Every Little Thing Guides

Practical guides for the admin after a death

Clear, practical UK guides for the tasks that often sit outside the funeral itself: official steps, accounts, providers, bills, subscriptions, and family admin.

Every guide is written to help you understand what to do next. Every Little Thing is preparing for release in April; for now, you can use these guides and get in touch for a practical checklist.

Start: Tell me what to do next.

Start · 7 min read

What to do after a death in the UK

A calm practical checklist for the first steps after someone dies in the UK, including registration, Tell Us Once, funeral paperwork, and private admin that may still remain.

Start · 7 min read

Tell Us Once: what else needs doing after a death?

Tell Us Once helps notify government organisations after a death, but private providers still need separate attention. This guide explains what may remain.

Find: Help me find what exists.

Find · 8 min read

How to find accounts after someone dies

A practical UK guide to finding accounts, pensions, bills, subscriptions, insurance, utilities, and documents after someone dies.

Resolve: Help me notify, close, transfer, or memorialise.

Resolve · 8 min read

How to close, cancel, or transfer accounts after a death

A practical guide to resolving providers after a death, including when to notify, close, transfer, pause, refund, or memorialise accounts.

Resolve · 7 min read

What happens to Direct Debits after someone dies?

A practical guide to Direct Debits, standing orders, recurring payments, subscriptions, and bills after someone dies.

The Death Notification Service in the UK: who it covers and how to use it

Check who DNS can notify, what details to prepare and how to track replies. Free notification is not account discovery, closure or release of money.

Insurance policies after a death: UK triage guide

Sort UK insurance questions after a death: possible life or employer claims, continuing home/car cover, provider tracing and a practical policy triage note.

How to find assets after someone dies in the UK

Build a working UK inventory of money, property and possessions after a death. Keep clues, ownership questions, evidence and next checks separate.

First steps for an executor after a death in the UK

First UK executor decisions: check the will, role and jurisdiction, record urgent questions and choose the next official route. Includes a first-work note.

Practical support is coming.

Every Little Thing is preparing for release in April. We are not asking for payment or sensitive documents here. You can get in touch and receive a practical checklist now.

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