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Probate bereavement contacts

HMCTS

Bereavement line

Other lines

0330 016 0051
We Are Group, for people without internet access or not confident online, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (page writes it as 03300 160 051)

contactprobate@justice.gov.uk

Tell them online

Use their online form

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 9am to 1pm. Closed on bank holidays

Email Probate Call Probate Open their online form

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.

Write the letter for me

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

Before you get in touch

The number and email help with applying for probate online. To apply by post, use form PA1P if there is a will or PA1A if there is not. Before you apply, you need to value the estate for Inheritance Tax.

Checked on 27 September 2026 against Probate's own page. Numbers do change now and then, so if one doesn't work, their page is the best place to look.

Other government and household

Bereavement Service Northern Ireland
Blue Badge
Carer's Allowance
Child Benefit HMRC
Companies House when a director passes away
Council or housing association tenancy Shelter England

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.