Lasting Power of Attorney in Oxfordshire
A fixed-fee Lasting Power of Attorney in Oxfordshire. We handle the whole signing, or prepare everything for you to sign at home.
What is a Lasting Power of Attorney?
A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a legal document that lets you choose someone you trust — your attorney — to make decisions for you if you ever can’t make them yourself, through illness, an accident or the effects of age.
Next of kin can’t step in
a husband, wife or family member has no automatic right to make decisions for you.
Avoid the Court of Protection
without an LPA, your family may have to apply to the court — slower, costlier and more stressful.
You stay in control
you choose who decides for you, and how, while you’re well.
The two types of LPA
There are two kinds, and you can make one or both.
Health & Welfare LPA
Lets your attorney make decisions about your medical treatment, care and daily living arrangements — including, if you wish, decisions about life-sustaining treatment. It can only be used once you’re no longer able to make those decisions yourself.
Property & Financial Affairs LPA
Lets your attorney manage your money and property — paying bills, running bank accounts, dealing with pensions or benefits, even selling a home if needed. With your permission it can be used while you still have capacity (helpful if you find it hard to get out), as well as if you later lose it.
Most people put both in place, so that every kind of decision is covered.
Two ways to set up your LPA with A.D.E Wills
Whichever you choose, we prepare your LPA, act as your Certificate Provider (the independent person who confirms you understand what you’re signing and aren’t being pressured), and register it with the Office of the Public Guardian so it’s ready to use. The only difference between our two options is whether we handle the signing appointment for you.
Your instructions appointment can be online or a home visit, whichever suits you. The signing itself must be done in person — with Full Service we attend and witness it for you; with Self-Sign you sign it yourself at home.
Full Service LPA
We handle everything — we prepare your LPA, oversee the signing as your witness and Certificate Provider, and register it with the OPG. The hands-off choice if you’d rather leave it all to us.
From £480 online · £600 in person
Self-Sign LPA
We prepare and register your LPA and act as your Certificate Provider; you sign it yourself at home and post it back. Everything else is handled for you — £140 less than Full Service.
From £340 online · £460 in person
In person means meeting to discuss your LPA instructions at your home or our Oxford office — the price is the same either way. Online is our lower-cost route (with a telephone option as backup) and is available across England and Wales.
Clear, fixed-fee LPAs
Every LPA at a clear, fixed price — no hidden extras and no hourly rates. See exactly what you’ll pay before you decide.
All prices exclude the OPG’s £92 registration fee per LPA, which is a government fee paid directly to the OPG.
Key people involved in an LPA
The donor – you
the person making the LPA and giving the decision-making power.
Your attorneys
the people you trust to make decisions for you. You can appoint more than one, and say whether they act jointly, jointly and severally (together or on their own), or a mix of the two.
Replacement attorneys
a back-up who steps in if one of your attorneys can no longer act.
The Certificate Provider
an independent person who confirms you understand the LPA and aren't being pressured into it. For our clients, our estate planner acts as your Certificate Provider.
How signing & registration work
An LPA must be signed in the right order to be valid. We prepare everything in that order and handle the registration for you.
You sign first
as the donor, your signature always comes first.
Then everyone else
your certificate provider signs next, then your attorneys and any replacements.
Registered with the OPG
once it is all signed, the Office of the Public Guardian checks and registers it before it can be used.
Need something more specific?
We also prepare Ordinary Powers of Attorney — an arrangement that only works while you still have capacity, often used for a set period, useful during a hospital stay or a spell abroad — and Business LPAs, to protect a business if you’re a sole trader, director or partner (for directors, subject to the company’s articles). Just ask and we’ll point you to the right one.
A trusted LPA service in Oxford and across Oxfordshire
As a friendly, professional LPA service based in Oxford, we combine genuine care with proper expertise.
LPAs across Oxfordshire and beyond
We’re based on Woodstock Road in Oxford and offer home visits right across our core area of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, extending into Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. A little further afield, a small travel supplement may apply.
And because our online service works just as well by video, we can help clients across England and Wales — including people living abroad who still hold assets or have family here. So wherever you are, there’s a way to set up your LPA.
Your LPA is part of your wider estate planning
An LPA works best alongside a well-made Will and a plan to keep both documents safe and up to date. Making an LPA is part of our full estate planning service, so everything fits together.
Not sure where to start? Grab our free LPA guide
The LPA Starter Guide walks you through what an LPA does, why it matters, and the simple ways we can help — in plain English, with nothing to decide today.
Frequently asked questions
If you’d want someone you trust — rather than a court — to step in should you ever be unable to make your own decisions, then yes. An LPA is the only way to choose who that person is in advance.
A Health & Welfare LPA covers care and medical decisions; a Property & Financial Affairs LPA covers money and property. You can make one or both — most people set up both, so every kind of decision is covered.
Not automatically — even a spouse or civil partner can’t. Without an LPA, for money and property they’d usually have to apply to the Court of Protection to become a deputy, which takes time and money; for health and care, professionals would decide in your best interests. An LPA set up in advance avoids all of that.
From £340 for a single Self-Sign LPA, or £480 for Full Service, plus the OPG’s £92 registration fee per LPA. Full details are on our pricing page.
Both. We offer home visits across Oxfordshire and nearby (or meet at our Oxford office, same price), and an online service across England and Wales with a telephone backup. The signing itself is always done in person.
No — and to be clear, we’re not solicitors ourselves; we’re professional estate planners and full members of the Society of Will Writers. An LPA doesn’t require a solicitor, and we prepare and register yours to the same professional standard, usually at a lower fixed fee and with more flexible appointments, including evenings and home visits.
It depends on the type. A Health & Welfare LPA can only ever be used once you’re no longer able to make those decisions yourself. A Property & Financial Affairs LPA can be set up either to be used only if you lose capacity, or — if you choose this option when making it — as soon as it’s registered, with your permission, which some people find practical for day-to-day help. Either way, an LPA must be registered with the Office of the Public Guardian before it can be used, and we’ll talk through which option suits you.
Ready to take the first step?
Not sure where to begin? That’s exactly what we’re here for. Tell us a little about your situation and we’ll point you the right way — no pressure, no obligation.