Executor Clock
How long will your probate take?
Some of the answer is fixed the moment someone dies. As a lay executor administering a UK estate without a solicitor, you're doing this once, under pressure, with no legal training. Enter the date of death and Executor Clock shows you where you are on the timeline, what falls due next, and the exact dates the law has already set for you.
6 months: interest starts accruing
HMRC starts charging interest on any unpaid inheritance tax the moment the 6-month mark passes — whether or not you knew the date existed.
12 months: the IHT400 deadline
Miss the 12-month inheritance tax return deadline and you're dealing with HMRC enforcement on top of the tax itself.
2 years: the deed of variation window closes
After 2 years, the option to vary how the estate is distributed for tax purposes is gone for good — there's no extension and no appeal.
The timeline is free. £39 one-off keeps you on it.
Seeing your dates costs nothing. The one-off fee adds email reminders before each one falls due, so the timeline still works months from now when you have stopped looking at it — a single fee for the one estate you'll probably ever administer, against a solicitor billing by the hour for the same dates.