How we compare
The will writing market in the UK is wide: you can pay £20 for a DIY kit from WHSmith or £400 for a solicitor on the high street. Here's where we sit, and why.
| Provider | Single will | Mirror wills | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| ClearLegacy | £69 | £99 | Online, reviewed |
| Farewill | £100 | £165 | Online, reviewed |
| Co-op Legal Services | £150+ | £245+ | Phone or online |
| High-street solicitor | £150–£400 | £250–£600 | Face to face |
| DIY kit (WHSmith etc.) | £20–£40 | £40–£80 | Paper form, no review |
Prices above are typical published rates at the time of writing. Farewill and Co-op prices are taken from their public websites; solicitor ranges reflect Law Society figures for standard wills.
What you get for £69
The number matters less than what sits behind it. Every single will at ClearLegacy includes:
- A legally valid will drafted to the Wills Act 1837
- Room for up to four beneficiaries, plus residuary clauses
- Appointment of executors and — if you have children under 18 — guardians
- Specific gifts: jewellery, cars, named cash amounts, charitable legacies
- A simple funeral wishes section
- A digital copy you can re-download any time
- A signing and witness pack (who can witness, who can't, common mistakes)
- Free minor edits for 12 months — address change, new executor, new child
Why we can charge less
Three reasons, and they're boring ones.
No office overhead. We don't rent a Georgian building in a market town. Every solicitor meeting you attend in person is paying for that rent.
Structured questions. A solicitor bills you for 45 minutes to walk through executor choices. Our form asks the same questions in the same order, and you answer them at your kitchen table in 20 minutes.
We specialise. A high-street firm does conveyancing, divorce, commercial leases and wills. We do wills. When you only do one thing, you get very good — and very fast — at it.
When to pay more
There are genuine reasons to spend £300 instead of £69. If your estate includes discretionary trusts for a vulnerable beneficiary, a family business with other shareholders, foreign property, or a second marriage with children from both sides — that's a solicitor conversation. Our Comprehensive tier at £149 handles most of these, but for the genuinely complex we'll refer you out. We'd rather lose the sale than sell you the wrong product.
The OPG fee, explained
You'll see "+ £82 OPG fee" next to our LPA prices. That's the Office of the Public Guardian's registration charge, set by the government. Every LPA in England and Wales has to be registered with the OPG before it becomes effective. The £82 goes straight to HMCTS — we never mark it up.
If your gross income is under £12,000 a year you may qualify for an exemption or 50% reduction on that OPG fee. We'll flag that during your LPA draft if it looks like you qualify.
What about ongoing costs?
There aren't any. We don't run a subscription. We don't charge a "storage fee" to hold your will — you download the PDF, print two copies, and keep them somewhere safe. We don't charge an "update fee" for minor edits within 12 months. If you want to fundamentally rewrite your will in year 3, you pay £69 again. That's it.