Pension company disappeared with money, help!

julieg_2

Hello,

New to the forums, so please be patient! Wonder if anyone can shed any light on a problem? My husband had a pension with Crown Financial Management, based in Woking, taken out in 1980's. We have recently tried to locate this company to find out what has happened to his money. They appear to have disappeared & we can't find any trace of them. The Pensions Regulator and Gvmt agency we contacted have not even replied to enquiries & we are now stuck as to how to proceed. It is a substantial enough sum to worry about, so would be really grateful if anyone has any idea where to go from here.

Many thanks
Julie G

YorkshireBoy

From a simple google search, would you believe that a past "deputy actuary" of Crown Financial Management sits on the FSA's Regulatory Decisions Committee? See link below...

http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/about/who/accountability/rdc/rdcm/

Snipped from the website...
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Regulatory Decisions Committee members

Mr Bernard G Brown
A Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, he is Chief Operating Officer of Britannic Assurance plc. Before this he was Chairman & Managing Director of Lincoln National (UK) plc, the UK arm of Lincoln National Corporation (USA). Earlier in his career he was at Hansard Financial Trust (Managing Director), Laurentian Group (Assistant Director - Actuarial), Crown Financial Management (Deputy Actuary) and London Life (Pensions Analyst).
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Maybe you should contact the FSA. You could also search some more with google - you'll have to hone your search a little though, as my search through up 721,000 hits!!

HTH
YB

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julieg wrote:

Hello,

New to the forums, so please be patient! Wonder if anyone can shed any light on a problem? My husband had a pension with Crown Financial Management, based in Woking, taken out in 1980's. We have recently tried to locate this company to find out what has happened to his money. They appear to have disappeared & we can't find any trace of them. The Pensions Regulator and Gvmt agency we contacted have not even replied to enquiries & we are now stuck as to how to proceed. It is a substantial enough sum to worry about, so would be really grateful if anyone has any idea where to go from here.

Many thanks
Julie G

Try http://www.touchguildford.com/business/list/bid/2234429

Crown Life Insurance Co

Address: Duke Court, Duke Street, Woking, Surrey GU21 5HW

Telephone: 01483715033

isasmurf

You can find old pensions using The Pensions Service's (part of DWP) Trace a Pension service.

julieg_2

Thanks to everyone for such a quick response. We have tried the FSA, but given this new info will pursue it again.

Paul_Varjak

There have been a number of companies called Crown Financial limited. But Mr. G.J. Ashby appears to have worked for the company you want:

www.aitc.co.uk/find_compare/trustprofile/fundmanager.asp?id=2734

You should, hopefully, reach Mr. G.J. Ashby on:

Telephone: 020 7545 0520

ReportInvestor

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