ProductEngland & Wales

Professional Trustees

Maintain the firm's professional (corporate) trustees so they can be assigned as a trustee on any order.

Workflow group: Company config · Sidebar: Professional Trustees Who sees this: Everyone can view; adding/editing/removing is Manager & Admin only.

The firm's professional (corporate) trustees - e.g. trust corporations. Added once here, each becomes selectable as a trustee on any order in the company.


Professional trustees - /settings/professional-trustees

  • Intent: Maintain the firm's professional (corporate) trustees, e.g. trust corporations. Added once here, they become selectable as a trustee on any order in the company.
  • Who can access it: Everyone can view the list. Only Managers/Admins at the active company can add, edit, or remove entries.
  • What you can do:
    • (Managers/Admins) Add a professional trustee via "New professional trustee": enter the name (required), registration number (Companies House number), address line 1, address line 2, city, postcode, and country. Save with "Add trustee".
    • (Managers/Admins) Edit an existing trustee's details and "Save changes".
    • (Managers/Admins) Remove a trustee via a confirmation dialog - the notice explains orders it's already assigned to keep it; it just stops being offered for new assignments.
    • Cancel out of the add/edit sheet without saving.
  • What you see: A page header with description and (if permitted) a "New professional trustee" button. A grid of cards, each showing a building icon, the trustee name, registration number (if set), the address (line 1 / city / postcode joined), and Edit / Remove buttons for managers. The add/edit form opens in a right-hand sheet.
  • States: Loading shows "Loading professional trustees…". Load failure shows a "Couldn't load professional trustees" error with a retry. Empty shows "No professional trustees yet" (wording differs for managers vs. non-managers). Save is disabled until a name is entered; buttons show "Saving…" while in flight.
  • Related pages / flow: A sibling of Settings (/settings). Trustees created here are assignable as a trustee on any order at /orders/[id] (Client data tab).

The law behind it

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Last updated 2026-07-22· george