UK Wills, Probate & Trusts Market Report 2024: Market Value Surges To £2.81Bn In 2024 Amidst Increasing Demand For Estate Planning Services
Date
12/12/2024 4:31:07 AM
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Dublin, Dec. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "UK Wills, Probate & Trusts market Report 2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The UK Wills, Probate & Trusts Market Report 2024 is the 11th edition of an annual research report that provides a review of the market, looking at the market structure, key issues and new developments, market size and trends with historical data, the key players, future market developments, and forecasts.
Selected findings include:
In 2024, the wills, trusts and probate market has an estimated value of an increase of 7% on the 2023 value. The core will writing sector is increasingly price-led and market value growth is being driven by other estate planning services, e.g. probate, powers of attorney (POA) services, funeral planning etc. Will ownership is skewed towards older age groups and these older adults are accounting for a greater proportion of the total population. For example, in 2024, 19.7% of the population is 65 and over but this is projected to grow to 20.7% by 2030. Across the UK adult population as a whole only a minority have a will but the majority of adults in these older age groups have a will. Plus demand from older individuals is also the key factor behind the stronger growth in powers of attorney (POA) advice, probate services, care plan and funeral plans. Probate volumes (grants of representation issued) usually follow trends in the number of deaths and deaths across the UK increased in 2023. In 2023, grants of representation issued in England and Wales increased by 2.9% to 277,745 from 269,815 in 2022. In the first half of 2024 there has been a much bigger increase in grants issues, a 28% increase on the same period in 2023, catching up with the increased deaths in 2023 plus reflecting some improvement in dealing with processing backlogs. Applications to register a POA have been increasing year-on-year but, in 2023, the increase in applications overshadowed growth in previous years: there was a 37.1% increase in applications with numbers jumping from 851,736 in 2022 to almost 1.2 million in 2023. In the first half of 2024 there was another significant increase in applications to register a POA, a 38.8% jump from the same period in 2023. The market value is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 6.2% up to 2028.
Key Topics Covered:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Market size and trends Market structure Market volumes Market forecasts
INTRODUCTION
Wills and probate Trusts Legal guardianship
MARKET STRUCTURE
Regulated and unregulated providers Self-regulation Many providers in the market with a few volume players Law firms offering will writing services continue to fall Unregulated companies Other probate providers National Wills Register Donations to charities
MARKET TRENDS & DEVELOPMENTS
Almost 1 in 5 of the population are 65 or over Increase in deaths in 2023 after two years of fewer deaths Deaths also increase in Scotland and Northern Ireland CMA publishes consumer protection guidance for unregulated providers Office of the Public Guardian working on modernising LPA service House of Commons Justice Committee disbands inquiry into probate process Probate fees increase in 2024 Legacy income grows by modest 1.3% in latest year Video witnessing of wills comes to an end
KEY PLAYERS
Bequeathed Ltd Co-operative Legal Services Boodle Hatfield Charles Russell Speechlys Farewill Ltd Farrer & Co Honey Legal IDR Law Ltd Kings Court Trust Ltd Irwin Mitchell Lawpack Ltd Redstone Wills Ltd Right Legal Group Slater & Gordon Lawyers Taylor Rose Ltd Thompsons Solicitors LLP Trust Inheritance Which? Wills Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP
MARKET SIZE AND TRENDS
Market value set to increase to in 2024 Probate - total grants increase but specific probate grants decrease Almost 8 out of 10 grants of representation issued are digital in 2023 POAs applied for reach almost 1.2m in 2023 and set to pass 1.5m in 2024 Number of trusts increases for first time in five years
THE FUTURE
Market forecasts Deaths projected to increase up to 2029/30 Market value CAGR of 6.2% between 2024 and 2028
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