You can usually use the government Tell Us Once service to report a death to most government organisations in one go. If this doesn’t work here’s a list of the most common ones:
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) - to deal with income tax and cancel benefits
National Insurance Contributions Office – to cancel payments if they were self-employed
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - to cancel benefits, eg income support and state pensions
Child Benefit Office
UK Passport Agency - to cancel/return a passport
The local council - to cancel housing benefit, council tax, a parking permit or Blue Badge permit, inform council housing services and remove the person from the electoral register
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) - to cancel a driving licence, cancel car tax, return car registration documents and/or change ownership.
Personal Contacts
Relatives and friends
Employer
School
Church or regular place of worship
Social groups to which the deceased belonged
GP Doctor
Dentist
Financial
Solicitor/accountant
Landlord or Local Authority – if property was rented
Any private organisation/agency providing home help
General insurance companies - contents, car, travel, medical etc
Pension providers/life insurance companies
Bank/building society
Mortgage provider
Hire purchase or loan companies
Credit card providers/store cards
Utility companies - if accounts were in the deceased's name
TV/Internet companies - if the deceased had subscriptions
Any other company with which the deceased may have had rental, hire purchase or loan agreements
Debtors - anyone that owed the deceased money
Creditors - anyone the deceased owed money to
General
Royal Mail – for redirection of mail
The Bereavement Register
Deceased Preference Service - will remove the deceased's name from mailing lists and databases
