An LPA for property and financial affairs only counts once it is registered with the Office of the Public Guardian. A health and welfare LPA is not enough for this.

Or, if you have one, enter an Office of the Public Guardian access code. We use it to look up the LPA, so you do not need to upload it.

Using an access code is not available in every case. We will tell you if we need the document instead.

This is the same certified digital ID check an executor does. It takes about three minutes on your phone.

• Photograph your passport or driving licence
• Take a short selfie. It checks that a real person is there
• The provider sends us a pass or fail and a reference. We never see your licence number

The provider is certified under the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework. We pay for the check.

When we approve

• Who is told. David, where possible, and his steward and named executors (Margaret and Sarah in this example).
• It ends when David regains capacity and signs in to take back control, or if he dies. After a death, the executor handover takes over and your access ends. See the executor handover.
• Everything you do is recorded in the audit log against your name.