Our Fee Guide for 2025

Capacity Assessment - Standard

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

£395

Care Needs and Wellbeing Assessment

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

£695

COP14PADep

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

Legal Aid ISW Rate

£60

£575

Care Needs and Wellbeing Review

CAPACITY ASSESSMENTS

TRAVEL FEES / DISBURSEMENTS

Private Expert Witness

£150

Our standard ISW rate starts at £165 per hour.

Travel (time)

We apply a travel fee of £25 per hour for travel over 30 minutes from our office.

£25

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 Complete Package

£999

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

CARE ASSESSMENTS

OTHER SERVICES

Independent Professional Witness

£130

Certificate Provider (with report)

Unplanned visit by a professional

£90

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

55p

This is a summative report of our attendance and is not a mental capacity assessment.

£200

£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 more involved and complex decision.

£995

£725

Independent DoLS Assessment

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

£695

Best Interest Decision

SPECIALIST & EXPERT ASSESSMENTS

£500

ParentAssess Assessment

Our accredited ParentAssess practitioners will complete the full Parent Assessment to the PA quality standard mark.

£474

with VAT

£1194

£54

£600

£834

£600

£72

£180

with VAT

£474

£870

£1198.8

£108

£834

£690

£156

£240

£30

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

Leading a Best Interest Decision

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

£140

£168

Clinical Supervision

£70

£84

Our rate for offering clinical 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)

£850

£1020

Our monthly fees cover up to 5 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

We can offer the MoCA at 50% discount when added to an existing assessment.

Administration Processing Fee

£5

£6

Our fees for processing administritive matters.

DASH Risk Assessment

£250

£300

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 £35 per 24 hours.

£195

£234

Report for MAPPA or MARAC

£415

£498

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

Retrospective Capacity

We offer a bespoke quote, and fees start at £1,995 (inc. reading time of 2 hours).

£POA (Contact us)

£190

£228

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 £63 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, inc. a MoCA examination and mental state report.

£470

£564