
We can pay all the costs of a Co-op Funeralcare funeral
We can pay all the costs of a Co-op Funeralcare funeral when you use our Probate Complete Service, and the Estate has sufficient financial assets which can be sold in due course.
You do not have to pay a percentage of the total value of the estate when you use our probate complete service. This could save you thousands of pounds.
With our probate complete service we take full responsibility for getting the grant of probate and dealing with the legal, tax, property and estate administration affairs.
When you choose our probate complete service, the price for this also includes:
There are no upfront costs to pay as our probate fees are deferred and will be taken from the estate.
We will provide you with a fixed fee probate quote which is based on the individual circumstances of your loved one's estate. Our price ranges from £1,630 to £36,698 excluding VAT (charged at 20%) and disbursements. There are a number of factors which can affect the complexity of an estate and the quotation you will be given, including the value and nature of the assets, whether or not there is a will, and the number of beneficiaries.
Other solicitors may charge an hourly rate for time they spend on the administration of an estate and some charge a percentage of the value of the estate.
At Co-op Legal Services we don't do this. We offer a free, fixed fee probate quotation so you’ll know how much it will cost to fully administer the estate before our solicitors start any probate work.
Every estate is different, but to give you a deeper understanding of our probate pricing here are some examples of our fixed fee probate quotations for estates of varying size and complexity. These probate cost examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not a guarantee of the fixed fee probate quotation that you will receive, which will be tailored to your specific situation.
Our fixed fee probate quotation for this estate would be £2,694 (+VAT at 20% and disbursements)
Our fixed fee probate quotation for this estate would be £4,308 (+VAT at 20% and disbursements)
Our fixed fee probate quotation for this estate would be £10,237 (+VAT at 20% and disbursements)
Our fixed fee probate quotation for this estate would be £19,765 (+VAT at 20% and disbursements)
When Co-op Legal Services has provided you with a written fixed fee probate quote for the agreed work, that price will not change unless the original information we are given is shown to be incorrect or circumstances change.
Probate can be complicated because it often involves legal, financial, tax and property matters, but the good news is that we can explain the probate process to you avoiding legal jargon wherever possible.
In order to provide you with a written fixed cost probate quote, we will need to know a variety of details about the deceased person's estate. Please don't worry if you don't have all the details when you call us because we will help you.
Our probate complete service is our full probate and estate administration service for people who would rather instruct our probate lawyers and experts to deal with all the legal and financial work.
Benefits of our probate complete service include:
In order to carry out our probate and estate administration services more often than not we have to appoint third party organisations to provide specialist services. The costs of these services are disbursements of the estate and will be charged in addition to the fixed fee. All fees and disbursement costs that are able to be identified will be detailed on the written quote that we provide before any work starts.
Once we have provided you with a written quote for the agreed work to be done, that price will not change unless the original information we are given is shown to be incorrect or circumstances change.
Regardless of whether you do the probate work yourself or instruct a professional to help you, you'll need to pay an application fee to the court for the grant of probate. You won't have to pay this fee if probate isn't needed.
The cost of applying for probate is £273. This fee is payable to the Probate Registry.
If you want to order additional copies of the grant of probate document (to send to banks or other organisations) the probate registry charges £1.50 per copy.
Administrating an estate involves a lot of work. The executor is responsible for ensuring that the estate assets, finances and other affairs are dealt with in compliance with the law. If this isn't done correctly, the executor can be held personally liable and may have to use their own money to rectify any financial errors.
Our probate specialists provide a full service, taking responsibility for getting the grant of probate and dealing with the legal, tax (excluding VAT), property and estate administration affairs.
Our probate complete service includes a face to face conversation with one of our experienced probate consultants, either via video call or in person wherever is most convenient for you (in England or Wales). The probate consultant will talk you through the probate and estate administration process, explaining each step.
If there is a property in the estate, our fixed fee probate service includes where necessary:
If there is a property to be sold our fixed fee probate service also includes:
There are additional services and disbursements you might need during the administration of the estate, which are not included in the fixed fee quotation, in particular:
Our probate team includes specialist probate lawyers and trained probate consultants, case managers and advisors who are trusted to deal with over £1.8 billion in estates annually. Our teams are all supervised by specialist practitioners, experienced in dealing with probate and estate administration, and many are either solicitors, chartered legal executives or qualified trust and estate practitioners.
Many of our probate lawyers and probate case managers are members of the Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP). All STEP members are subject to an extensive Code of Professional Conduct, requiring them at all times to act with integrity and in a manner that inspires the confidence, respect and trust of their clients and of the wider community.
Key probate team members and supervisors.
Probate lawyers and probate consultants are available in England and Wales only for customers using our probate complete service.
Co-op Legal Services has over 600 staff working in different businesses with offices in Manchester, Bristol, Stratford-upon-Avon, Sheffield and London.