Fees
AFCS Claims
If your application is successful, we will charge you 23% of that award plus VAT. Please note that we do not receive our fees from Veterans UK. Your award also does not come to us first but is paid directly into your bank account. We then invoice you for our fees which are outlined above.
War Pension Scheme Claims
Lump Sum Payments
If your claim is successful but you do not reach the threshold of 20% disablement, which would entitle you to a War Pension for life, Veterans UK may pay you a lump sum award of compensation (called a gratuity) as an alternative. Our fee for representing you with your application is 23% of your award plus VAT.
War Pension Monthly Payments
If your application is successful and you are awarded a war pension, this will be paid to you either weekly or monthly, depending on the options you selected when you submitted your original application.
Our fee for representing you with your application is set at £500 + VAT irrespective of how much you are awarded for your War Pension.
Appeals
If your application is declined we will review the reasons given by Veterans UK and discuss what options are available to you.
VAT – why do we charge it?
VAT is a Government Tax over which we have no control. If we do not charge VAT, or you decline to pay it, that is a criminal offence which could result in a prosecution by HMRC.
Who Pays our Professional Fees?
- We do not receive our fees from Veterans UK
- Your award also does not come to us first but is paid directly into your bank account.
- We only invoice you at the point at which we know your application has been successful and that you are going to receive an award.
- Our professional fees are outlined clearly on our website.
- We highlight how our fees operate during an initial consultation.
- Every client is asked to sign an Authority to Commence Work at the beginning of their individual case which includes an acknowledgement of how our fees are calculated.
- We are so thorough with ensuring that our clients are made aware of our fees that they cannot commence an online claim without first acknowledging, and then agreeing to our professional fees. This avoids any situation at the end of the case where a client has forgotten what they signed up for.
