SafeKeep lands UK law firm partnership to reach 100,000 clients

SafeKeep has entered a formal partnership with Accord Legal Services, making Accord the first UK law firm to recommend a digital vault app to its full client base. The deal targets estate-planning gaps affecting millions of UK adults who still do not have a will or lasting power of attorney in place.

Why it matters: - Accord Legal Services will recommend SafeKeep to about 100,000 clients, giving the digital vault app access to a large UK professional-services customer base. - The partnership aims to reduce the time families spend searching for documents, handling probate delays and applying for court of protection orders after a death or incapacity. - The move reflects growing pressure on legal firms to help clients organize wills, LPAs and other critical records before a crisis.

What happened: - SafeKeep secured a formal partnership with Accord Legal Services. - Accord Legal Services is the first UK law firm to formally recommend a digital document vault to its entire client base. - The recommendation will go to Accord Legal’s portfolio of roughly 100,000 clients. - Accord Legal’s client base includes police federations, NHS organisations and educators.

The details: - SafeKeep works as a secure digital filing cabinet for wills, lasting powers of attorney, insurance policies, trusts and driving licences. - The app uses AI to flag expiring documents, incomplete wills and missing LPAs. - SafeKeep is built to help users act before documents create problems for families later. - The source says more than half of UK adults have no will. - The source also says nearly 60% of UK adults have no will, leaving millions of families exposed to financial and legal uncertainty. - Accord Legal recently launched a solicitors practice and has expanded into conveyancing and court of protection applications. - Accord Legal plans to add a family law offering. - A company website is available at More information. - Accord Legal’s website is the firm’s website.

Between the lines: - The deal gives SafeKeep a strong endorsement from a regulated legal partner, which may help normalize digital vaults as part of estate planning. - Accord Legal appears to be using technology to make document organization easier for clients who already face time pressures and may delay planning. - The partnership also suggests a broader shift in legal services from reacting to family crises toward preventing them. - SafeKeep co-founder Andrew Byres said the firm wanted a genuine solution to a problem clients face every day and that the company is in conversations with other law firms. - Accord Legal CEO Sarah Williams said the recommendation is intended to reduce distress when families are left without documents in order.

What’s next: - SafeKeep said it is in talks with other law firms that see a similar opportunity. - The partnership could expand if more legal firms choose to recommend digital vault tools to clients. - The broader test will be whether UK consumers adopt digital document storage as a standard part of wills and LPAs planning.

The bottom line: - SafeKeep has turned a legal-services partnership into a potential distribution channel for digital estate planning at scale.