What will probate cost for this estate?
Describe the estate and see what firms actually publish for that work, rather than a national average.
Most probate calculators multiply the estate by a percentage somebody chose. This one answers a narrower and more useful question: of the firms that have published a price for this kind of work, what do they charge?
What firms publish for that work
What firms publish, by kind of work
Fixed fees read from firms' own published price pages. Figures exclude VAT unless the firm said otherwise, and exclude court fees and other disbursements. Every price links to the page it came from.
These are prices for a kind of work, not for your estate. Whether there is a will, a property to value, a return to file for inheritance tax or a beneficiary nobody can trace is what moves the final bill, and no published price can account for those. The firms below can, for the estate you are actually dealing with.
Grant of probate only
The firm applies for the grant. You do the rest of the estate work yourself.
522 firms publish a fixed fee for grant of probate only, from £400 to £30,000. Half charge between £900 and £1,850, and the median is £1,210.
The lowest published prices for this work today:
- Carter Vincent LLPBangor £400
- Taylor Haldane Barlex LLPChelmsford £420
- Forresters Solicitors LimitedBarrow-in-Furness £450
- Nick Brundall Solicitors LimitedGuisborough £450
- Adlington Law LimitedChorley £475
Full estate administration
The firm handles the whole estate, from the grant to distributing it.
452 firms publish a fixed fee for full estate administration, from £400 to £36,400. Half charge between £1,200 and £4,000, and the median is £2,500.
The lowest published prices for this work today:
- De Cruz Solicitors LimitedLondonfrom £400
- H E Thomas & CoLondon £400
- Hutchinson & Buchanan LLPNorth Yorkshirefrom £400
- Lofthouse & CoCastleford £400
- Newstead & Walker LimitedOtley £400
No will (intestacy)
Administering an estate where there is no valid will.
68 firms publish a fixed fee for no will (intestacy), from £400 to £8,000. Half charge between £800 and £2,000, and the median is £1,500.
The lowest published prices for this work today:
- Roger James Clements & Partners LimitedNewport £400
- SB Lawyers LimitedPontypridd £400
- Carpenter SinghLlanellifrom £500
- Manak Lawyers LimitedOrpington £500
- Saracens Solicitors LtdLondonfrom £500
Estates paying inheritance tax
Estates that need a full inheritance tax account for HMRC.
218 firms publish a fixed fee for estates paying inheritance tax, from £400 to £24,341.65. Half charge between £1,000 and £3,500, and the median is £2,000.
The lowest published prices for this work today:
- Sethi & CoLeatherhead £400
- Eanam Law LimitedBlackburn £415
- Kundert Solicitors LLPCoventry £420
- Kenneth Elliott and Rowe LimitedRomfordfrom £425
- Norton PeskettLowestoftfrom £450
What the answer is based on
The published fee dataset: fixed fees read from firms' own price pages, grouped by what the price covers.
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