No hourly rates. No percentage of the estate. No hidden extras. The price you see is the price you pay, whether your estate is simple or involves inheritance tax.
Full submission guidance: what to send, where, and how
Integrated written and video guidance
Save your progress and return any time
Unlimited support by phone, email, live chat and ticket
14-day money-back guarantee
The only additional cost is the official £526 Probate Registry fee for estates over £5,000, paid directly to HMCTS. Compare that to thousands in solicitor fees, for a process you would still have to help with anyway.
Complete transparency
The only additional official costs
We believe in being completely upfront, so there are no surprises. Beyond the £499 platform fee, the only other costs are official government fees paid directly to HM Courts and Tribunals Service. Not to us.
Probate Registry fee
£526, for all estates valued over £5,000. No fee for estates of £5,000 or under.
Additional official copies
£2 per copy, if you need extra sealed copies of the Grant to send to banks, the Land Registry, and other organisations at the same time.
These are paid by cheque or postal order, enclosed with your application forms. These are the same costs you would pay regardless of which route you chose, whether that’s YouCanDoProbate, a solicitor, or applying via GOV.UK. They are a government fee, not ours, and they apply to everyone applying for probate in England and Wales.
A fair question
If you’re wondering whether a £499 platform can really replace a solicitor
This is a fair and sensible question. We’d rather address it directly than hope it doesn’t come up.
The honest answer is: for most estates, yes. A solicitor’s technical work on a typical probate estate involves calculating the estate value, applying exemptions, determining any inheritance tax, selecting the correct forms, and completing them accurately. YouCanDoProbate does exactly that, automatically, from the answers you enter. The platform has been built by a Chartered Accountant with deep probate expertise and is accredited by the ICAEW.
The platform is not the right choice for estates involving unusual legal complexity, trusts, contested Wills, overseas assets, or certain specialist reliefs. For those, we’ll always say so honestly. But for most estates, including those with inheritance tax, you don’t need to pay thousands to get this done properly.
Genuinely good value
What you’d pay a solicitor for the same result
A solicitor does the technical work, but the price is high. People are regularly quoted between £1,500 and £10,000 or more for a straightforward estate. Some solicitors and banks take a percentage of the estate on top, sometimes 1 to 4 percent. On a £300,000 estate, that’s £3,000 to £12,000. On a larger estate, it can reach £20,000 or more. And in every case, you still have to gather all the estate information yourself.
And here’s the part most people don’t realise until they’re already partway through. You still have to gather the same information yourself, regardless. A solicitor doesn’t find the estate details for you. You’re the one tracking down the bank statements, the property values, the gift records. You collect it all and then hand it over.
So the real question is: who does the difficult technical part once the details are in? With YouCanDoProbate, that’s us. For one fixed fee. Compare that to thousands in solicitor fees, for a process you’d still have to help with anyway.
“I had been quoted £5,000 to £7,000 for a solicitor to do my mum’s probate. It was very easy. When I did have a query, I sent through the question and it was answered really quickly.”
No catch
No hidden fees. No catch.
One fixed fee
£499 including VAT. You know this before you register.
No percentage of the estate
Unlike some solicitors and banks, we never take a cut of what’s being inherited.
No drip-fed extras
Every feature in the platform is included in the price.
No time pressure
Work at your own pace, with no limit until you generate your forms.
No printer? No problem
Save your forms to a USB key and print at a library or copy shop for a few pounds.
Pricing questions, answered.
Yes. The only other costs are the official government fees: the £526 Probate Registry fee for estates over £5,000, and optional £2 copies. Both paid to HMCTS, not to us.
Never. The price is £499 whether the estate is worth £50,000 or £5 million.
No. The £499 covers estates with an IHT liability, including the IHT400 and all required schedules.
You pay when you register, before you begin. Pay in full or choose PayPal Pay in 3.
You are covered by our 14-day money-back guarantee, provided you have not yet generated your forms.
Customers on the value.
Best money spent
“YouCanDoProbate has really been the best money spent. Solicitor quotes were £2,000 to £3,000 just to fill out the forms.”
— Verified Trustpilot Review
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Saved thousands
“When the solicitors quoted me £9,000 I decided to look for help elsewhere.”
— Pringo
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Fraction of the cost
“I entered the same details the solicitor needed myself. For a fraction of the cost.”
— Verified Trustpilot Review
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Is it right for your estate?
Is YouCanDoProbate right for your estate?
YouCanDoProbate works for nearly any estate in England and Wales, including estates with an inheritance tax liability. Here is what the platform covers, when it is worth a quick conversation first, and the small number of situations where a different route would be more appropriate.
Yes, the platform works for your estate
The person died on or after 1 January 2022
They were domiciled in England or Wales, or were a long-term UK resident living in England or Wales
PA1P and PA1A Probate forms
IHT400 Inheritance Tax forms and all applicable schedules
Estates with a Will
Estates without a Will (Intestacy Walkthrough included)
