Mystery share dividends

bring_back_threepenny_bit

On going through my bank statement transactions I found some dividend payments (Bank Giro Credit ref Sharedealing HSDL), dated 11 April 2024, and also 13 April and 11 Oct 2023. The issue is, the only shares I thought I had were Royal Mail, who paid out on fewer and different dates, and in any case into a different bank account, which I have also confirmed on Eqiniti. 
I gather HSDL refers to Halifax Share Dealing but neither I nor they have any record of me having an account with them. So how can I find out what the shares are??

PloughmansLunch

Do you have anything held with iWeb (or a Schroders fund), or do any of these ring a bell?
https://divvydiary.com/en/calendar/2024-april-11

jimjames

HSDL could also be iweb

ColdIron

A recent payment to me from IWeb was from Sharedealing HSDL

wmb194

bring_back_threepenny_bit said:

On going through my bank statement transactions I found some dividend payments (Bank Giro Credit ref Sharedealing HSDL), dated 11 April 2024, and also 13 April and 11 Oct 2023. The issue is, the only shares I thought I had were Royal Mail, who paid out on fewer and different dates, and in any case into a different bank account, which I have also confirmed on Eqiniti. 
I gather HSDL refers to Halifax Share Dealing but neither I nor they have any record of me having an account with them. So how can I find out what the shares are??

HSDL could refer to any of its brands i.e. Lloyds, iWeb, BoS and Halifax Share Dealing and anything else it manages for third parties.

Do you have any investment accounts? It might not be a distribution from a company, for instance e.g., unit trusts/OEICs and ETFs pay distributions as well so without more data it's only guesswork. Anyway, in my experience with iWeb it can be a bit tardy when crediting and automatically paying out dividends so these could be from March and September.

You'd think that someone with the right privileges could search the HSDL database for your account number but if you're not a customer people there will probably be reluctant to talk to you. 

EthicsGradient

Also, have you had any trading accounts with any of the mentioned Lloyds brands in the past? Sometimes, it can take years for some share reorganisation to be finally accounted for - eg Aberdeen UK Tracker Trust was forcibly merged into another IT, and the deal offered part as cash, in April 2017; I got the final 0.5% of it in September 2022.

bring_back_threepenny_bit

Thanks for all the suggestions! I do have an iWeb account and on delving into the dividend history, I was able to reconcile the distributions with the amounts shown on my bank credits. The dividends are scheduled as 'Pay away 6-monthly'.
The slightly concerning thing is that a) I'd forgotten that I'd opted to have the dividends paid out rather than re-invested, and b) I hadn't noticed the money appearing in my account

badger09

bring_back_threepenny_bit said:

Thanks for all the suggestions! I do have an iWeb account and on delving into the dividend history, I was able to reconcile the distributions with the amounts shown on my bank credits. The dividends are scheduled as 'Pay away 6-monthly'.
The slightly concerning thing is that a) I'd forgotten that I'd opted to have the dividends paid out rather than re-invested, and b) I hadn't noticed the money appearing in my account

Slightly concerning indeed. 

Better that they’re incoming, rather than outgoing payments though. Closer monitoring going forwards😉