The easy and affordable way to apply for probate
Better then spending 1000s on solicitors fees!
An excellent service. The team are happy to talk you through the options before you commit and make sure that the software will work for your circumstances. Once you get started it is easy to use and save your work. Very good and recommended.
Excellent solution Easy no nonsense approach to take you through the process
Excellent package easy to follow and good help service if needed – probate obtained in six weeks – thankyou
System was priced sensibly and easy to use
I found it very helpful but of special note is the fact you can call their helpline for assistance which I did on a few occasions. They were always very patient and solved my issues.
YouCanDoProbate helped me out so much. I was really struggling with all the questions & forms before I found it. It makes everything SO much easier and guides you through the process with all the information you need and you can ask questions. I would definitely recommend to anyone who is trying to do Probate themselves.
Superb, easy to follow instructions where data and calculations are generated for you once required fields are inputed. Advise was available quickly , in my case one concise call to Tom( many thanks). The grant of probate was approved by email in one week with no IHT. The formal paperwork takes a further ten days. 5* David
Always there to help . Very easy to do it.
Looked carefully at online support for undertaking probate and decided to use this company due to the consistently high Trustpilot feedback. It did not disappoint. The process is easy to follow, excellent support documentation and I made use of the Support telephone service once – which was prompt and helpful.
Makes doing probate yourself possible, saving a lot of money on legal fees and considerably speeding up the process!
Such a great help at a time of loss
YouCanDoProbate is the simplest way to apply for probate yourself
Save thousands of pounds in professional fees
Ready to submit in a few hours, not months
Apply with the confidence it is done right
Everything worked out for you
Every form completed for you
Help whenever you need it
Save money, time and stress
You don't need to know anything about probate
Work through it at whatever pace suits you
There's no more work than using a solicitor
Your probate and any inheritance tax forms completed for you
Unlimited support by telephone and email
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YouCanDoProbate works for nearly all estates
The platform is available when
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The person lived in England or Wales
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They died on or after 1 January 2022
(Deaths pre-2022, see ‘When you should call us first’ below)
Forms included
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PA1P and PA1A Probate forms
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IHT400 Inheritance Tax forms and schedules
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Non-applying Executor forms where relevant
Fully supported
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Estates with a Will
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Estates without a Will (intestacy)
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Estates with assets outside the UK
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Spousal and Charitable exemptions
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Transfer of Nil Rate Band
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Residence Nil Rate Band (inc. transfer)
Some quick answers
Yes. The only additional cost is the £526 Probate Registry fee for estates over £5,000, paid directly to HMCTS. That fee applies whichever route you take. No hourly rates, no percentages, no extras.
No. There is no legal requirement to use a solicitor to apply for probate in England and Wales, and thousands of people apply themselves every year. A solicitor does the same paperwork you would, and charges you for it.
If you can get online, you can use the platform. There is nothing to install and the questions are in plain English. There is video guidance throughout showing you exactly what to do, and if you get stuck you can call us and share your platform screen with us so we can see what you see and guide you through it.
Nothing is locked in until you generate your forms, so you can go back and change any answer as many times as you need. And even after they are generated, if you spot a mistake you can delete the forms, make the change and generate them again.
Your completed forms can be ready to submit within hours of registering. HMCTS quote eight to sixteen weeks for a Grant, though most of our customers receive theirs well within eight weeks, and some within a couple of weeks.
Where inheritance tax forms are needed, HMRC usually take around three weeks to review the IHT400. They then issue you a probate code, which you enter into the platform to generate your probate form for HMCTS, who aim to turn it around in a similar period.
You print them, sign them and post them. The platform tells you exactly what to send, where to send it and what to enclose, and there is a video explaining the whole thing. There is nothing left for you to work out.
Clear, easy to follow information and instructions on the website; helpful, knowledgeable and friendly staff who were quick to respond to all of my queries either on the phone or by email; really speeded up and simplified the process of applying for probate.
As someone who is experienced doing tax returns, I was determined to try and do probate without handing everything over to a solicitor. The probate government site overloads you with information, uses jargon, and can sometimes be vague about whether something applies or not. The YouCanDoProbate site uses a different approach – it asks questions and then quickly works out which forms do (and critically which forms do not) apply. The support service was excellent – I had a crisis of confidence and they helped me through (thank you, Tom). This is not an easy option though – you are still doing all the work with the figures, but YCDP can help you navigate the system and keep you on track.
“Does exactly what it says on the tin” I have Absolutely no legal experience and had never done probate before and I found this was a brilliant tool to get the job done. I was going to be charged over £7,000 by a solicitor and the irony is that all the data that you would need to send the solicitor is exactly the same data you need to complete the probate application yourself. Loved this software and saved an absolute fortune!!!!!
So easy, why would you use a solicitor?!
A very professional company and service, so easy to use from start to finish, but always available to answer any questions quickly, no matter how trivial, saved so much money compared to traditional solicitor. Highly recommend.
After the death of my beloved Father, I didn’t want the costly, frustrating, time consuming process of dealing with solicitors regarding what I thought was a legal process. It is in fact an administrative task which everyone is capable of doing. I decided to go ahead with YCDP and if it was sucessful for me I would share my experience so that everyone could make YCDP their first consideration before speaking to solicitors. The Support team/Tom are 10 out of 10 as they helped me with all my questions right from the start and along the journey. I have never experienced service support of this high standard EVER across any section.
This was my 1st time having to apply for probate and it looked pretty daunting. I found YCDP platform online and it made the task easy to follow. Saved me a lot of money not using solicitors. The courts received the application on the 15 April and I received the Grant of Probate 3 weeks later. Fantastic service which I would highly recommend this company.
Excellent package easy to follow and good help service if needed – probate obtained in six weeks – thankyou
The system was very user friendly, and easy to use. The case was not straight forward and when needed, the telephone support was superb. Will definitely use again. Highly recommended.
The dedication and professionalism of Tom and the team was TRULY outstanding. If I as a 70 something and barely computer literate can do it with their help, then anyone can. Outstanding, brilliant service and amazing value.
You Can Do Probate made the process of applying for probate at what is, for most, a difficult time a great deal easier and cheaper, saving money, time and stress. Both the site and the You Can Probate team have been awesome and helpful. It has made this process much easier to understand and without the need to pay over the top for a solicitor.
Saved a lot of expense using YouCanDoProbate. Everything is easy to follow, could not have been simpler. You answer the questions, you print the generated forms, you send them off. Very glad I used this service.
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