Beqst is a UK estate-planning platform. You write your will, then keep your accounts, passwords, beneficiaries and final wishes in one secure place — and you control exactly what your executor sees when the time comes. It is built so the hardest day for the people you love is a little easier.

How long does Beqst take to set up?

About 10 minutes to write a will and add your first assets. Most people then spend another 30 minutes over the following week filling in the rest — pensions, insurance policies, funeral preferences, the people to call. The point is not to do it all at once. The point is that it stays current.

How much does Beqst cost?

Beqst is free to start. There is no card required to write a will, store your basics, and invite your executor. Paid plans add more vault storage, partner accounts and advanced features. The whole platform is designed to cost less per year than a single visit to a solicitor.

Who can see my Beqst plan?

You control everything. Executors are invited by email and told what you decide they should see — and they do not see anything until the time comes. A partner you choose can see your plan now. Beneficiaries are recorded but never given access automatically.

What happens with Beqst when I die?

Your nominated executor logs into a dedicated executor portal at beqst.com. They get a guided 13-step probate checklist, see every account and document you stored, see your will, your final wishes, and the people to contact — exactly what you decided in life. Not a shoebox of mysteries.

How Beqst works — watch or read

The short version of Beqst, on video. Below, the same thing in text — so you can scan it, share it, or check the claims.

The 2am moment

"It's 2am. Your family is trying to log in to your bank. They don't have the password. They can't find your will. They don't know who to call."

This is what the video opens with — a dark, quiet login screen — because it is what happens, in some form, in most UK households when someone dies. IRN Research's 2025 consumer study found that around six in ten UK adults have not written a will. Most people prepare for grief. Almost no one prepares for the paperwork.

If you have already started writing your will yourself, our plain-English How to write a will in the UK guide walks through the Wills Act 1837 step by step.

Why this matters now

Two facts are worth knowing, and here is where they come from:

£8.5 billion — UK inheritance tax receipts for the 2025/26 tax year, from HMRC's tax receipts statistics
6 April 2027 — the date unused pension funds and death benefits are due to start counting towards inheritance tax, under HMRC's published policy; some benefits (death-in-service, dependants' scheme pensions) expected out of scope

Beqst doesn't give tax advice, and it can't make a tax bill go away. What it does is keep the whole picture in one place: what you own, what you owe, what you've given away, and who to ask. Your family can then see where things stand instead of piecing it together. If either of these changes might affect your plans, a regulated financial adviser or solicitor can tell you what it means for you.

What Beqst actually does

"Beqst is your estate copilot. Map your entire estate in one place — property, pensions, savings, debts, the people who matter. Build a legal will in under ten minutes, guided step by step. See exactly where you stand on inheritance tax, and track gifts so nothing catches your family off guard."

The product is five linked surfaces:

Surface	What it does
Estate Overview	One dashboard of every asset, liability and beneficiary — with a live IHT estimate
Will Hub	A guided will builder with witness validation, marriage-revocation detection and conditional clauses
Gifting & IHT Tracker	Lifetime gifts classified as PETs/CLTs with taper relief automatically applied
Secure Vault	AES-256 encrypted storage for documents, passwords, PINs and final wishes
Executor Portal	A separate, grief-aware experience your executor only sees when you say so

A full feature breakdown lives on the Features page.

What your family actually sees

"When the time comes, your executor gets a clear dashboard — every document, every account, every wish. Not a shoebox of mysteries. Life changes — new home, new baby, marriage, retirement. Beqst keeps your plan current, so you're always ready."

Most estate-planning tools end at "write the will". Beqst's design centre of gravity is the day after — when your executor walks in and needs to act. They see a guided 13-step probate checklist, every account and provider with the exact phone numbers to call, your final wishes, your personal letters. We wrote about the executor's day in The executor's first 48 hours.

The other half is staying current. A will that is never reviewed can fall out of date. In England and Wales, marriage or a civil partnership usually cancels an existing will, and a divorce, a new child or a house move can leave it saying something you no longer mean. Beqst nudges you to update on life changes.

The promise

"No locked screens. No guesswork. Your will, your accounts, your final wishes — all in one place, right where your family needs them. Give them a map, not a mystery."

That is the whole point of the product. The closing line of the video is the line we hold ourselves to.

Start

Beqst is free to start. No card. You can write a will, set up the basics, and invite your executor in the same session.

Start for free at beqst.com →

If you'd rather see the full product first, the Pricing page lists every tier, and the About page covers why we built it. If you want to talk to a person, contact us.