Our Fee Guide for 2025

Capacity Assessment - Standard

Single capacity report / COP3 for property and financial affairs or health and welfare.

£440

Care Needs and Wellbeing Assessment

A full care needs assessment led by an OT, nurse or social work consultant.

£745

COP14PADep

We can serve a COP14PADep as a standalone or in addition ('bolt on') to an existing intervention.

Legal Aid ISW Rate

£60 ph

£595

Care Needs and Wellbeing Review

CAPACITY SERVICES

TRAVEL FEES / DISBURSEMENTS

Private Expert Witness

£195 ph

Our standard ISW rate starts at £195 per hour.

Travel (time)

We apply a travel fee of £27.50 per hour for travel over 30 minutes from our offices.

£27.50

Travel (miles)

Our mileage rate is 55p per mile from our office.

LightSupport (Care Search)

An easy-to-follow care market report, including comments on CQC ratings and a sustainability review

£395

BrightSupport (Care Search & Report)

A detailed health and care needs report by a qualified healthcare professional with aftercare.

The Light House Package

£1075

Combines our Light and Brighter packages, at a reduced rate.

CARE ASSESSMENTS

WITNESSING SERVICES

Certificate Provider / Witness

£120

Dual Certificate Provider / Witness

Unplanned visit by a professional

£90

An urgent visit for our Lighthouse clients - up to 45 minutes (welfare check).

55p

We offer the same service as above for more than one Will, Codicil or Lasting Power of Attorney.

£195

£45

When you may need a professional to sign a legal document or serve as an independent witness.

Capacity Assessment - Complex

A complex assessment, such as litigation capacity or a dual COP3 assessment. Excludes reading time.

£830

£745

Independent DoLS Assessment

An independent ADASS Form 3 and 4 by our AMHP who are permitted to submit 60% of the Form 4.

£500

Section 9 Care Act Report

We can use our template or yours if this is provided to us before we start the instruction.

£745

Best Interest Decision

SPECIALIST & EXPERT SERVICES

£750

ParentAssess Assessment

Our accredited ParentAssess practitioners will complete the full Parent Assessment.

£528

with VAT

£996

£600

£894

£900

£72 ph

£234 ph

with VAT

£474

£894

£1290

£108

£894

£714

£144

£234

£33

66p

exc. VAT

exc. VAT

OPG100 search (routine)

OPG100 search (urgent)

Searching the Office of the Public Guardian register.

£9

£7.5

Searching the Office of the Public Guardian register.

£10

£12

LPA Registration Fee (no VAT)

Fee payable to the Office of the Public Guardian.

N/A

£82

COP DOL 11 (Re X)

We can provide a COP DOL 11 (Re X) process as independent experts

Chairing a Best Interest Decision

Our hourly rate for chairing or leading a best interest decision under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

£135 ph

£162 ph

Clinical / Professional Supervision

£80 ph

£96 ph

Our rate for offering supervision

FORENSIC SOCIAL SUPERVISION

Onboarding Fee (new client)

Our onboarding fees covers up to 30 hours of work to support a client working towards conditional discharge (s37/41) under the Mental Health Act 1983

Monthly Supervision (fees from)

£1250

£1500

Our monthly fees cover up to 8 hours of work per calendar month; they are not carried forward.

HCR-20(v3)

We provide individual quotes for an HCR-20 based on our level of involvement in the HCR-20 process.

MoCA Cognitive Assessment

Our core cognitive assessment is the MoCA, which our staff are trained to administer and rate.

Administration Processing Fee

£5

£6

Our fees for processing administritive matters (postage)

DASH Risk Assessment

£400

£480

We can provide a DASH risk assessment, led by a qualified healthcare professional (and ex-police officer).

Overnight Fee

When we have to spend at least 1 night away from
home, excluding hotel fees, travel and meal provision up to £40 per 24 hours.

£195

£234

Report for MAPPA or MARAC

£750

£900

A report provided to MAPPA or MARAC, excluding attendance, charges our standard hourly rate.

Retrospective or Litigation Capacity

We offer a bespoke quote for all litigation and retrospective capacity reports. As a guide, fees start at £895 exc. VAT.

£POA (Contact us)

£225

£270

We can write a best interest decision and/or chair a best interest meeting.

If we agree to act under a legal aid certificate, we charge the risk expert ISW rate of £60 per hour.

A full care needs review led by an OT, nurse or social work consultant.

£POA (Contact us)

£POA (Contact us)

£POA (Contact us)

£POA (Contact us)

Capacity Assessment - Enhanced

A more involved standard assessment, suitable for testamentary capacity assessments and PA14s.

£540

£648

We have revised our fees in year and these fees will remain until 1st April 2026. Updated for 01/10/2025.

Supporting a person to make a decision (work undertaken under the Mental Capacity Act).

StepsWork

£70 ph

£84 ph

MOJ warrant recall fee

£995

£1194

£54

Capacity Assessment - Reassessment

Reassessment fee (for COP3s only)

£195

£234

APPPEAL SERVICES

NHS Continuing Healthcare / S117

£995

£1194

Assessment and challenge support service, covering a preliminary assessment and a 1.5-hour consultation.