Dealing with admin after someone dies

Someone has died and, at the worst possible time, I now have to work out every organisation, account, bill and piece of paperwork that needs dealing with.

• People describe being overwhelmed by probate, banks, pensions, utilities, insurance, subscriptions, property, tax and figuring out who needs notifying. The government’s Tell Us Once service deals with some government bodies, but a large amount of private-sector admin remains.