The Financial Times reports there is a “sea of unclaimed assets sloshing around the financial system,” very conservatively estimated to be worth £77 billion!
Assets are considered dormant when contact with the owner is lost – typically due to a name change after marriage or divorce, an unreported change of address or expired postal forwarding order, and incomplete or illegible records.
It’s important to note millions of family members remain unaware they’re entitled to collect unclaimed assets owed deceased relatives, who passed on without leaving updated financial records.
The majority of this lost money comes from dormant bank accounts, orphan pensions, unknown windfalls, missing shares and abandoned dividends, forgotten life insurance policies, National Savings Certificates and Premium Bonds which have not been redeemed; but also included is £300 million in unclaimed National Lottery winnings!
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Select asset type below:
Unclaimed Premium Bond Prizes | |
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| Premium Bonds National Savings and Investments Blackpool FY3 9YP 08085 007 007 | Unclaimed Premium Bond Prize Search |
Dormant and Unclaimed Bank Accounts | |
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| BBA Dormant Account Unit Pinners Hall, 105-108 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1EX Tel: +44(0) 20 7216 8909 | Trace a lost bank account MyLostAccount.org Bank & Building Society Mergers |
Lost and Unclaimed Life Insurance Policies | |
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| Association of British Insurers 51 Gresham Street London EC2V 7HQ Tel: 020 7600 3333 Fax: 020 7696 8999 http://www.abi.org.uk | Trace an Unclaimed Life Insurance Policy |
UK Unclaimed Shares and Dividends |
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| Estimates are around £3 billion is owed to UK investors from unclaimed shares and dividends. A wave of corporate mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, share spin-offs and name changes has dramatically increased the amount of lost securities. On average, between 2% and 5% of a company’s shareholders have either moved from the address to which the company sends correspondence, or have died. To trace unclaimed stock or dividends from a company that may have changed name or is no longer listed on an exchange go to: UK Unclaimed Stock Search |
Unclaimed Estates Search | |
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| Bona Vacantia Division Government Legal Department PO Box 2119 Croydon CR90 9QU United Kingdom 020 7210 4700 Email: bvestates@governmentlegal.gov.uk Bona Vacantia Division | UK Unclaimed Estates Search |
Building Societies Association (BSA) Lost Accounts | |
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| Lost Account Scheme The Building Societies Association York House, 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6UJ http://www.bsa.org.uk | Trace a lost Building Society Account Online Lost Account Inquiry Reclaim Funds from a Dormant Account Trace a lost account at a Building Society which no longer exists |
National Lottery Outstanding Prizes | |
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| The National Lottery Accounts Dept. PO Box 287 Watford WD18 9TTM Unclaimed £1,000,000 prizes | Unclaimed Premium Bond Prize Search Lotto Unclaimed Prize Search Euro Milllions Unclaimed Prize Search ThunderBall Unclaimed Prize Search Lotto HotPicks Unclaimed Prize Search |
Pension Tracing Service | |
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| Pension Tracing Service Tyneview Park - Whitley Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE98 1BA 0845 60 60 265 http://www.gov.uk/ | Trace a pension scheme: 0845 6002 537 Trace a pension online |
Court Funds Office Unclaimed Balances | |
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| Court Funds Office Glasgow G58 1AB Telephone: 0845 223 8500 http://www.justice.gov.uk | Fax enquiries to: 0141 636 4398 Search the unclaimed balances fund About the unclaimed balances fund |
National Savings and Investments (NS&I) Tracing Service | |
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| Tracing Service National Savings and Investments Blackpool FY3 9YP Telephone: 0845 964 5000 http://www.nsandi.com | Unclaimed Premium Bonds Search |
Standard Life Unclaimed Demutualisation Shares | |
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| Standard Life House 30 Lothian Road Edinburgh EH1 2DH 0845 275 3000 http://www.standardlife.co.uk/ | Find and Claim Missing Demutualization Shares |
Halifax Building Society Unclaimed Demutualisation Shares | |
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| HBOS plc Trinity Road Halifax West Yorkshire HX1 2RG http://www.bba.org.uk | Unclaimed Halifax Building Society Shares |
Halifax / Bank of Scotland Unclaimed Accounts | |
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| HBOS plc PO Box 548 Leeds LS1 1WU | http://www.halifax.co.uk/savings/dormancy Submit an Online Inquiry Phone enquiries: 0870 121 2932 |
Scotland Crown Office Unclaimed Estates | |
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| The QLTR Unit Crown Office 25 Chambers Street Edinburgh, EH1 1LA Tel: 0844 5613899 - (General Enquiries) Fax: 0844 5614276 Email: coqltr@copfs.gsi.gov.uk http://www.crownoffice.gov.uk/ | Unclaimed Estate Search Scotland Unclaimed Estates Tel: 0844 5613805 or 0844 561 4468 - (Bona Vacantia including Dissolved Company Cases) Tel: 08445613806, 0844 5613802 or 0844 561 4468 - (Ultimus Haeres Cases) Tel: 0844 5613806, 0844 5613805 , 0844 561 4468 - (Treasure Trove) |
Unclaimed UK Government Stock and Gilts | |
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| Computershare Investor Services The Pavilions Bridgwater Road Bristol BS99 6ZW | Unclaimed UK Government Stock Information Phone: 0370 703 0143 (between 9am-5pm GMT) Email: gilts@computershare.co.uk |
Capita Registrars | |
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| Capita Registrars Shareholder Administration Support 34 Beckenham Road Beckenham Kent BR3 4TU | Capita Share Registrars - UK & Ireland/ Tel: 0870 600 3989 International Tel: +44 (0) 20 8639 3399 E-mail: shareportal@capita.co.uk |
Euro-Millions Lottery Prizes | |
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| The National Lottery PO Box 251 Watford WD18 9BR 0845 910 0000 http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/ | Latest EuroMillions Results Unclaimed Prizes Draw History |