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Virix Ltd, registered in England & Wales Registered with the ICO We are not the DWP You sign and send the claim yourself

Specialist support with your claim

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Free check · about a minute · no obligation

Get the support you need — up to £114.60 a week

We check whether Attendance Allowance is worth claiming and write the whole claim for you, word for word, from one phone call. You sign it and send it. If they say no, we help you ask again, free — and if it is still no, every penny back.

A few short questions, then we ring you back. Nothing to fill in, nothing to pay.

Who are you checking for?

Straight answers. The questions and the call cost nothing, and there is nothing to pay to find out where you stand. Afterwards, if the claim is worth making and you want it written for you, there is a fee — and if the DWP refuses a claim we said was worth making, you do not pay anything. We are a private company, not the DWP; you can also claim free through Age UK or Citizens Advice.

Plain-English guides: What counts as needing help The rates Filling in the form What it costs
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The form is the hard part, and we do all of it

The AA1 claim pack runs to about thirty pages, and almost none of it is tick-boxes. It asks, over and over in slightly different words, what an ordinary day is like: getting washed, getting dressed, meals, medicines, the stairs, the nights. There is no score shown, no guidance on how much detail is enough, and no second chance to explain once it has gone.

Most people answer it the way they answer their GP — “oh, I manage” — and that one word is why claims come back refused. Managing by sitting on the edge of the bath, by taking forty minutes to dress, by having toast because cooking is too much: all of that counts, and none of it gets written down.

  • One call, about fifteen minutes. We ring at a time that suits and go through the day properly. Nothing to fill in yourself, nothing to look up.
  • We write every section of the claim. In the words the DWP scores, with a checklist of what to have to hand.
  • We fill in the form with you. A half-hour call at a time you choose, then every page comes to you by post, ready to sign. £149, one payment — the claim is yours and stays yours.
  • We tell you exactly what happens next — what to print, where to sign, where to send it, and what the DWP usually ring back to ask.
  • If it is refused, we help you ask them to look again, free — and if it is still no, you get every penny back.

Rates above are those in force from 6 April 2026, checked against gov.uk on 16 September 2026.

The money is yours — nobody checks how it is spent

It is not a care budget and there are no receipts to keep. People use it for taxis so they can still get out, grab rails and a stair lift, a cleaner once a week, a physio, or simply having the heating on all day.

  • Both of a couple can claim if each of them needs help — two claims, not one between them.
  • Still working? It makes no difference. Neither do savings, a private pension or owning the house.
  • No carer needed. The question is whether help is needed, not whether anyone is giving it.
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What people say about this benefit

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“My mother has dementia and was admitted to a care home 18 months ago… had I known I would have claimed then, so I have lost £8,000 I was entitled to.”
Public comment
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“My dad was entitled to this after losing his bladder to cancer. We had no idea it existed for over ten years, and he struggled so much. I found out in the last few years of his life and got it for him.”
Public comment
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“My husband tried for this. They said he can't have it because he can dress himself — but he can't walk far and his legs swell up.”
Public comment. This is the refusal we warn about: there is no mobility part to this benefit
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“I'm up two or three times most nights with her. I didn't think that counted for anything.”
Public comment. Night-time help is the higher rate
Unopened letters stacked on a windowsill
“I applied for attendance allowance five years ago and got turned down flat.”
Public comment. Refusals usually come from a claim that never described an ordinary day

These are real comments people left in public underneath videos about Attendance Allowance. They are not our customers, and the photographs are ours — we have not put a face to anybody else's words.

The questions people actually ask

Do I have to have a carer?

No. The question is whether help or supervision is needed, not whether anyone is providing it. People living entirely alone are awarded it every day.

I'm still working. Does that stop it?

No. Working, a private pension, savings and owning your home all make no difference — there is no means test.

What can the money be spent on?

Anything. Nobody checks and there are no receipts to keep. People use it for taxis, grab rails, a stair lift, a cleaner once a week, a physio, or simply having the heating on all day.

Can my husband and I both claim?

Yes, if each of you needs help. It is two separate claims, not one payment shared between you.

I can't walk far. Does that count?

On its own, no — and this is the misunderstanding that causes most refusals. Attendance Allowance has no mobility part. It is scored on help with washing, dressing, eating, medicines and being kept an eye on, including at night. If walking outdoors is the only difficulty, we will tell you honestly that it is not worth claiming.

Will it affect my pension or my other benefits?

It is tax-free and not counted as income. It can actually increase Pension Credit, Housing Benefit or Council Tax Reduction if you already get them.

What if the claim is refused?

We help you ask them to look at the decision again, free — we rewrite the wording and tell you what to send. If the answer is still no, you get every penny back. You are never left holding a refusal and a bill.

Could I not just do this myself for nothing?

You could, and some people should — the claim is free to make and there are charities that help with the form at no charge, if there is one near you with room to take you on. What people pay us for is the middle of it: fifteen minutes on the phone at a time that suits, and then every box written out in the words the claim is scored on, from your own answers. You read the first page before you pay, you sign and send the claim yourself, and if they say no, we help you ask them to look again, free — and if it is still no, every penny back. The honest comparison is here.

Do I need a printer?

No. We fill the form in with you on the phone, print it ourselves and post it to you, ready to sign — you just read it, sign it and post it back.

How it works

One call, about fifteen minutes, at a time you choose. We ask about an ordinary day — mornings, meals, stairs, nights — and write the answers down in the words the form is scored on. Nothing is sent anywhere until you have read it and signed it.

An older man taking a call in his armchair, a notepad on the table beside him
  1. Step oneSix questions

    Two minutes, here on this page. You see the amount and whether it is worth going further.

  2. Step twoThe call — free

    Fifteen minutes about an ordinary day. By the end you know whether you can claim, at what rate, and what would strengthen it.

  3. Step threeWe fill it in with you — £149

    A half-hour call at a time you choose, then every page comes to you by post, ready to sign. One payment, nothing taken from your allowance.

  4. Step fourSend it — alone or with us

    Use the report yourself, or add a second call for £149 and we fill the claim in with you, box by box.