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
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What’s next?

Our accomplishments
Families helped since launch
Hours saved for bereaved families
Meet the team


Tremayne Carew Pole
Founder & CEO


Nicky Hector
Co-Founder & COO


Gemma Crossman
Customer Support


Dawne Pearson
Customer Support


Beth Rose
Hospice Partnerships


Robert Black
Company Partnerships


Dan Blackett
Funeral Sector Partnerships


Vishnu Govind
Head of Technology



Emily Stephenson
Public Sector Partnerships


Tom Hopcroft
Lead UX Designer



Emma Butler
Privacy Officer
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