Birdsall & Snowball: published probate fees
For grant of probate only, Birdsall & Snowball publishes a fee of £850 plus VAT.
30% below the £1,210 median across the 522 firms here that publish one for grant of probate only.
Read from the firm's own price page on 7 September 2026, yesterday. We publish the figures as the firm wrote them, including whether VAT is on top.
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Grant of probate only
The firm applies for the grant. You do the rest of the estate work yourself.
| Price | How it is charged | What the firm published |
|---|---|---|
| £850plus VAT | Fixed fee | The firm's wordsOur Grant only fees are:-. • Where a simplified estate (no IHT return) is submitted - £850+VAT (£1,020). |
Full estate administration
The firm handles the whole estate, from the grant to distributing it.
| Price | How it is charged | What the firm published |
|---|---|---|
| £975 to £9,750plus VAT | Fixed fee | The firm's wordsOrdinarily estate administrations in which no Inheritance Tax is payable incur between 5 and 50 hours of time with usual charges for the time incurred therefore falling between £975 and £9,750 (exclusive of VAT). |
| £1,950 to £19,500plus VAT | Fixed fee | The firm's wordsPlease note that the value element will be charged as mentioned in addition to the time costed element. Estate administrations which require a full Inheritance Tax return (and payment) to be made to the HMRC will usually require between 10 and 100 hours of time, with charges totalling therefore b... |
Probate work
The firm did not say which part of the work this price covers.
| Price | How it is charged | What the firm published |
|---|---|---|
| 1% to 1.5% of the estateVAT not stated | Percentage of the estate | The firm's wordsThe Law Society value element which is between 1 and 1.5% of the gross estate less the residence and between 0.5 and 0.75% of the residence. |
| 1% to 3% of the estateplus VAT | Percentage of the estate | The firm's wordsWe appreciate that all of this can be complicated and therefore in order to provide a general guide to the costs that will be incurred on dealing with the administration of the estate we would estimate that I most cases our charges will be between 1% and 3% of the gross estate plus VAT. |
The firm
- Regulated by
- The Solicitors Regulation Authority, number 47146
- Where
- Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 2NU
- Telephone
- 01723 351351
- Prices published at
- www.birdsall-snowball.co.uk/our-fees/
- Website
- www.birdsall-snowball.co.uk
How to read these prices
Firms publish prices for different pieces of work, so compare the same row across firms rather than the headline. A fee marked "from" is the firm's starting price and the final figure can be higher. A fee marked "estimate" was published against a described example estate rather than as a flat price. Where a firm did not say whether VAT is included, we say so rather than guessing: VAT adds a fifth to the bill.
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