Welcome to UK Deed Poll, a Specialist Agency Providing Private Documents for Unenrolled Deed Polls.
Whether you're reverting, combining, or choosing something new entirely, a deed poll makes it legal.
Changing your surname, on its own or alongside your first name, is done with a deed poll: a formal, signed and witnessed declaration of your new name. It's the document HM Passport Office, DVLA, HMRC, banks and virtually every other UK organisation ask to see before they'll update your surname on file.
You can change your surname to anything you like: revert to a previous one, take a partner's, combine two names, or choose something entirely new. There's no requirement to justify the change or keep any part of your current surname.
Yes, within the usual limits on offensive or misleading names. You're free to revert to a previous surname, adopt a new one, combine names, or drop a name entirely.
If you have a decree absolute from a divorce, some organisations accept that alone for reverting to a previous surname. Many others, and any change beyond a straightforward revert, will ask for a deed poll, which covers every situation without question.
No. You can change your own surname independently. If you want a child's surname changed to match, that's a separate application requiring parental consent, which our Child Deed Poll covers.
No, changing your own surname doesn't automatically change anyone else's, including your children's. Each name change is a separate legal step.
Whatever the reason, the legal process is the same
Taking a partner's surname or combining two surnames into one.
Reverting to a previous surname, or dropping a partner's name.
Matching a new family surname, or adopting one tied to heritage.
Choosing a surname that simply feels more like you.
From application to new name in as little as one business day
Complete our simple 8-step application in minutes. Fully secure and confidential.
Our team prepares your personalised deed poll document using legally recognised wording.
Dispatched by Royal Mail Tracked 24, typically arriving within 1 to 2 working days. Expedited orders are dispatched first, and an Instant Digital Download gets you a usable PDF by email straight away.
Sign and witness your deed poll, then update your name with banks, DVLA, and more.
Every application starts from £19.95 plus £5.95 for Royal Mail Tracked 24 delivery. That covers one original deed poll, professionally printed on quality paper with legally recognised wording, ready to sign and witness.
Because most organisations require an original certified copy rather than a photocopy, most customers add extra certified copies at checkout, one for each organisation they need to update. You can also add our Name Change Kit, with pre-written notification letters for every major UK institution, or an Instant Digital Download so you have a usable PDF copy by email the moment you order, while your printed originals are in the post.
We guarantee that a correctly prepared, signed and witnessed deed poll from UK Deed Poll will be accepted by HM Passport Office, DVLA, HMRC and all major UK banks. If a document you receive from us is rejected because of a defect in the document itself, we'll issue a free corrected replacement or refund your order in full.
To claim, contact us within 30 days of the rejection with written evidence, such as a rejection letter or email from the organisation. The guarantee covers genuine defects in the document we produced; it doesn't cover a copy that wasn't signed or witnessed correctly, incorrect information supplied at the time of ordering, or an organisation applying a policy beyond standard UK acceptance practice. Full terms are set out in our Terms & Conditions.
Change your surname today: fast, legal, and accepted everywhere.