Lasting Power of Attorney,
arriving ready to sign

Answer one set of questions and we prepare both official LPA forms with a foolproof signing walkthrough — download instantly, or have everything professionally printed and posted, ready to sign.

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Both LPAs from £129 • England & Wales • Instant download • Print & post from £12.99

What is a Lasting Power of Attorney?

An LPA lets people you trust — usually family — step in and act for you if illness, an accident or dementia ever means you can't manage things yourself. Without one, your family faces a slow, expensive court application at the worst possible time. There are two types, and most people need both.

LPA 1 of 2

Property & financial affairs

Lets your attorneys deal with the practical, money side of your life:

  • Paying bills and managing bank accounts
  • Dealing with your mortgage or rent
  • Managing pensions and benefits
  • Selling your home if it's ever needed
LPA 2 of 2

Health & welfare

Lets your attorneys speak for you on care and medical decisions, only if you lose the ability to decide yourself:

  • Where you live and the care you receive
  • Your daily routine and who visits you
  • Medical treatment decisions
  • Life-sustaining treatment — if you choose

How it works

The forms themselves are only half the job. Most DIY applications that fail are rejected over signing mistakes — wrong order, wrong dates, wrong witnesses. Our pack makes that nearly impossible to get wrong.

1

Answer once

One set of questions, about 15 minutes. We fill in both official forms — no double entry.

2

Download — or add print & post

Both LPAs and your signing walkthrough as instant PDFs. No printer? Add our printed pack, posted flat to your door.

3

Sign in order

You, your certificate provider and your attorneys sign — in the exact order and places we've marked.

4

Send to the OPG

Post it to the Office of the Public Guardian with our pre-addressed sheet. Done.

Simple pricing

Every option includes instant PDFs of the forms and your signing walkthrough. Printing at home is free — or add the professionally printed, posted pack at checkout (£12.99, or £19.99 for a couple's set). You can also add an advance decision ("living will") for £24 — a legally binding record of any treatments you'd refuse, matched to your LPA choices.

One LPA

One person, one LPA type

£79

+ £92 OPG registration fee, paid to the government

  • Your choice of either LPA
  • Instant PDF download
  • Signing walkthrough included
  • Optional print & post pack
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Couple's set

Two people, all four LPAs

£199

+ £92 per LPA OPG registration fee (£368 total), paid to the government

  • Both LPAs for you and your partner
  • Shared details filled in automatically
  • Instant PDF downloads
  • Signing walkthrough for each of you
  • Optional print & post — one pack for both
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Being upfront about the government fee: the Office of the Public Guardian charges £92 to register each LPA — that's their fee, not ours, and everyone pays it whether they use us, a solicitor, or do it all themselves. If your income is £12,000 or less you may pay half, and some benefits mean no fee at all — our pack explains how to claim that. A tip many people appreciate: an LPA only has to be registered before it's used, so some couples register the property & finance LPAs straight away and keep the health & welfare ones signed and safely stored, registering later if needed.

You can do this yourself for free — here's what we actually add

The government's own website lets you fill in LPA forms at no charge, and if you're comfortable doing that, we genuinely encourage it. What trips people up isn't the form — it's everything after: printing ~40 pages, working out who can legally be your certificate provider, and collecting signatures in the strict order the law requires. Get one date wrong and the OPG rejects the application, adding weeks of delay.

What you're paying us for is the finished article: both forms prepared from one set of questions, a personalised page-by-page signing plan, and plain-English help at the two moments everyone finds confusing — choosing a certificate provider, and the life-sustaining treatment decision. No printer? Add our print & post pack and it all arrives flat, on proper paper, ready to sign. If that's not worth £129 to you, gov.uk is right here. No hard feelings.

Common questions

Who should be my attorney?

Someone over 18 you trust completely — most people choose their spouse, adult children or siblings. You can appoint more than one, and decide whether they must act together on everything or can each act alone (we explain the trade-offs as you answer). For the property & finance LPA, an attorney can't be bankrupt or subject to a debt relief order.

What's a certificate provider?

An independent adult who signs to confirm you understand what you're doing and nobody is pressuring you. It can be someone who has known you well for at least two years (a friend or neighbour — not family), or a professional like your GP or a solicitor. This is the part of the form people most often get wrong, so our pack spells out exactly who qualifies.

Can I set up an LPA for my mum or dad?

You can do all the typing and organising — but the LPA belongs to the person making it (the "donor"). Your parent must have mental capacity, make the choices about attorneys themselves, and sign first. If a parent has already lost capacity, an LPA is no longer possible and the route is a deputyship through the Court of Protection, which needs a solicitor.

How long does registration take?

Once your signed forms reach the Office of the Public Guardian, registration typically takes 8 to 10 weeks, which includes a mandatory 4-week waiting period. That's precisely why it pays to set LPAs up now, while they're easy — not when they're urgently needed.

Is this legally valid?

Yes. We prepare the official Office of the Public Guardian forms (LP1F and LP1H) — the same documents a solicitor uses. An LPA becomes legally valid once it's correctly signed, witnessed and registered with the OPG, and our signing walkthrough exists to make sure that happens first time.

Fifteen minutes now, enormous relief later

Most people finish in one sitting. Your pack is usually printed and posted the same day.

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