Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. R & B Legal Limited publishes these 7 prices on its own website. The figures below are copied as the firm prints them. For your own matter, ask the firm for a written quote that includes disbursements.
What the firm offers:Wills, LPAs and probateTrustsMoving homeDivorce and familyCare proceedings and special guardiansCompany and commercial property workAs listed on the firm's own website, read 19 October 2026. The areas of law further down are what it reported to the SRA.
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Probate - Grant of Probate only service where the estate is exempt from Inheritance Tax | £975 | + VAT |
| Probate - Grant of Probate only service where the estate is not exempt from IHT or a full IHT return is needed | £1,750 | + VAT |
| Probate - Letters of Administration only service where the estate is exempt from Inheritance Tax | £1,275 | + VAT |
| Probate - Letters of Administration only service where the estate is not exempt from IHT or a full IHT return is needed | £1,950 | + VAT |
| Probate - full administration, value of the time spent: starting figure | from £1,500 | + VAT |
| Probate - full administration, value of the time spent: average | average £2,800 | + VAT |
| Probate - full administration where the firm is not appointed executor, minimum fee | from £2,400 | inc VAT |
From the firm's published price information at www.ratcliffe-bibby.co.uk/obtaining-probate, read 19 October 2026.
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 3 (2 branches)
- Branch towns
- Morecambe, Lancaster
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 7: Children, Residential property, Probate, Personal Injury, Wills and trusts, Family, Commercial property
- Companies House status
- Active (05126369, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 12 May 2004
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- Ratcliffe & Bibby; Ratcliffe & Bibby Solicitors
- SRA firms in Lancaster
- 20 (13 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | The Bank, 44 Market Street, Carnforth, LA5 9JXDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Lancaster | 01524 734884 |
| Branch | 20 Victoria Street, Morecambe, LA4 4AHDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Lancaster | 01524 834222 |
| Branch | 1 Middle Street, Lancaster, LA1 1JZDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Lancaster | 01524 32437 |
Areas of law reported to the SRA
Self-reported by the firm in its most recent annual return to the SRA ("the areas of law that the law firm has told us they delivered"). A lagging description of past work, not a live service list, a specialism claim or a quality mark; it may be up to a year old and is blank for newly authorised firms.
Because R & B Legal Limited reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. The prices shown above, read 19 October 2026 from the firm's website, are for other services and do not include conveyancing. For conveyancing, ask the firm for a written quote. Compare against the national average of £1,575 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
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Companies House record
R & B LEGAL LIMITED, company number 05126369, private limited company, incorporated 12 May 2004. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 December 2024 (total exemption full). Registered office town: CARNFORTH. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
R & B Legal Limited in gold at Carnforth LA5 9JX, its 2 other practising offices in navy, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
Outline: Lancaster district outline (ONS E07000121).
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Source: SRA Firm data web service (terms 1 July 2020, attribution required); firm status, offices and areas of law as reported by the SRA on 3 November 2026. Areas of law are self-reported by each firm in its annual return and describe work it told the SRA it delivered, not a live service menu or a quality mark. Companies House fields from the Basic Company Data bulk file dated 1 May 2026. Geocoding by postcodes.io: contains OS data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026, Royal Mail data (c) Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026, National Statistics data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026. No firm on this site is sponsored, ranked or endorsed, and nothing here implies SRA endorsement of this site.