About us 2.0

About us

We want to help every family dealing with bereavement.

We understand the importance of what we do, so we make sure finish everything we start.

Dealing with the death of a loved one is difficult, making death notifications shouldn’t be

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Our Story

3 years in the planning and launched at the end of 2020, Life Ledger is a free, easy-to-use service helping families deal with death notifications.

Founded by long-time friends Ruth Blakemore and Tremayne Carew Pole, after Ruth’s painful first-hand experience of trying to close her mother’s accounts, their initial focus was government and driving change from the top.

When this delivered no results, they decided to create their own solution and Life Ledger was born.

In 2019 Ruth stepped into an advisory role and Nicky Hector, who had watched her mum struggle with the results of her grandmother’s death, stepped out of Ocado to help lead Life Ledger from idea to reality.

Two years later Life Ledger was launched…

Our journey

We are only just getting started on our mission, here are a few key points in the journy so far

2020

Founded by long-time friends Ruth Blakemore and Tremayne Carew Pole, after Ruth’s painful first-hand experience of trying to close her mother’s accounts, they decided to create their own solution and Life Ledger was born

2020

The Life Ledger plaform launched at the end of 2020, a free easy-to-use service helping families deal with death notifications

2020

First notification sent on [DATE NEEDED] to [COMPANY NAME]

2021

One thousand deaths registered, that is one thousand families helped through difficult times

2022

Funding news...

What’s next?

Life Ledger is helping more and more families week on week. By the end of 2022 Life Ledger is predicted to have helped over 35,000 families, and that is just the beginning...