There are more than 70 unclaimed estates in Bristol totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds sitting in limbo, just waiting to be claimed by the rightful inheritor. The Treasury's list has details of people who have died in Bristol where heirs were still being sought.
The latest Treasury list details close to 6,500 unclaimed estates in the UK with combined assets which could possibly run into nine figures. A total of £77 million in unclaimed estates in the UK has been sitting in Treasury coffers, according to official figures from 2021.
Unclaimed estates, classed as ‘ownerless property’, occur when there is either no will or the beneficiaries of the will cannot be traced and the next family member cannot be found. This is according to the rules of intestacy.
