Money Help Desk: On the Paper Trail to Track Halifax Shares

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AFEW months ago I discovered a statement concerning shares my mother held. When she died, I was the only beneficiary of her will and was unaware of these shares. They were with Halifax Building Society. She had two accounts. One was a Liquid Gold account noted as being closed and the other was a Solid Gold. The share allocation was 529 and there was a balance of GBP 11,214.61 showing on this statement, dated April 1997.

As I didn't know anything about these shares, and Halifax Building Society no longer existed, I was advised to write to Computershare in Bristol and include the original death certificate and any other documents. They returned the death certificate, but after a few months hadn't contacted me.

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Money Help Desk: On the Paper Trail to Track Halifax Shares

When I called I was told the business was now being dealt with by Equiniti Ltd in Lancing, West Sussex. I wrote to them and enclosed a copy of the statement from Halifax Building Society and ...

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