Free bereavement help

Help at a difficult time

When someone close to you passes away, there are many people to tell. We have gathered the right number, email or form for 379 UK organisations in one place, from banks and pensions to energy, phones and online accounts.

We can also write the letter for you and send it to many of them at once, from your own email. It is free, and you don't need to sign up.

Every number is checked against the organisation's own website. Last full check: 27 September 2026.

How to tell everyone, in four steps

1. Do these three first

They are free, and between them they reach most of the government, most banks, and the junk mail lists. None of them takes email, so use each button.

Tell Us Once

A free GOV.UK service. It tells most government departments at once, including HMRC, DWP, DVLA, the Passport Office and the council. Use the reference number the registrar gives you.

Start Tell Us Once Done

Death Notification Service

A free service set up by UK banks and building societies. It tells many of them at once.

Use the free form Done

The Bereavement Register

Free. Stops junk mail and marketing post in their name.

2. Fill in the details once

Fill in what you know. We use it to write one letter, and every Email button on these pages opens it ready to send from your own email. Leave anything blank and the letter keeps a gap for you to fill in.

What you type stays on this device. It is not sent to us, and it is cleared when you close this tab.

Their full name Their date of birth The date they passed away Their last address, with postcode Account, policy or customer number, if you have one Your name How you knew them, for example daughter or executor A phone number they can call you on

The letter

3. Tick every company they dealt with

Use the boxes in the list. Not sure if they had an account? Tick it anyway. If a company holds nothing, they will simply tell you. Companies that do not take email go on a separate list with their form or number.

Most of the time this takes goes on working out what the person had and who to call. When you are ready, Inherit Vault is where you can write that down for your own family, kept private until it is needed.

If a number doesn't work, please let us know and we'll put it right the same day.

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