Why make a Will?
Your Will is your own unique expression of wishes for your friends and family. Think of it as your legal letter of love. Your Will lets you decide what happens to your money, property, and possessions after you pass on, and you can make sure you do not pay more Inheritance Tax than you need to.
What happens if I don’t make a Will?
Without a Will, the law known as the intestacy rules will decide who receives your property when you pass on. This could mean the people you love are excluded, especially if you are not married or in a civil partnership.
Protect your most precious assets.
Choose Carisma Wills to help you. We’re experts in Wills. Estate planning is all we do. Your legal documents will be drafted carefully and cover everything that’s important to you and your family.
Call us or send a message to find out how we can help you
Pricing
All our services include guidance, taking your instructions, drafting your legal documents, our quick and easy explanation and approval process, an elegantly presented, bound document and supervised signing. Our prices include any applicable VAT or taxes.
Standard Will
Appointing executors and trustees, guardians for young children, a children’s trust fund and gifts to your family, friends and favourite charity.
Individual
£180
Couples
£330
Estate Planning Will
Everything included in a standard Will plus an appropriate life interest trust and/or discretionary Will trust.
Individual
£350
Couples
£640
We’re open and transparent about our pricing. Click this button to see our full fees list. Our prices include any applicable VAT or taxes.
A set of comprehensive provisions may be applied to your Will so your executors have the powers they need. Where a Will incorporates the STEP provisions, these powers form part of your Will. Click this button to read and download a copy.
Why choose Carisma Wills for your Will?
Our team of experts are here to help you make your Will. We’re just a call or message away.
Privacy guaranteed
Writing a will is a completely private matter, so we make it easy to make a Will without leaving home. You can rest assured that anything you tell us is completely confidential. Any personal data we need to keep is held securely.
Our promises to you
> Our services are competitively priced and our fees are clearly set out on our fees list.
> We guarantee your consultant will be friendly, caring and dedicated to giving you excellent customer service.
> We’ll guide you through your options, calmly and sensibly. Your consultant will ask you about your family and financial situation, without judgment.
> There’s no pressure to take additional services, and if you decide not to follow our recommendations, that’s fine too.
> We’ll explain everything you need to know without legal jargon, including
what inheritance tax might be payable
how Will trusts can protect your assets for the next generation
how to avoid accidentally disinheriting your own children if you remarry in later life
the role of an executor and trustee, and we’ll help you choose who to appoint
how to appoint legal guardians for young children
what you can and can’t leave in your Will
If you need specialist help, we work closely with trusted partners to help you with lifetime financial planning to mitigate inheritance tax.
Our friendly, professional consultants are all members of the Institute of Professional Willwriters (IPW). Each consultant has passed the IPW’s rigorous entrance examination and keeps their knowledge up to date with professional development courses, seminars and study.
You’ll notice how different we are immediately. When we answer your call there’s no stuffiness or arrogance at Carisma Wills.
We use our first names. We’re professional but never intimidating. We respect your views, religion, wishes and personal situation without judgment.
If we can’t take your call immediately, we respond to all messages promptly, often within an hour or two.
We keep you informed about progress at every stage.
This may not be what you expect from a legal practice - and that’s our intention. We aim to delight you with our first-class service.
Your initial telephone consultation is completely free and without obligation.
Get in touch today.
Signing and witnessing
We always offer to supervise the final and most important stage of the process - signing your Will.
An unsigned Will is the same as no Will.
By supervising, we mean a face-to-face meeting at your home or workplace or over a video call. All you have to do is ask two neighbours or friends to join you.
If you are unable to find a friend or neighbour to be your second witness, we can arrange for a colleague to join us.*
We’ll make sure your Will is legally valid and complies with the strict requirements set out in section 9 of the Wills Act 1837.
*Providing a second witness is not included in our standard service, so an additional fee of £15 will be added to your invoice.
Safe, secure storage
If your Will can’t be found when you pass on, your careful planning will be wasted.
A lost Will is the same as no Will.
We’ll arrange for secure, insured storage of your Will.
Storage includes registration on the national Wills database, Certainty UK, for extra peace of mind.
There’s a small annual fee for storage, payable by direct debit - and storing away from home is a sensible choice. Even something as insignificant as a paperclip mark can invalidate a Will.
Never store your Will in a safety deposit box. Your executors will need the Will to access the contents of a safety deposit box, and… well, you see what we mean!
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