Chesworths Legal Limited: published probate fees
For full estate administration, Chesworths Legal Limited publishes a fee of £950 plus VAT.
62% below the £2,500 median across the 452 firms here that publish one for full estate administration.
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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Full estate administration
The firm handles the whole estate, from the grant to distributing it.
| Price | How it is charged | What the firm published |
|---|---|---|
| £950plus VAT | Fixed fee | The firm's wordsWills, Estate Administration & Inheritance Tax Planning. For non-taxable estates and where we are not otherwise required to complete a full Inland Revenue account, we can offer a Probate only service for £950.00 plus VAT. |
| £4,000plus VAT | Fixed fee | The firm's wordsWills, Estate Administration & Inheritance Tax Planning. If on the other hand, we spent 20 hours in dealing with the matter then the time element would be £4,000 plus VAT. |
| £2,000plus VAT | Fixed fee estimate | The firm's wordsWills, Estate Administration & Inheritance Tax Planning. By way of example, if we were instructed to deal with the administration of an estate the gross value of which was £200,000 the value element could be up to £2,000 plus VAT. |
| 1% of the estateVAT not stated | Percentage of the estate | The firm's wordsWills, Estate Administration & Inheritance Tax Planning. Here we would charge partly be reference to value and partly by reference to time. The value element would not exceed 1% of the gross estate. |
| £200 an hourplus VAT | Hourly rate | The firm's wordsWills, Estate Administration & Inheritance Tax Planning. The likelihood is that we would charge for additional work on the basis of hourly rates. Our hourly rate is currently £200.00 plus VAT. |
The firm
- Regulated by
- The Solicitors Regulation Authority, number 621457
- Where
- Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 4DQ
- Telephone
- 01782 599992
- Prices published at
- www.chesworths.co.uk/wills-and-estate-planning.php
- Website
- www.chesworths.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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