Insured, secure Will storage

After carefully planning how your estate is handled, it is vital your Will stays safe and current. We store it securely, and your plan includes up to two updates a year, so your Will keeps pace with your life.

  • Secure, fireproof storage
  • Up to two updates a year included
  • Executors get a certificate

Why it matters

Do I really need Will storage?

When a Will is finally needed it must be in excellent condition, or delays over its validity can follow at the hardest possible moment. A Will left in a drawer can be lost, damaged, or simply never found.

We keep yours safe, and because life changes, your plan includes up to two updates to your Will in any 12 months. Marriage, divorce, a new arrival, a house move: your Will keeps pace.

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  • Secure, fireproof premisesHeld safely, away from damp lofts and accidents.
  • Certificates for executorsThe people who need your Will know where to find it.
  • Digitally scanned and backed upA copy lives on our database, so nothing is ever simply lost.
  • Updates includedUp to two updates in any 12 months, so your Will stays current as life changes.

Life moves on

When should you update your Will?

A Will reflects your life at the moment you signed it. These are the moments worth a quick review:

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  • Marriage, divorce or a new partner
  • A new arrival in the family
  • The loss of someone named in your Will
  • A family disagreement or change of heart
  • A change of name or address
  • A beneficiary moving abroad

Keeping current is easy

Updates without the upheaval

Simple amendments

Straightforward changes are handled over a phone consultation. Tell us what has changed, and we do the rest.

Bigger changes

More involved updates deserve a proper conversation, in person or online, so nothing is missed.

Included in your plan

Up to two updates in any 12 months are included. Changing to a different type of Will, such as adding a trust, is priced separately, and we always quote first.

A lost Will is as bad as no Will at all

Without a valid Will that can be found and proven when it matters:

Unmarried partner gets nothing
Unnecessary inheritance tax
A court decides who raises children
Long delays in administration
Family disputes and conflict
Children from a first marriage disinherited

Questions, answered

Will storage FAQs

Storage keeps your Will safe while you are alive, but after probate it becomes a public document. Here's what that means, and whether Wills are private.

With Kings Court Trust, a specialist estate administration company, in a secure, professionally managed facility. Your Will is recorded on the National Will Register, a scanned copy is kept on secure record, and your executors receive a storage certificate so they know exactly where to find it.
Simple changes can be handled over the phone; bigger ones in a short appointment, including a home visit if you need one. Your plan includes up to two updates in any 12 months. Changing to a different type of Will, such as adding a trust, is quoted separately.
Every few years, and after any major life change such as marriage, divorce, a new arrival, or losing someone named in it.
They hold a storage certificate, and the Will is safely held and retrievable, so it can always be located when it is needed.

Safe, current, and exactly where it should be.

Home visits across Somerset, or online anywhere in England and Wales.

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