ES2 form: agreed schedule of assets and income
Form ES2 is a joint spreadsheet of both parties' assets, debts, pensions and incomes. It is built from the figures in both Forms E.
Fill in the ES2 form with Wren
How Wren helps with the ES2
Official forms are written for lawyers. With Wren you do not have to decode this one on your own, and you still follow the court’s procedure.
- Plain questions, one at a timeEach part of the ES2 becomes short questions in everyday words. Answer at your own pace and come back to it.
- Help beside each questionWhat the question is asking and what the official guidance says about it, in plain English.
- The official form, filled inYour answers go into the official ES2. You check it, sign it and send it yourself. Nothing goes to the court for you.
- What comes next, kept with your caseWhat usually happens after you send it, with the dates worked out from the published rules.
Time and money
- On your own
- A day or more
- With Wren
- About an hour for most forms
- Solicitor for this form
- £740 to £1,2403 to 5 hours
A solicitor’s time for the ES2 can run to £1,240. With Wren it is part of £19.99 a month, and it takes about an hour for most forms rather than a day or more.
Times and hours are Wren’s estimates for a typical case, not quotes. Solicitor costs are those hours at £247 an hour, the courts’ guideline rate for a solicitor with over four years’ experience, outside London (GOV.UK, Solicitors' guideline hourly rates (in effect from 1 January 2026)). The guideline runs from £200 to £295 an hour outside London depending on experience, firms set their own rates, and VAT is added on top.
Key facts
- Official title
- Financial remedy summary of finances: Form ES2
- Edition
- July 2025
- Template
- ES2 July 2025, issued by the Financial Remedies CourtSource: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Format
- Excel (.xlsx) or OpenDocument (.ods). Complete only one.Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Deadline
- By 11:00 on the day before the hearingSource: para 57 (external source, opens in a new tab); paras 65, 66 (external source, opens in a new tab); paras 74, 75 (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Disputed figures
- Clearly marked, usually highlighted in yellowSource: para 57 (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Goes with
- Form ES1, the summary of caseSource: para 57 (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Express pilot
- Filed 7 days before the first hearingSource: r 9.21D(14) as inserted (external source, opens in a new tab)
Who uses the ES2
The applicant files it, but both parties must work together on one composite version. This applies equally to people without lawyers.
When it is used
Before the First Appointment, FDR and final hearing in the Financial Remedies Court, by 11:00 the day before. In express pilot cases it is due 7 days before the first hearing. The Pre-application Protocol also suggests it to summarise early disclosure.
Before you start
- Both parties' Forms E.
- Property values, mortgages and any sale costs or tax.
- Account balances, investments, business interests and debts.
- Pension valuations.
- Each party's annual income.
How to fill in the ES2
Open each part for what it asks and how to answer it. In Wren, each part is a few plain questions, and your answers fill in the form.
Header
Case number, hearing type, date of hearing and the parties' names.
Property
Each property with its value, mortgage, sale costs and tax, in sole or joint names.
Other assets and debts
Bank accounts, investments and policies, business interests, belongings and other assets, then liabilities.
Pensions and totals
Pension assets, then totals with and without pensions.
Incomes
Each party's annual income by source, stated as gross or net.
Disagreements
Where figures differ, both parties' cases are shown and unagreed items are highlighted. The template notes it holds no argument or submissions.
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What happens after you send it
The judge uses the ES2 to see the overall financial picture and where figures are disputed. An updated version is filed before each later hearing.
Common mistakes
- Filing separate schedules. The parties must collaborate on one composite schedule.
- Adding argument. The template is for figures only.
- Not marking disputed figures.
Common questions
Who prepares the ES2?
The applicant files it, but both parties work on it together. The Guide says this applies to litigants in person too.
How do I show a figure we disagree on?
Show it clearly as unagreed, usually by highlighting it in yellow.
Which ES2 template should I use?
The Financial Remedies Court issued a revised template in July 2025 for use in all financial remedy proceedings.
Where these facts come from
These are the official rules and pages this page is based on. They are listed so you can check a detail for yourself; you do not need them to use Wren. They are outside Wren and open in a new tab.
- GOV.UK: Form ES2 (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Financial Remedies Court: Update on ES2 (7 July 2025) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Financial Remedies Court: Financial Remedies Guide 2026 (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Practice Direction 27A (court bundles) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Practice Direction 36ZH (Express Financial Remedy pilot) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Practice Direction 9A (and Pre-application Protocol) (external source, opens in a new tab)