Free resources · England & Wales
Everything Valoren gives away, in one index
Blank documents to fill in while you can, and the checklists a family works from afterwards. Every page below downloads from its own url — no account, no email address — and prints cleanly.
Before: what to leave findable
Blank documents to fill in while you can — each one downloads from its own page as a PDF, most also as a Word file, with no account and no email address.
Blank will templateA blank last will and testament for England and Wales, every clause explained on the page, the Wills Act cited.OpenMirror wills templateTwo matched wills for a couple — each leaving everything to the other, then to the same people.OpenWill examplesComplete specimens — a single person, a couple with young children, a widow with adult children — explained clause by clause.OpenCodicil templateA codicil must be signed and witnessed exactly like the will itself. England and Wales, PDF and Word.OpenLetter of wishes templatePersonal guidance for executors, trustees and family — not binding, but usually followed.OpenFuneral wishes formBurial or cremation, service type, music, readings, flowers and personal messages, recorded before anyone has to guess.OpenOriginal documents registerWhere the originals of your legal documents actually live — will, LPA, deeds, certificates, policies.OpenBlank digital estate inventoryEvery digital account, disposition and access route: social media, email, cloud, crypto, domains, legacy contacts.OpenTrusted person first contact cardWhat to do in the first 24 hours, who to contact, where the file is, and what not to do.OpenDeath folder checklistEvery document, account, access route and wish a family will need, gathered into one place.Open
After: when someone has died
The checklists, letters and indexes an executor works from. Same terms — free, printable, no account.
Blank executor checklistThe full twelve-month estate administration, from the first week through the first year, with date fields.OpenWho to notify when someone diesGovernment, banks, insurers, utilities and digital accounts, with a blank date-told column.OpenUK bereavement contactsEach institution's own bereavement route — phone, online form, documents required — read from their own page and dated.OpenBank notification letter templateBlank letters to notify a bank, pension or insurer of a death, with sourced posting addresses.OpenProbate documents checklistWhat to gather before applying: the original will, the death certificate, valuations, the IHT route, ID and the fee.OpenProbate inventory templateA blank inventory of assets and liabilities. Print the PDF or open the spreadsheet, fill it in and total it.OpenUK probate forms indexEvery probate, Inheritance Tax and bereavement form in one place — what each is for, GOV.UK's own version date, and a download.OpenThe Handover GuideWhat a family meets after a death in England and Wales — registering it, who must be told, probate, pensions, the home, Inheritance Tax.Open
Need bigger type? The large print guides are on one page. Looking for a narrow question rather than a document? The answers index covers the specific ones estate administration throws up — council tax on an empty home, care home charging days, roll numbers, router fees. Organisations linking or printing these for a bereavement pack: the permission line is here.