So you can focus on what matters.
Wrapping your head around Probate can be time consuming and confusing.
When someone you love dies it’s tough enough, without having to worry about all of the paperwork that comes with it.
Loss made easier.
By people who’ve been through it.
Sam founded Guardian Angel after his Mum died in 2016. We’ve experienced first-hand how chaotic and overwhelming loss can be.
Our mission is to make dealing with death & the bereavement journey easier. We give you the support with Probate that we wished we’d had.
Sam founded Guardian Angel after his Mum died in 2016. We’ve experienced first-hand how chaotic and overwhelming loss can be.
Our mission is to make dealing with death & the bereavement journey easier. We give you the support with Probate that we wished we’d had.
FAQ
Grant of Probate is a legal document that shows banks, building society and the Land Registry and other organisations that you have the right to deal with someone’s estate after they have died. Grant of Probate is the document used if the loved one has a legal will.
Once it’s obtained you can sell property, pay off debts, close accounts and divide up the estate in accordance with the will or the law.
It is required after around 50% of deaths in the UK. Sometimes it is also known as a Grant of Representation.
Grant of Probate is required in around 50% of deaths in the UK. Whether it’s required depends on the size and the kind of assets of the person that’s died.
Short answer: Take our quick and easy 1 minute quiz here to find out if you need it here.
Long answer:It’s usually required if:- The total value of the estate is worth £10,000 or more
- The estate includes more than one solely-owned assets.
In general the following people don’t require a Grant of Probate:
- When the person that has died had a small estate (meaning everything they owned), where no single asset is worth more than £5,000.
- If they have no legal will, no appointed executors or the executors are unable to deal with the estate.
- When all of the property of the person who has died is held on a joint tenancy basis.
- Joint Tenants: means that a property is owned jointly by two or more people. In this case, under English law the share of the property that was owned by the person that died goes automatically to the surviving joint tenants.
- Can’t be bankrupt
- Must have legal capacity
