# Prospect PS

> Prospect PS is the UK's specialist property management partner for probate, Court of Protection, and deputyship matters. We work with solicitors, professional deputies, local authorities, and insolvency practitioners to manage unoccupied and estate properties across England and Wales.

## Company

- Name: Prospect PS Ltd
- Founded: 2011
- Managing Director: David Halliwell
- Location: Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
- Website: https://www.prospectps.co.uk
- Contact: office@prospectps.co.uk | 0161 212 1146
- Experience: 15 years, 5,000+ properties managed

## What we do

Prospect PS manages properties on behalf of executors, deputies, and professionals acting under legal authority. Our services cover the full lifecycle of an unoccupied property, from initial securing through to sale or transfer.

### Core services

- [Probate property management](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/probate): Securing, insuring, maintaining, and preparing probate properties for sale. Includes weekly inspections, contractor management, and clearance coordination.
- [Court of Protection property services](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/court-of-protection): Property management for individuals who lack capacity, with full OPG compliance, audit-ready documentation, and independent quotation sourcing.
- [Deputyship property services](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/deputyship): Support for professional deputies managing property on behalf of protected persons. OPG-ready reporting and transparent cost management.

### Additional services

- Property inspections (weekly, fortnightly, or custom frequency)
- Insurance compliance and unoccupied property insurance coordination
- Contractor vetting and management: external contractors confirm qualifications, public liability cover, a waste carrier licence, and safeguarding confirmation; Prospect's own operatives are employed, trained and DBS-checked
- Property clearance and waste removal
- Lock changes and security measures
- Meter readings, utility management, and mail redirection
- Garden maintenance, pest control, and gutter clearance
- Sale preparation and estate agent panel coordination
- Vehicle removal and courier services

## Who we work with

- Probate solicitors and law firms
- Professional deputies (Court of Protection)
- Local authority deputyship teams
- Insolvency practitioners
- Estate agents (via our agent panel)

## Insights

Our insights section provides expert commentary on probate property, contractor liability, insurance, and regulatory compliance for legal professionals.

- [Insights hub](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights)
- [Where an empty house loses value during probate: Five questions to ask whoever is looking after it](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/empty-house-probate-five-questions): An empty house can lose value for months during probate without anything obviously going wrong. Where the value leaks, and the five questions to ask about it.
- [Prospect PS joins the Institute of Legacy Management as a Corporate Partner](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/ilm-corporate-partner): Prospect PS is now a Corporate Partner of the Institute of Legacy Management. What the partnership means for legacy officers, and the property side of estate administration we intend to bring to it.
- [Two valuations, a quarter of a million apart: Why the audit trail matters more than the sale price](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/probate-valuation-evidence-audit-trail): When two valuations on the same probate property disagree by a quarter of a million pounds, HMRC asks how the figure was reached, not whether it was lucky. What s.216(3A) reasonable enquiries actually requires of an executor.
- [The grant is no longer the bottleneck: What faster probate turnaround means for the property on the file](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/the-grant-is-no-longer-the-bottleneck): HMCTS grant times have fallen from 15.8 weeks to around 4.3. The £526 fee arrived 13 July. Why the property, not the Registry, now sets the estate timeline.
- [Vesting is ownership: The property risk a trustee in bankruptcy carries personally](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/trustee-bankruptcy-property-vesting-risk): A bankruptcy order vests the bankrupt's property in the trustee personally under s.306. The occupiers' liability, insurance conditions and the s.283A three-year clock arrive with the title.
- [The OPG supervision overhaul: General, Minimal, and the property duty that does not move](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/opg-supervision-general-minimal-property-duty): The OPG's new General and Minimal supervision tiers scale the deputy's reporting and fee. They leave the duty to keep the protected party's empty home secure untouched.
- [Managing property for a protected party: What a deputyship order actually authorises on the home](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/protected-party-home-deputy-authority): When a deputyship order lands, the first decision is the protected party's home. What the order authorises on a sale, and what stays with the court.
- [Housing association stock: Where standard processes stop working](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/housing-association-problematic-stock): Some housing association stock falls outside the normal model: complex histories, legal questions, sensitive endings. Why standard management is the wrong tool, and what the RSH now expects.
- [In-house versus franchise on sensitive instructions: Where the operational risk actually sits](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/in-house-versus-franchise-sensitive-instructions): Franchise delivery puts contractual distance between the brand that wins a probate or deputyship instruction and the person who attends the property. Where the liability and insurance actually sit.
- [Vacant and unsecured: The risk professional appointees are still carrying](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/vacant-unsecured-professional-appointees): An empty property with an unknown number of keys in circulation is not secured, whatever the insurance schedule says. What a defensible security position looks like for professional appointees on vacant property.
- [What the vacancy clock actually costs an insolvency practitioner](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/vacancy-clock-insolvency-practitioner): An empty property in an insolvency estate is not a paused asset. The running costs, the Class Q council tax asymmetry between bankruptcy and liquidation, the empty-homes premium, and the value that leaks out of the file while the process runs.
- [When a borrower defaults: Who is actually looking after the property](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/borrower-default-property-risk): When a borrower stops paying and the file moves to recovery, the house sits in a gap nobody clearly owns between default, receiver appointment and sale. What LPA 1925 s.109 and Cuckmere Brick mean for lenders, LPA receivers and asset managers.
- [What AI changes on a property case: Where the standard has moved, and where it hasn't](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/ai-property-file-reporting): AI is raising the standard for reasonable evidence on probate and Court of Protection property cases. What it changes, what it leaves to the professional, and why the bar moves whether firms adopt it or not.
- [Insurance, council tax, security: the three clocks running on every empty probate property](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/empty-probate-property-three-clocks): Empty probate property is the most exposed asset most executors will ever manage. The insurance, council tax and security positions, and what reasonable steps look like in 2026.
- [Reasonable steps, unreasonable risks: contractor liability on probate property in 2026](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/contractor-liability-probate-property): What happens when a contractor instructed on a probate property causes damage and walks away? The legal, regulatory and insurance position for executors, deputies, and the firms instructing them.
- [Pest control and probate property: The liability under the 1949 Act most executors aren't thinking about](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/pest-control-probate-property-1949-act): Under the 1949 Pests Act, the person controlling a vacant property must report substantial rodent activity. For probate estates, that person is the executor.
- [Probate genealogy and the reputation it can't quite shake](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/honest-case-probate-genealogy): Heir hunters, commissions, and a BBC fraud investigation. The unmanaged property side of the estate is where the image problem gets worse.
- [Best interests on the ground: What DoLS actually means when there's a propane bottle in the shed](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/best-interests-dols-hazardous-materials): A Court of Protection clearance turns up propane bottles and petrol cans at a property no storage provider will touch. "Don't dispose of anything" is not a best interests decision when the law of hazardous waste says otherwise.
- [Empty by process: The long-term empties the enforcement toolkit was not built for](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/empty-homes-enforcement-toolkit-probate): Some of the homes on a council's long-term empties list are empty because the owner will not act. Others are empty because nobody can act yet, and the enforcement toolkit has very little to say about the second kind.
- [The deputyship application window: Where the property risk actually sits](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights/deputyship-application-window-property-risk): Four to twelve months sit between a deputyship application going in and the order coming back. The property does not wait, and the deputy inherits whatever position it is in on day one.

## Key differentiators

- Continuous contractor verification: qualifications, public liability insurance, waste carrier registration, safeguarding confirmation, and trade accreditations are checked on an ongoing basis; Prospect's own operatives are employed and DBS-checked
- Independent quotation sourcing: multiple verified quotes for all works, presented with clear justification
- Deferred payment available: fees can be deferred until estate completion
- Coverage across England and Wales
- Audit-ready documentation for OPG, SRA, and insurer scrutiny

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/)
- [Probate](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/probate)
- [Court of Protection](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/court-of-protection)
- [Deputyship](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/deputyship)
- [Services](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/services)
- [About](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/about)
- [Contact](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/contact)
- [Estate Agent Panel](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/agent-panel)
- [Insights](https://www.prospectps.co.uk/insights)