VAT at 20%(£1,500 inc. VAT)
How long: 3 to 4 weeks
No third-party costs.
Trust wills, probate, and trust and estate administration carry 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

Two levels, never both.
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
Inheritance tax check and will structure
£450plus VAT at 20%(£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
the estate is around the inheritance tax allowances: £325,000 to £500,000 for one person, £650,000 to £1,000,000 for a couple
there is one other property besides the home: a let, a holiday home, land
you are not sure what everything is worth
Included when
the estate is above those bands, up to £2,000,000
there are two or more other properties besides the home
you ask for advice on inheritance tax, from the near band upwards
a deed of variation is made to reduce tax or to create a trust
Level 2 · one per plan
Planning with your advisers
£750plus VAT at 20%(£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
a business or a share of one, or a farm or agricultural land
the estate is over £2,000,000, where the residence allowance tapers away
you want Aaron to work with your accountant or financial adviser
The level is added once, on top of the will tier. So a couple making wills with a trust in them pay £950 plus VAT at 20% (£1,140 inc. VAT) for the wills alone, £1,400 plus VAT at 20% (£1,680 inc. VAT) with Level 1, £1,700 plus VAT at 20% (£2,040 inc. VAT) with Level 2. For one person making a will with a trust in it: £650 plus VAT at 20% (£780 inc. VAT) for the will alone, £1,100 plus VAT at 20% (£1,320 inc. VAT) with Level 1, £1,400 plus VAT at 20% (£1,680 inc. VAT) with Level 2.
A small item that goes with trust wills for a couple.
Severing the joint tenancy and Land Registry restriction
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.
Fee
£150plus VAT at 20%(£180 inc. VAT)
How long: Alongside the wills
No third-party costs.

Powers of attorney

Who acts for you if you cannot.
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.
£150 plus VAT at 20% (£180 inc. VAT) off your wills 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.
More about powers of attorney
Property and financial affairs LPA (one person)
Includes Instructions, drafting, Aaron as certificate provider, supervised signing, registration with the Office of the Public Guardian.
Fee
£550plus VAT at 20%(£660 inc. VAT)
How long: Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration usually 8 to 10 weeks, sometimes longer (GOV.UK)
Plus Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £92 per document.
Both lasting powers of attorney (one person)
Includes Property and financial affairs, and health and welfare, drafted, signed and registered together.
Fee
£800plus VAT at 20%(£960 inc. VAT)
How long: Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration usually 8 to 10 weeks, sometimes longer (GOV.UK)
Plus Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £92 per document (two documents, £184).
One lasting power of attorney each (a couple)
Includes The same type of power of attorney for both of you, drafted, signed and registered together.
Fee
£800plus VAT at 20%(£960 inc. VAT)
How long: Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration usually 8 to 10 weeks, sometimes longer (GOV.UK)
Plus Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £92 per document (two documents, £184).
Both lasting powers of attorney each (a couple)
Includes All four documents, drafted, signed and registered together.
Fee
£1,400plus VAT at 20%(£1,680 inc. VAT)
How long: Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration usually 8 to 10 weeks, sometimes longer (GOV.UK)
Plus Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £92 per document (four documents, £368).

Trusts and estate planning

Work that is not a new will, each at its own fee.
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.
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Declaration of trust
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.
Fee
£450plus VAT at 20%(£540 inc. VAT)
How long: 2 to 3 weeks
Plus Land Registry official copies £7; Land Registry restriction fee at cost.
Deed of variation
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.
Fee
£650plus VAT at 20%(£780 inc. VAT)
How long: 2 to 4 weeks
No third-party costs.
Lifetime trust (cash, investments or a life policy)
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.
Fee
£1,500plus VAT at 20%(£1,800 inc. VAT)
How long: 4 to 6 weeks
Plus HMRC Trust Registration Service, no fee.
Lifetime trust including a property
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.
Fee
from£2,000plus VAT at 20%(£2,400 inc. VAT)
How long: 6 to 8 weeks
Plus Land Registry official copies £7; Land Registry restriction fee at cost; Land Registry fee to register the transfer £20 (varies); HMRC Trust Registration Service, no fee.
Inheritance tax plan with your accountant or adviser (will already in place)
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.
Fee
£750plus VAT at 20%(£900 inc. VAT)
How long: 3 to 4 weeks
No third-party costs.
Business or farm succession review
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.
Fee
from£2,500plus VAT at 20%(£3,000 inc. VAT)
How long: 6 to 8 weeks
No third-party costs.
Registering an existing trust with HMRC
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.
Fee
£300plus VAT at 20%(£360 inc. VAT)per trust
How long: 2 to 3 weeks
Plus HMRC Trust Registration Service, no fee.
Keeping a trust in order, each year
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.
Fee
£500plus VAT at 20%(£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.
Trust wills, probate, and trust and estate administration carry 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

Five tiers, by the work. Never by the value of the estate.
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. It has three tiers, each a starting price. A property or no will moves the work to the second tier, and the full IHT400 account to the third. Each tier says what its price assumes and what raises the quote. The fixed fee is agreed in writing before anything starts.
More about probate
Grant only probate
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 nil-rate band 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.
Fee
£950plus VAT at 20%(£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).
Grant only probate with the full inheritance tax account
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, with the residence nil-rate band left out of the test; most gifts into a trust in the seven years before death; 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.
Fee
£1,800plus VAT at 20%(£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).
Estate administration
Aaron does everything; cash and investments, a valid will, no full tax account.
Includes Valuations, the excepted estate's figures in the probate application, the grant, collecting in the assets, paying debts and tax, final accounts and distribution, for an estate of cash and investments with a valid will.
Not included Conveyancing, valuers and clearance firms, deeds of variation and disputes.
What the starting price assumes, and what raises it
What the starting price assumes
Up to 4 beneficiaries.
Up to 6 bank, building society or NS&I accounts.
Up to 3 shareholdings or investment holdings. A portfolio run by one manager counts as one.
All the assets in the UK.
A valid will.
What raises the quote
More beneficiaries, accounts or holdings than the starting price assumes, or shares to be sold rather than transferred.
A property, or no will. The estate then moves to the property or no will tier.
The full IHT400 account. The estate then moves to the IHT400 tier.
Assets outside the UK.
A business or a farm.
A trust in the will, or a trust the estate creates.
Lifetime gifts to trace and value.
A beneficiary who is under 18, lives abroad or cannot be traced.
An insolvent estate, where the debts are more than the assets.
An HMRC enquiry.
A dispute or a claim against the estate. A deed of variation is its own item, at its own fee.
Each is agreed with you in writing before the extra work starts, as a revised fixed fee. Never an hourly rate.
Fee
from£3,000plus VAT at 20%(£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).
Estate administration with a property or no will
A property in the sole name or a share as tenants in common, or no will, and no full IHT400 account (an excepted estate).
Includes Everything in estate administration, plus managing and selling or transferring the property or the share, or an intestacy.
Not included Conveyancing fees, valuers and clearance firms, deeds of variation and disputes.
What the starting price assumes, and what raises it
What the starting price assumes
No more than one property in England and Wales, in the sole name or a share as tenants in common.
Up to 4 beneficiaries.
Up to 6 bank, building society or NS&I accounts.
Up to 3 shareholdings or investment holdings. A portfolio run by one manager counts as one.
All the assets in the UK.
A valid will, or no will.
An excepted estate, with no full IHT400 account.
What raises the quote
More beneficiaries, accounts or holdings than the starting price assumes, or shares to be sold rather than transferred.
Each additional property.
A property that has to be let, cleared or managed for a long time.
The full IHT400 account. The estate then moves to the IHT400 tier.
Assets outside the UK.
A business or a farm.
A trust in the will, or a trust the estate creates.
Lifetime gifts to trace and value.
A beneficiary who is under 18, lives abroad or cannot be traced.
An insolvent estate, where the debts are more than the assets.
An HMRC enquiry.
A dispute or a claim against the estate. A deed of variation is its own item, at its own fee.
Each is agreed with you in writing before the extra work starts, as a revised fixed fee. Never an hourly rate.
Fee
from£5,000plus VAT at 20%(£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.
Estate administration with the full inheritance tax account
Aaron does everything, and the estate needs the full IHT400 account, with or without a property or tax to pay. 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, with the residence nil-rate band left out of the test; most gifts into a trust in the seven years before death; 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 Everything in estate administration with a property where it applies, plus the full IHT400 account and schedules, the reliefs and allowances claimed, the tax calculated and paid from the estate (including instalments on a property), HMRC correspondence and clearance.
Not included Conveyancing fees, valuers and clearance firms, deeds of variation and disputes. The inheritance tax itself, which is paid from the estate.
What the starting price assumes, and what raises it
What the starting price assumes
The full IHT400 account, whether or not tax is due.
No more than one property, in England and Wales.
Up to 4 beneficiaries.
Up to 6 bank, building society or NS&I accounts.
Up to 3 shareholdings or investment holdings. A portfolio run by one manager counts as one.
All the assets in the UK.
A valid will.
What raises the quote
More beneficiaries, accounts or holdings than the starting price assumes, or shares to be sold rather than transferred.
Each additional property.
A property that has to be let, cleared or managed for a long time.
No will.
Assets outside the UK.
A business or a farm.
A trust in the will, or a trust the estate creates.
Lifetime gifts to trace and value for the IHT400 account.
A beneficiary who is under 18, lives abroad or cannot be traced.
An insolvent estate, where the debts are more than the assets.
An HMRC enquiry.
A dispute or a claim against the estate. A deed of variation is its own item, at its own fee.
Each is agreed with you in writing before the extra work starts, as a revised fixed fee. Never an hourly rate.
Fee
from£8,000plus VAT at 20%(£9,600 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.
Trust wills, probate, and trust and estate administration carry 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

The plans people ask for most, worked through.
£150 plus VAT at 20% (£180 inc. VAT) off your wills 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
A will and one power of attorney
The minimum most people should have: a will plus the money and property power of attorney.
A will and one power of attorney: the items, the discount and the total
Standard will £350plus VAT at 20%(£420 inc. VAT)
One power of attorney £550plus VAT at 20%(£660 inc. VAT)
Done together −£150plus VAT at 20%(−£180 inc. VAT)
Total
£750plus VAT at 20%(£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 usually takes eight to ten weeks, sometimes longer (GOV.UK).
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Wills and both powers of attorney, for a couple
The plan Aaron recommends most often.
Wills and both powers of attorney, for a couple: the items, the discount and the total
Mirror wills £550plus VAT at 20%(£660 inc. VAT)
Both powers of attorney, for both of you £1,400plus VAT at 20%(£1,680 inc. VAT)
Done together −£150plus VAT at 20%(−£180 inc. VAT)
Total
£1,800plus VAT at 20%(£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 usually takes eight to ten weeks, sometimes longer (GOV.UK).
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Wills with a trust and both powers of attorney, for a couple
Second marriages, or ring-fencing each share for the children.
Wills with a trust and both powers of attorney, for a couple: the items, the discount and the total
Wills with a trust £950plus VAT at 20%(£1,140 inc. VAT)
Severing the joint tenancy (splitting the home into two shares) £150plus VAT at 20%(£180 inc. VAT)
Both powers of attorney, for both of you £1,400plus VAT at 20%(£1,680 inc. VAT)
Done together −£150plus VAT at 20%(−£180 inc. VAT)
Total
£2,350plus VAT at 20%(£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 usually takes eight to ten weeks, sometimes longer (GOV.UK).
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Wills for a couple near the inheritance tax threshold
Mirror wills with the inheritance tax check, at a fixed fee.
Wills for a couple near the inheritance tax threshold: the items, the discount and the total
Mirror wills £550plus VAT at 20%(£660 inc. VAT)
Inheritance tax check and will structure £450plus VAT at 20%(£540 inc. VAT)
Total
£1,000plus VAT at 20%(£1,200 inc. VAT)
Three to four weeks from first conversation to signed wills.
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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%.
Trust wills, probate, and trust and estate administration carry 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.

A will and one power of attorney: the items, the discount and the total
Standard will	£350plus VAT at 20%(£420 inc. VAT)
One power of attorney	£550plus VAT at 20%(£660 inc. VAT)
Done together	−£150plus VAT at 20%(−£180 inc. VAT)

Wills and both powers of attorney, for a couple: the items, the discount and the total
Mirror wills	£550plus VAT at 20%(£660 inc. VAT)
Both powers of attorney, for both of you	£1,400plus VAT at 20%(£1,680 inc. VAT)
Done together	−£150plus VAT at 20%(−£180 inc. VAT)

Wills with a trust and both powers of attorney, for a couple: the items, the discount and the total
Wills with a trust	£950plus VAT at 20%(£1,140 inc. VAT)
Severing the joint tenancy (splitting the home into two shares)	£150plus VAT at 20%(£180 inc. VAT)
Both powers of attorney, for both of you	£1,400plus VAT at 20%(£1,680 inc. VAT)
Done together	−£150plus VAT at 20%(−£180 inc. VAT)

Wills for a couple near the inheritance tax threshold: the items, the discount and the total
Mirror wills	£550plus VAT at 20%(£660 inc. VAT)
Inheritance tax check and will structure	£450plus VAT at 20%(£540 inc. VAT)

The worked examples are illustrations of how the fees combine. Each case is assessed on its own merits.

Third-party costs

What the other fees are.
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.
Land Registry official copies£7
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.
Office of the Public Guardian registration fee£92 per document
https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/register
Applies to: powers of attorney.
Land Registry restriction feeAt cost
No Land Registry fee for a Form A restriction; other restrictions at cost
Applies to: trusts and estate planning.
HMRC Trust Registration ServiceNo fee
No HMRC fee to register a trust
Applies to: trusts and estate planning.
Land Registry fee to register the transfer£20 (varies)
Scale 2, set by the property's value: £20 to £140 online, £45 to £305 by post
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-registration-services-fees
Applies to: trusts and estate planning.
Probate application fee£526
none if the estate is £5,000 or less
https://www.gov.uk/applying-for-probate/fees
Applies to: probate.
Extra copies of the grant£2 (varies)
each, ordered with the application; £16 each afterwards
https://www.gov.uk/applying-for-probate/fees
Applies to: probate.
Bankruptcy searches£7.20
Per beneficiary, before distribution: the £6 Land Registry fee plus VAT; £8.40 by post
Applies to: probate.
Section 27 statutory notices£250 (varies)
London Gazette and a local newspaper; protects executors from unknown creditors
Applies to: probate.
The government figures behind them.
Statutory figures, not fees. Each is checked against the source shown.
Inheritance tax nil-rate band, per person£325,000
Fixed to 5 April 2031 (Finance Act 2026, section 72).
Since 6 April 2009. Source: gov.uk, checked 26 October 2026.
Residence nil-rate band, per person£175,000
Needs a direct descendant; tapers above £2 million. The band and the taper threshold are fixed to 5 April 2031 (Finance Act 2026, section 72).
Since 6 April 2020. Source: gov.uk, checked 26 October 2026.
Estate value above which the residence allowance tapers£2,000,000
Reduces by £1 for every £2 the estate is worth above the threshold.
Source: gov.uk, checked 26 October 2026.
Probate application fee£526
No fee for estates of £5,000 or less.
Since 13 July 2026. Source: gov.uk, checked 26 October 2026.
Copy of the grant, ordered with the application£2
Since 13 July 2026. Source: gov.uk, checked 26 October 2026.
Copy of the grant, ordered afterwards£16
Since 17 November 2025. Source: gov.uk, checked 26 October 2026.
Office of the Public Guardian registration fee, per LPA£92
Since 17 November 2025. Source: gov.uk, checked 26 October 2026.
Gross value above which an estate cannot be excepted, even where everything passes to a spouse, civil partner or charity£3,000,000
Deaths on or after 1 January 2022.
Since 1 January 2022. Source: gov.uk, checked 26 October 2026.
Gifts in the seven years before death, or a single trust interest, above which an estate cannot be excepted£250,000
Deaths on or after 1 January 2022.
Since 1 January 2022. Source: gov.uk, checked 26 October 2026.
Foreign assets above which an estate cannot be excepted£100,000
Deaths on or after 1 January 2022.
Since 1 January 2022. Source: gov.uk, checked 26 October 2026.
Farm and business property with full inheritance tax relief, per person; half relief above it£2,500,000
Any unused allowance passes to a surviving spouse or civil partner.
Since 6 April 2026. Source: gov.uk, checked 26 October 2026.
Household or personal item that must be listed separately on the inheritance tax account£1,500
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 26 October 2026.

Solicitor or will-writer

What stands behind the document.
Some estates are straightforward: below the inheritance tax threshold, one marriage, no business, no property abroad. For those, a will-writer can be a reasonable budget option.
A trust, a business, a farm, a second family or an estate over the threshold changes that. With any of those, a solicitor is, in many cases, the safer choice.
Read the full comparison
A solicitor compared with an unregulated will-writer, by question
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 in an SRA-authorised firm, 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 For a fee, preparing the application for a 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. Probate is then 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.

A solicitor compared with an unregulated will-writer, by question
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 in an SRA-authorised firm, 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	For a fee, preparing the application for a 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. Probate is then charged later as a percentage of the estate. Ask whether such a clause is in the draft.

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