Our Methodology

Research starts and ends with primary sources: GOV.UK guidance, HM Passport Office and DVLA published requirements, official fee schedules, and the statute text on legislation.gov.uk. Competitor sites, forums and AI summaries are never fact sources. Every specific figure is captured with its source and the date it was checked, and the page links that source where one exists online.

Answer first, always. Each page opens with a 40–60-word direct answer to the question the page exists for, followed by question-shaped sections that expand on it. The verdict — including who a product or route is NOT for — comes before any purchase link. This structure is deliberate: it serves readers in a hurry, and it makes every claim easy to check because the answer is stated plainly rather than buried.

All document wording lives in one source file and flows unchanged into the PDF generator. An automated test suite runs on every build and asserts the generated documents contain the required wording character-for-character — a drift of a single character fails the build. Statutory declarations follow the form prescribed by the Statutory Declarations Act 1835; deed poll wording follows the government model wording.

On every build, machine checks verify: unique titles and meta descriptions within length limits; exactly one structured-data graph per page; no broken internal links; sitemap parity with the real page set in both directions; no year-stamped titles that would go stale; FAQ answers present in the served HTML; and the machine-readable files (llms.txt, llms-full.txt, feed.xml, robots.txt) matching the real page set. A failure stops the build — content that breaks a rule does not ship.

Documents are generated as personalised PDFs after a one-time payment and delivered by email, usually within minutes. Prices are one-time and all-inclusive — £14.99 for an adult deed poll, £17.99 for a child deed poll, statutory declarations from £9.99 — with a money-back acceptance guarantee if a named UK organisation refuses a document solely because of its wording. There are no subscriptions and no post-purchase upsells.

Each page carries a genuine "last reviewed" date. Flagship guides are re-checked against their sources at least quarterly and every page at least annually; fee pages are re-checked whenever an official schedule changes. The review date updates only when content actually changes, and it flows from one shared constant into the page, the structured data and the sitemap so the three can never disagree. Errors found between reviews are fixed and recorded on the corrections log.

No fabricated figures, no copied competitor phrasing, no year-stamped "best of 2026" titles, no invented reviews, no ratings marked up in structured data before enough verifiable reviews exist, no affiliate links, no advertising, no sponsored placements, and no claims of government affiliation. The full editorial rules are on the editorial policy page.