Useful Numbers
BereavementCounselling (CRUSE)
www.crusebereavementcentre.org.uk Tel: 0870 167 1677
CharityCommission- For queries regarding paymentof pecuniary legacies to charity
www.charity-commission.gov.ukTel: 0870 333 0123
CompaniesHouse- To check if companies havedissolved or ceased trading
www.companieshouse.gov.uk Tel: 0870 333 3636
Coroner'sOffice
Courtof Protection/Office of the Public Guardian
www.publictrust.gov.uk/court.html Tel: 0845 3302900/0845 330 2963
Department for Work &Pensions
DVLA
GeneralRegister Office (GRO)- for copies ofbirth, death and marriage certificates
www.gro.gov.uk Tel: 0300 123 1837
HMRevenue & Customs
www.hmrc.gov.uk Tel: 0845 302 0900
Instituteof Professional Willwriters (IPW)
www.ipw.org.uk Tel: 0345 257 2570
Land Registry
www.landreg.gov.uk Tel: 0844 892 1111
LawSociety- To track down solicitors whohave ceased practicing and for complaints against solicitors
www.lawsociety.org.uk Tel: 0207242 1222
NationalAssociation of Funeral Directors
www.nafd.org.uk Tel: 0845 230 1343
ProbateRegistry Offices
BirminghamDistrict Probate Registry Tel: 0121 681 3400/3414
Bodmin Probate Sub-Registry Tel: 01208 261 581
BrightonDistrict Probate Registry Tel: 01273 573 510
Bristol District Probate Registry Tel: 0117 366 4960/61
Caernarfon Probate Sub-Registry Tel: 01286 669 755
Probate Registry of Wales (Cardiff) Tel: 02920 474 373
Carlisle Probate Sub-Registry Tel: 01228 521 751
Carmarthen Probate Sub-Registry Tel: 01267 242 560
Exeter Probate Sub-Registry Tel: 01392 415 370
Gloucester Probate Sub-Registry Tel: 01452 834 966
Ipswich District Probate Registry Tel: 01473 284 260
Leeds District Probate Registry Tel: 0113 3896 133
Leicester Probate Sub-Registry Tel: 0116 285 3380
Lincoln Probate Sub-Registry Tel: 01522 523 648
Liverpool District Probate Registry Tel: 0151 236 8264
Principle Probate Registry (London) Tel: 0207 947 6939
Maidstone Probate Sub-Registry Tel: 01622 202 048
Manchester District Probate Registry Tel: 0161 2405700
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne District Probate Registry Tel:0191 211 2170
Norwich Probate Sub-Registry Tel: 01603 728 267
Nottingham Probate Sub-Registry Tel: 0115 941 4288
Oxford District Probate Registry Tel: 01865 793 055
Peterborough Probate Sub-Registry Tel: 01733 562 802
Sheffield Probate Registry Tel: 0114 281 2596
Stoke-on-Trent Probate Sub-Registry Tel: 01782 854 065
Winchester District Probate Registry Tel: 01962 897029
Societyof Allied and Independent Funeral Directors- To find an independent Funeral Director in your area (also see ourIndependent Funeral Directors Link)
www.saif.org.uk Tel: 0845 230 6777
TitleResearch- to trace missing beneficiaries
www.titleresearch.com Tel: 0207 5490900
TreasurySolicitor (Bona Vacantia)- for intestacy estateswhere there is no known Next of Kin
www.bonavacantia.gov.uk Tel: 0207 210 4700
UnclaimedAssets Register
www.uar.co.ukTel: 0870 241 1713
